VacationSelector

Ranking

Best for live music & the arts

All 187 cities we cover, ranked on live music & performing arts. Every score is our editorial verdict, placed against the same fixed benchmark cities, so it means the same thing on every page. How the scores are built.

  1. 1New YorkUnited States99
  2. 2LondonUnited Kingdom98
  3. 3ViennaAustria96
  4. 4BerlinGermany90
  5. 5ParisFrance88
  6. 6TokyoJapan86
  7. 7MunichGermany84
  8. 8Los AngelesUnited States83
  9. 9ChicagoUnited States82
  10. 10MilanItaly82

The rest of the ranking

  1. 11.Hamburg80
  2. 12.New Orleans80
  3. 13.Salzburg80
  4. 14.Amsterdam78
  5. 15.Las Vegas78
  6. 16.Madrid77
  7. 17.Budapest76
  8. 18.Dresden76
  9. 19.Montreal76
  10. 20.Prague76
  11. 21.San Francisco76
  12. 22.Sao Paulo76
  13. 23.Buenos Aires75
  14. 24.Manchester74
  15. 25.Stuttgart74
  16. 26.Sydney73
  17. 27.Boston72
  18. 28.Edinburgh72
  19. 29.Glasgow72
  20. 30.Melbourne72
  21. 31.Mexico City72
  22. 32.Philadelphia72
  23. 33.Toronto72
  24. 34.Barcelona70
  25. 35.Seattle70
  26. 36.Zurich70
  27. 37.Avignon68
  28. 38.Beijing68
  29. 39.Brussels68
  30. 40.Cologne68
  31. 41.Copenhagen68
  32. 42.Frankfurt68
  33. 43.Lyon68
  34. 44.Rome68
  35. 45.Seville68
  36. 46.Washington DC67
  37. 47.Liverpool66
  38. 48.Lucerne66
  39. 49.Naples66
  40. 50.Osaka66
  41. 51.Rio de Janeiro66
  42. 52.Shanghai66
  43. 53.Verona66
  44. 54.Dublin65
  45. 55.Riga65
  46. 56.Stockholm65
  47. 57.Turin65
  48. 58.Athens64
  49. 59.Helsinki63
  50. 60.Monaco63
  51. 61.Montpellier63
  52. 62.Seoul63
  53. 63.Warsaw63
  54. 64.Atlanta62
  55. 65.Istanbul62
  56. 66.Oslo62
  57. 67.Palermo62
  58. 68.Venice62
  59. 69.Bologna60
  60. 70.Bucharest60
  61. 71.Geneva60
  62. 72.Ghent60
  63. 73.Kyoto60
  64. 74.Lisbon60
  65. 75.Antwerp58
  66. 76.Baden-Baden58
  67. 77.Bergen58
  68. 78.Florence58
  69. 79.Granada58
  70. 80.Rotterdam58
  71. 81.The Hague58
  72. 82.Toulouse58
  73. 83.Varanasi58
  74. 84.Cardiff57
  75. 85.Galway57
  76. 86.Marseille56
  77. 87.San Diego56
  78. 88.Strasbourg56
  79. 89.Yokohama56
  80. 90.Aarhus55
  81. 91.Belfast55
  82. 92.Belgrade55
  83. 93.Bordeaux55
  84. 94.Catania55
  85. 95.Hong Kong55
  86. 96.Krakow55
  87. 97.Miami55
  88. 98.Portland55
  89. 99.Santiago55
  90. 100.Ubud55
  91. 101.Valencia55
  92. 102.Vilnius54
  93. 103.Bilbao53
  94. 104.Lima53
  95. 105.Bangkok52
  96. 106.Cadiz52
  97. 107.Cape Town52
  98. 108.Gdansk52
  99. 109.Genoa52
  100. 110.Nuremberg52
  101. 111.Ottawa52
  102. 112.Porto52
  103. 113.Quebec City52
  104. 114.Thessaloniki52
  105. 115.Vancouver52
  106. 116.Zagreb52
  107. 117.Cairo50
  108. 118.Ljubljana50
  109. 119.Manila50
  110. 120.Singapore50
  111. 121.Sofia50
  112. 122.Tallinn50
  113. 123.Bratislava48
  114. 124.Heidelberg48
  115. 125.Izmir48
  116. 126.Cordoba47
  117. 127.Tampa47
  118. 128.West Palm Beach47
  119. 129.Calgary46
  120. 130.Cork45
  121. 131.Innsbruck45
  122. 132.Malaga45
  123. 133.Nice45
  124. 134.Reykjavik45
  125. 135.San Sebastian45
  126. 136.Bath44
  127. 137.Valletta44
  128. 138.Fort Lauderdale42
  129. 139.Jakarta42
  130. 140.Kuala Lumpur42
  131. 141.Plovdiv42
  132. 142.Antalya40
  133. 143.Bruges40
  134. 144.Dubai40
  135. 145.Hanoi40
  136. 146.Maastricht40
  137. 147.Orlando40
  138. 148.Santiago de Compostela40
  139. 149.Sarajevo40
  140. 150.Biarritz38
  141. 151.Brasov38
  142. 152.Cannes38
  143. 153.Pisa38
  144. 154.San Jose38
  145. 155.Skopje38
  146. 156.York38
  147. 157.Alicante37
  148. 158.Split37
  149. 159.Macau36
  150. 160.Siena36
  151. 161.Killarney35
  152. 162.Como34
  153. 163.Annecy33
  154. 164.Inverness33
  155. 165.Bodrum32
  156. 166.Limassol32
  157. 167.Tirana32
  158. 168.Tromso32
  159. 169.Cusco30
  160. 170.Doha30
  161. 171.Faro30
  162. 172.Kathmandu28
  163. 173.La Spezia28
  164. 174.Zadar28
  165. 175.Dubrovnik25
  166. 176.Marrakech25
  167. 177.Paphos22
  168. 178.Rovaniemi22
  169. 179.Toledo22
  170. 180.Kotor20
  171. 181.Sorrento20
  172. 182.Cancun17
  173. 183.Mostar16
  174. 184.Interlaken15
  175. 185.Rovinj15
  176. 186.Goreme10
  177. 187.Bled5

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