Live-music venues worth the trip in Rochester, New York

George Eastman’s 1922 theater, with a 2004 concert shell that improved its acoustics, is Rochester’s grand room for the Philharmonic, jazz-festival headliners, and touring acoustic acts.

Rochester’s downtown war-memorial arena, a 1955 building that still books arena-level hip-hop, R&B, and jam-band tours.

Kodak’s former corporate theater on the Ridge, a comfortable 2,000-seat room that has become Rochester’s go-to for mid-level country, prog, and legacy rock.

A modern East End room with a wide floor and balcony that books the alt-rock, metalcore, and hip-hop tours that skip the arena.

Rochester’s roots-music bar, a small Liberty Pole Way room where touring Americana, rockabilly, and country songwriters play a few feet from the crowd.

Rochester’s essential indie dive on Monroe Avenue, a 200-cap room with furniture on the ceiling that still books touring garage, psych, and punk nightly.

A 450-cap downtown rock room that is Rochester’s main stop for touring metal, hardcore, and underground hip-hop.

A 450-cap Atlantic Avenue club that leans electronic, punk, and ‘80s-revival, with a calendar of touring acts most weeks.