Top rated Live music venues in Köln, Germany to elevate your visit (Updated December, 2023)

Top rated Live music venues in Köln

Experience the best that Köln has to offer with our curated list of top-rated places. Sorted by average review scores from venues boasting over 30 reviews, these establishments promise exceptional quality and experiences to elevate your visit in the city. This list contains 19 places from Live music venue category.

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Tonstudio Salon De Jazz - Köln

Recording studio

👍👍 Great "insider tip" for all jazz lovers who want to enjoy exquisite concerts in a living room atmosphere. A renovation/expansion is scheduled for 2022... we'll be excited.

4.80 (41 reviews) (~1.63 km from centre)

The Copper Pot - Köln

Irish pub

Whiskey & Guinness at a buzzing pub hosting live music & TV soccer, with memorabilia on brick walls.

$$ $$

4.60 (862 reviews) (~0.18 km from centre)

Restaurant Borsalino

Restaurant

Laid-back & time-tested haunt offering a big menu of Italian & German-inspired food, plus cocktails.

$ $$$

4.50 (1.3K reviews) (~1.78 km from centre)

Tanzbrunnen

Live music venue

Park on the banks of the Rhine with outdoor & indoor stages for concerts & theater plus beach club.

4.40 (7.7K reviews) (~1.1 km from centre)

Blue Shell

Live music venue

Laid-back nightspot with regular live rock gigs in a cozy interior with a convivial atmosphere.

$$ $$

4.40 (635 reviews) (~1.83 km from centre)

Elektroküche Köln

Live music venue

👍👍 Hammer

4.40 (630 reviews) (~1.99 km from centre)

Chlodwig-Eck - Köln

Pub

👍👍 Best pub in town, great people, great atmosphere, always coming back!

$$ $$

4.40 (502 reviews) (~1.76 km from centre)

Söckchen Altstadtkneipe - Köln

Pub

👍👍 Ok

$$ $$

4.40 (389 reviews) (~0.26 km from centre)

Jaki

Live music venue

👍👍 Perfect for smaller concerts. Good acoustics and cinema atmosphere

4.40 (68 reviews) (~1.8 km from centre)

Essigfabrik

Live music venue

Cozy, industrial hot spot offering live rock, metal & other concerts, with 2 bars & outdoor seating.

4.30 (1.8K reviews) (~1.99 km from centre)

Cologne Opera

Opera house

Stately performance venue, home to the Cologne Opera and hosting many musical theater shows.

4.30 (1.2K reviews) (~1.26 km from centre)

maca_ronni - Köln

Italian restaurant

Upbeat, late-night Italian restaurant with regular live music dishing up pizza, pasta & seafood.

$$ $$

4.30 (582 reviews) (~1.31 km from centre)

MTC Club

Rock music club

😠 Tried to enter for some live music and the bouncer refused, saying only No, no, no, no, without offering any explanation while being super rude. Disappointing.

4.20 (775 reviews) (~1.76 km from centre)

Belgisches Haus

Museum

👍 Im Belgischen Haus befindet sich die Interims-Stätte des RGM, so lange das ursprüngliche Gebäude am Roncalliplatz renoviert wird (die Arbeiten dürften laut Auskunft an der Infotheke noch mindestens 5-6 Jahre dauern, zum Zeitpunkt der Rezension ist es April 2022). Eine verständlicherweise reduzierte...

4.20 (177 reviews) (~0.74 km from centre)

Cologne After 7

Live music bar

👍👍 Cologne's legendary live music location in a number one bar atmosphere. Some local, many national and also some international artists perform here. The audience is very mixed (after-work style and scene) and not too young. The sound is extremely good for a bar. Luckily, after the lockdowns, there is...

4.20 (31 reviews) (~1.45 km from centre)

Zum scheuen Reh

Bar

😠 I have been there already several times, as I found the music and environment very pleasant, unfortunately, I can not say the same about the staff, especially the bouncers. I had already felt a little bit misspoken by the bouncers for the last times I went there, but unfortunately, I can not let asi...

$$ $$

4.10 (892 reviews) (~1.93 km from centre)

Café Fleur

Cafe

Brunch, coffee, salads & snack lunches at an airy cafe/bar with an art deco vibe & street tables.

$$ $$

4.10 (455 reviews) (~1.6 km from centre)

BOGEN 2

Event venue

👍 I was at a techno party at Bogen 2. Haven’t been there for other occasions. The music was too hard for me but I definitely liked the two halls. The smaller one was very colorful and felt more cozy. The location is not the best, but if you have nice company for the way it’s not a big deal.

4.00 (403 reviews) (~1.84 km from centre)

Klub Domhof Köln

Event venue

😠 The club itself is really cool and the people were very nice too. But we were there twice and both times someone in our group got KO drops in their drink. I don't know what kind of people are arguing that it happened both times we were there, but that's not possible. Both of them became unconscious...

$$ $$

3.60 (86 reviews) (~0.38 km from centre)

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Top rated Live music venues in Köln, Germany