Live-music venues worth the trip in Tulsa, Oklahoma

A 1914 municipal convention hall with a 1930 Bruce Goff Art Deco interior, formerly the Brady Theater, known for impeccable acoustics and a layout that makes every seat in the house a great seat.

A downtown Tulsa arena that has hosted artists since 2008, bills itself as an award-winning sports and entertainment venue, and by its own count seats 19,199 and hosts more than fifty ticketed events a year, A-list concerts among them.

The 2,500-seat theater at River Spirit Casino Resort, with acoustics and sightlines the resort says leave no bad seat in the house, hosting concerts, comedy, tribute acts and live sporting events like boxing.

A 1924 ballroom known by artists and patrons alike as one of the top performance venues in the world, Home of Bob Wills and Carnegie Hall of Western Swing, with a spring-loaded maple dance floor under a neon star.

A 100-capacity reserved-seating listening room beneath Duet in downtown Tulsa, run by Guthrie Green, with banquette, cabaret and bar seating, no standing room, and a request to keep voices low.

A Tulsa club booking its own shows and promoters’ touring bills, whose media page quotes a Tulsa weekly’s hope that the room would help its corner reclaim its identity as the place to go for live music.

A floor-and-balcony club in downtown Tulsa sitting between Cain’s Ballroom and the Tulsa Theater, open only on show nights and devoted to catching the next big thing before they get big.