Live-music venues worth the trip in Erie, Pennsylvania

A lavishly restored 1931 Rapp & Rapp movie palace seating roughly 2,250, home to the Erie Philharmonic and a best-in-class historic room for touring concerts.

A historic downtown theater, the former Basement Transmissions space, reimagined by the Lavery Brewing team into a 500-standing live-music room with a balcony and two bars.

A long-running 21-and-over music club, roughly 300 upstairs and 500 down, that bills itself as Erie’s hottest live-music room, with a busy week-night gig calendar.