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Beale Street in Memphis, a walking street of blues clubs and bars with neon signs.

9 destinations, 41 places

The best music cities in the US

The best music cities in the US, and the small towns between them, gave the country its sound: the honky-tonks of Nashville, the studios of Memphis and Muscle Shoals, the Delta crossroads, the clubs of New Orleans, Austin and Chicago, Motown and the Rock Hall, and Seattle. Pick one to see the places we take you and every tour that goes there.

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Tennessee and Alabama

3 destinations

Nashville music tours

Ryman Auditorium, Lower Broadway, Grand Ole Opry House, Music Row and RCA Studio B

Best: March to June, September to November

3 toursFrom $1,890Explore

Memphis music tours

Beale Street, Sun Studio, Stax Museum of American Soul Music, Graceland

Best: April to June, September to November

4 toursFrom $2,290Explore

The Delta, Louisiana and Texas

3 destinations

New Orleans music tours

Frenchmen Street, Preservation Hall and the French Quarter, Tremé and Congo Square, New Orleans Jazz Museum

Best: February to May, October and November

5 toursFrom $189Explore

Austin music tours

Sixth Street and Red River, South Congress and the Continental Club, ACL Live at the Moody Theater, Lady Bird Lake and the Congress Avenue Bridge

Best: March to May, October and November

2 toursFrom $2,290Explore

The Great Lakes and the Northwest

3 destinations

Chicago music tours

Chess Records, Buddy Guy's Legends, The Green Mill, Kingston Mines

Best: May to October

2 toursFrom $1,990Explore

Seattle music tours

Museum of Pop Culture, Belltown and the Crocodile, Jimi Hendrix's Seattle, Aberdeen

Best: June to September

1 tourFrom $2,190Explore

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