Concert Trip Planning: Live Music Travel Guides for Venues, Cities & Festivals
A good show deserves a good trip. Too many music fans nail the ticket and completely wing everything else. LiveMusicGetaways.com is a music travel planning guide built to change that. We research the neighborhoods, the hotels, the transport options, and the show day details so you can focus on the music. We add new venues and cities all the time, so bookmark us and check back.
Place to Stay & Plan Your Trip
Tell us your show, we’ll point you to the best neighbourhoods, transport tips, and insider advice for every venue we cover.
Discover. Plan. Experience.
Most music travel guides tell you where to go. We focus on how to actually get there, where to sleep, and how to make the whole trip work around the show. That means neighborhoods, not just city names. Transport options, not just venue addresses. The kind of detail you only find out by going yourself, which is exactly how these guides were put together.
Explore Legendary Venues & Festival Grounds
Each venue guide on LiveMusicGetaways.com covers the best neighborhoods to stay nearby, transport and parking options, and what to expect on show day. Red Rocks sits 6,450 feet above sea level in Morrison, Colorado. The Ryman Auditorium is a 130-year-old former church in downtown Nashville. The Hollywood Bowl has hosted performers since 1922. These are the details that make the difference between a good trip and a great one.
Choose Your Musical Destination
Every music city has its own personality and honestly, that’s half the fun of planning the trip. Some cities are about one legendary street where the music never stops. Others have a single venue so iconic it becomes the whole reason you go. We cover the cities that music fans actually travel to, with guides on where to stay, what the scene is really like, and how to get the most out of the trip beyond just the show itself.
Music Travel Tips
The difference between a good concert trip and a stressful one usually comes down to a few decisions made before you leave. Where you stay matters more than most people think. Getting to and from the venue matters even more. Our travel tips section covers the practical stuff that the official venue websites won’t tell you: which neighborhoods are worth the price, which transport options actually work after the show ends, what to pack for an outdoor festival in unpredictable weather, and where to eat when every restaurant near the venue has a two-hour wait. Check out our music travel tips before your next trip.
- Accommodation Recommendations – From luxury hotels steps away from the venue to budget friendly options within easy commuting distance
- Food & Drink – Best preshow dinner spots, late night eateries for after the encore, and iconic music themed bars and restaurants
- Local Experiences – Music history tours, record stores, instrument museums, and other attractions to enhance your musical journey
- Transportation Tips – Getting to and from venues, parking information, and public transit options
- Festival Survival Guides – Everything you need to know about multiday events, camping options, and packing essentials
- How to Get to The Gorge Amphitheatre
- Planning Your Music Event Trip: Essential Websites for Tickets, Flights & Accommodation
- Things to Do Near Hollywood Bowl
- Bars Near Hollywood Bowl
- How to Get to Hollywood Bowl
- Places to Stay Near Hollywood Bowl in 2026
Featured Music Event
Some years have a show you just know you have to be at. The kind where you buy the ticket before you figure out the logistics, then spend the next three months working backwards from there. Our Top Music Events guide for 2026 is built for exactly that situation. Pick your event and we will walk you through everything else: where to stay, how to get there, and what to do with the days around it.
FAQs
It started because we kept making the same mistakes on music trips. Booking a hotel in the wrong part of town, not knowing the parking situation until the night of the show, missing great local spots because we hadn’t done the research. The site is basically everything we wish we’d known before each trip, written up properly so other fans don’t have to figure it out the hard way.
Honestly, it comes down to what you’re into. New Orleans is unlike anywhere else on earth if you love jazz and brass bands. Austin has so much live music happening on any given Tuesday night that the big ticketed shows almost feel secondary. Nashville’s Broadway strip is loud and touristy but genuinely fun. Chicago, Memphis, New York: they all have something real going on. We cover all of them and try to be honest about what each one actually feels like.
Most people get this backwards. They book a hotel they like the look of and then worry about getting to the venue later. Start with the venue instead. Figure out which neighborhoods are actually close, check what the transport situation is like, then find your accommodation. It sounds obvious but it saves a lot of stress on show night.
Some venues you absolutely need one, others you’d be mad to drive to. It genuinely varies that much. A few are right in the city center and rideshares work fine. Others are out of town with limited options after the show ends. We cover this specifically in each venue guide because it’s one of those things that catches people out.