Blue Ocean Music Hall

About

Best live music venue on Boston's North Shore. It's an ocean front facility showcasing top national and regional bands, solo artists and stand-up comedians.

From the 1930s Ocean Echo Dance Pavilion to the 1940s live music venue, The Frolics, Salisbury Beach has long been a popular destination for live music. Big name acts of the time such as Glenn Miller, Duke Ellington, Ella Fitzgerald, Louis Armstrong, Frank Sinatra, Tony Bennett, Liberace, Paul Anka and Johnny Mathis, through to James Brown, Aerosmith, Marshall Tucker, The Fools and many more performed at The Frolics. With a capacity of 1,250, the cabaret style venue located just south of today’s Blue Ocean Music Hall, was the largest nightspot on the New England coast in the 1950s through the 1980s.

As part of efforts to revitalize Salisbury Beach in 2009, Blue Ocean Music Hall launched a new year-round, state-of-the-art concert venue inside the former Pavilion building that marked the return of live entertainment to Boston’s North Shore beach destination.  Having presented more than 1,000 shows since opening 15 years ago, award winning Blue Ocean Music Hall continues the tradition of hosting national acts, comedy and entertainment at the ocean’s edge.