Club Metronome, located above Nectar’s, hosts loads of local bands. Get your groove on, 80s-style, at Retronome every Saturday night.

Way after dinner, this upscale fusion restaurant transforms into a hotspot for chill house, downtempo and hip-hop spun by some of the area’s best DJs.

A classic American restaurant with occasional live music. Thursday nights feature “Friends of Joe,” a rotating blues session tribute to late Burlington saxophone great, Big Joe Burrell.

This upscale French bistro has live, mellow jazz three nights a week, making it a perfect spot for a romantic dinner.

There’s live music seven nights a week and an extensive food menu at this Five Corners staple.

You can’t say that you go to school in Burlington until you’ve been to the official “birthplace of Phish” — the band, remember? There may be a cover on weekends or if you’re underage, but it’s worth the cash.

If venues such as Nectar’s and Higher Ground are the lifeblood of the Burlington music scene, this cozy hipster haunt is its beating heart. Local bands from virtually every genre imaginable — and a few that haven’t even been thought of yet — call the impossibly eclectic coffee shop home. Though small in stature, “The Bean” is Burlington’s arts epicenter, beloved by music fans across generational lines. From hipsters to hippies, preppies to punks, this is our musical melting pot.

DJs play this popular college hangout five nights a week. Pool and foosball entertain anyone who doesn’t feel like dancing.

Designed using salvaged pieces of a 19th century Irish pub, this restaurant features live music on Thursdays and Saturdays, and Irish sessions on Sunday afternoon. 21+ after 9 p.m.

DJs spin hip-hop, reggae and pop at this nightclub. Sometimes classic rock bands play on Saturdays.