House of Blues works with many downtown venues, including:

Abe & Jake’s Landing,

8 E. Sixth

“Abe and Jake’s is the place if you’re looking for fantastic local bands on the weekend, like Brent Berry and the Roots Crew and that kind of dancier stuff,” said Jacki Becker, production director for Lawrence’s House of Blues.

Often the converted barbed wire factory features jazz combos in its smaller bar area while marquee acts perform on the main stage.

The Bottleneck,

737 N.H.

“The Bottleneck is your six-days-a-week, anything-and-everything, all-the-time place,” Becker said of the most nationally recognizable Lawrence club.

The famous acts that have graced the stage over the last 15 years are too numerous to count, but patrons can appreciate the legacy thanks to hundreds of show bills and 8-by-10-inch glossies of past performers that grace the walls.

The Granada,

1020 Mass.

A former movie theater, The Granada retains much of its cinematic ambiance. A martini bar with huge fish tanks in the front of the club gives way to a sizable stage area in the back.

Stadium headliners such as Smashing Pumpkins, Everclear and Marilyn Manson have all opened their tours with warm-up shows here.

The Jazzhaus,

926 1/2 Mass.

Operating for more than 20 years, the longest-running downtown club mainly features live local and national acts on the weekends. Though this music is rarely jazz-related, it is always an eclectic mix.

“The Jazzhaus has a feel-good atmosphere,” Becker said. “You have the good plants and artwork on the wall.”

Liberty Hall,

644 Mass.

“When well-known acts underplay, Liberty Hall is the perfect, most beautiful venue,” she said. “Ani DiFranco never plays under a 2,000-seater, but she decided to play Liberty Hall and loved it. Widespread Panic decided to play there, because it’s just intimate and gorgeous.”

Replay Lounge,

946 Mass.

Surrounded by pinball machines (thus the name) and linked to an outdoor beer garden that stays heated in the winter, The Replay Lounge is a great launching pad for groups who cater to the KJHK radio crowd.

“The Replay tends to be the underground, indie rock/punk rock stuff,” Becker explained. “But they’ve also been doing a lot of cool DJ stuff outside.”