Best Music Cities In the U.S.

The Top Ten
1 New York
2 Nashville
3 Los Angeles Los Angeles, officially the City of Los Angeles and often abbreviated as L.A., is the largest city in California. It has an estimated population of nearly 4 million, and is the second-largest city in the United States, after New York City, and the third-largest city in North America, after Mexico City ...read more.
4 Washington DC
5 New Orleans
6 Boston
7 Chicago
8 Austin
9 Detroit Detroit is the largest and most populous city in the U.S. state of Michigan. Located across from Windsor, Ontario, Canada on the Detroit River, Detroit had an estimated population of 672,662 in 2018.
10 Miami Miami, officially the City of Miami, is the cultural, economic and financial center of South Florida. Miami is the seat of Miami-Dade County, the most populous county in Florida.
The Contenders
11 Memphis Memphis is a city located along the Mississippi River in southwestern Shelby County, Tennessee, United States.
12 Cleveland
13 Atlanta Atlanta is the capital and most populous city in the U.S. state of Georgia. With an estimated 2017 population of 486,290, it is also the 38th most-populous city in the United States.
14 Asheville

A town in North Caroline that hosted music from Bob Dylan to Skrillix

15 San Francisco San Francisco, officially the City and County of San Francisco, is a city in, and the cultural, commercial, and financial center of, Northern California.
16 Burlington
17 Philadelphia Philadelphia is the largest city in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the sixth-most populous city in the United States, with an estimated population of 1,567,872 and more than 6 million in the seventh-largest metropolitan statistical area, as of 2016. Philadelphia is the economic and cultural anchor ...read more.
18 Las Vegas Las Vegas, officially the City of Las Vegas and often known simply as Vegas, is the 28th-most populated city in the United States, the most populated city in the state of Nevada, and the county seat of Clark County.
19 Seattle Seattle is a seaport city on the west coast of the United States. It is the seat of King County, Washington.
20 Minneapolis
21 St. Louis St. Louis is an independent city and inland port in the U.S. state of Missouri. It is situated along the western bank of the Mississippi River, which marks Missouri's border with Illinois.
22 Denver Denver, officially the City and County of Denver, is the capital and most populous municipality of the U.S. state of Colorado.
23 Athens

A town in Georgia with some really great music played by bands like REM, the B-52s and more

24 Beverly Hills
25 Bloomington
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