Live-music venues worth the trip in Bridgeport, Connecticut

A 5,700-plus-seat boutique amphitheater in Bridgeport with covered open-air seating, run in association with Live Nation.

A Bridgeport music hall in the space that was the Acoustic, and before that the Acoustic Cafe, relaunched by the Torres family in 2021 to book nationally touring bands alongside living legends and up-and-comers.