Troubadour

The Troubadour is one of the most historically significant music venues in the world, a 500-capacity club on Santa Monica Boulevard in West Hollywood that has been presenting live music since 1957 and shaping the course of popular music in ways that are still felt everywhere. Elton John made his American debut here in 1970, introduced by Neil Diamond. Joni Mitchell, James Taylor, Carole King, Linda Ronstadt, Jackson Browne, and the Eagles all played defining early sets on this stage. Tom Waits found his voice here. Guns N' Roses played their first show here. The Troubadour was central to folk's rise in the 1960s, the singer-songwriter era of the 1970s, the glam metal scene of the 1980s, and has continued to be the room where careers are launched and reputations confirmed well into the 21st century, with Arctic Monkeys, Coldplay, Franz Ferdinand, Joanna Newsom, and Orville Peck all playing pivotal shows. The room holds 500 with general admission on the floor and a compact balcony, and the sound is crisp and clear throughout. Named one of the best rock clubs in the world by Rolling Stone, the Troubadour remains an all-ages venue and one of the essential destinations on the planet for live music.