Top 10 live music cities in the world

• Travel and music industry experts have analyzed the most musical cities to rank world’s best cities for live music.
• Chicago, United States, is the best city for major music festivals , with 22 taking place in the city each year.
• By far the city that hosts the most pop concerts is Las Vegas, United States, with 26.6% of all gigs in the city falling under the genre.

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As the world begins to open up again and fans are eager to see their favorite musicians, travel and music industry experts have analyzed the most musical global cities to reveal world’s best cities for live music. 

To conduct the study, cities were given a normalized score out of 10 for each factor, including the number of music venues per city, upcoming concerts, major music festivals and the number of artists from each city.

The best global cities for live music in 2021

Rank	City, Country	Population	Number of music venues	Upcoming concerts	Major music festivals	Artists & bands from the city	Live music score /10
1	London, United Kingdom	8,961,989	207	5,088	8	2,507	7.85
2	New York City, United States	8,804,190	188	3,267	2	3,011	6.60
3	Los Angeles, United States	3,898,747	240	3,003	3	2,257	6.54
4	Chicago, United States	2,746,388	95	1,992	22	1,732	6.16
5	San Francisco, United States	873,965	95	1,915	4	792	3.58
6	Toronto, Canada	2,731,571	59	615	14	631	3.52
7	Paris, France	2,175,601	54	3,105	2	771	3.48
8	Atlanta, United States	498,715	92	1,405	6	531	3.32
9	Austin, United States	961,855	115	998	3	384	2.95
10	Berlin, Germany	3,664,088	46	2,254	3	468	2.89

Taking the crown for the best city for live music is London, United Kingdom

London has the highest number of upcoming concerts (5,088) and the second highest number of music venues (207). Over 2,500 major artists call the city home, including legendary artists such as Elton John, Queen, David Bowie and Adele. 

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