List of music venues in South America

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This is a list of music venues in South America. Venues with a capacity of 1,000 or higher are included.

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Argentina

OpenedVenueCityCapacity
May 25, 1872 Opera Allianz Buenos Aires 1,852
July 8, 1937 Teatro Gran Rex 3,350
June 1978 Estadio Obras Sanitarias 4,700
February 6, 1932 Estadio Luna Park 8,400
2006 Microestadio Malvinas Argentinas 9,000
Un­known Estadio G.E.B.A. 12,133
November 1, 2019 Movistar Arena 15,000
October 6, 1920 Club Ciudad 30,000 [1]
October 27, 1928 Campo Argentino de Polo
April 22, 1951 José Amalfitani Stadium 60,000
May 25, 1938 Estadio Monumental 86,049
October 16, 2009Quality Espacio Córdoba 3,500 [2]
2018Plaza de la Musica6,100
October 16, 2009Quality Arena8,000 [2]
September 6, 2002 Orfeo Superdomo 14,000
May 16, 1978 Estadio Mario Alberto Kempes 57,000
1987 Anfiteatro Cocomarola Corrientes 12,500
1995 Polideportivo Islas Malvinas Mar De Plata 8,000
August 21, 1995 Estadio Ruca Che Neuque 8,000
June 7, 2003 Estadio Único Diego Armando Maradona La Plata 53,000
2007 Salón Metropolitano Rosario 10,000
January 5, 2001 Estadio Padre Ernesto Martearena Salta 20,000
1946Estadio de Central Cordoba de Santiago del EsteroSan Miguel de Tucumán14,000
December 8, 1935 Hipódromo de San Isidro San Isidro 100,000
UnknownAnfiteatro Villa Maria [3] Villa María 12,000
July 14, 2011 Tecnópolis Arena Villa Martelli

Bolivia

OpenedVenueCityCapacity
1977 Estadio Hernando Siles La Paz 45,000
1988Teatro Al Aire Libre [4] 10,000
1938 Estadio Félix Capriles Cochabamba 40,000
1940 Estadio Ramón Tahuichi Aguilera Santa Cruz De La Sierra 38,000
1987Estadio Real Santa Cruz25,000
2014Sonilum Arena12,000
1920Teatro Gran Mariscal Sucre [5] Sucre 5,000

Brazil

OpenedVenueCityCapacity
Bahia (BA)
1967Teatro Castro Alves [6] Salvador 5,000
April 7, 2013 Arena Fonte Nova 55,000
Rio Grande do Sul (RS)
Teatro SESI Porto Alegre Porto Alegre 1,684
2006 Pepsi on Stage 7,200
November 4, 1973 Gigantinho 14,586
November 7, 1930Estacionamento da FIERGS [7] 25,000
April 6, 1969 Estádio Beira-Rio 51,300
December 8, 2012 Arena do Grêmio 55,662
Rio de Janeiro (RJ)
Teatro Riachuelo Rio de Janeiro 1,500
1982 Circo Voador 2,200
November 10, 2006 Vivo Rio 4,000
1999 Fundição Progresso 5,000
1994 Qualistage 12,000
July 2007 Jeunesse Arena 18,768
1983 Praça da Apoteose 30,000
2007 Estádio Olímpico Nilton Santos 70,000
June 16, 1950 Maracanã Stadium 78,838 [8] [9]
2011 Parque dos Atletas 80,000
c. 1900s Copacabana Beach ~3,500,000
Paraná (PR)
1900 Teatro Guaíra Curitiba 3,000
2008 Expotrade Arena 20,000
1990 Pedreira Paulo Leminski
January 23, 1947 Estádio Vila Capanema
São Paulo (SP)
1952Cine Joia São Paulo 1,200 [10]
June 16, 1972 Auditório Celso Furtado 2,502
1963 Ginásio do Pacaembu 3,000
April 2004 Tokio Marine Hall 4,000
September 1999 (reopened May 2022) Vibra São Paulo 7,000
2012Espaço das Américas [11] 8,400
January 25, 1957 Ginásio do Ibirapuera 11,000
January 25, 1941 São Paulo Jockey Club 25,784
December 5, 2004 Arena Anhembi 30,000
2014 Allianz Parque 55,000
1940 Autódromo de Interlagos 60,000
October 2, 1960 Morumbi Stadium 67,052
Minas Gerais (MG)
1932Cine Theatro Brasil Vallourec Belo Horizonte 1,000
1952 Juscelino Kubitschek Arena 5,000
June 25, 2003 Arena Hall 5,500
1980 Mineirinho 25,000
September 5, 1965 Mineirão 58,170
2007 Arena Sabiazinho [12] Uberlândia 8,000
Goiás (GO)
2002 Goiânia Arena Goiânia 15,000
Federal District (DF)
April 30, 2014NET Live Brasília Brasília 5,000
1973 Nilson Nelson Gymnasium 16,000
March 10, 1974 Mané Garrincha Stadium 72,780
Espírito Santo (ES)
1980s [13] Arena Vitória Vitória 6,000 [13]
Un­knownPraça do Papa [14] Un­known
Ilha Shows2,700 [15]
2015Área de Eventos do Shopping Vila Velha Vila Velha 20,000 [16]
September 7, 1983 Estádio Kléber Andrade Cariacica 33,000 [17] [18]
Pernambuco (PE)
November 12, 1970 Ginásio de Esportes Geraldo Magalhães Recife 15,000
1972 Estádio do Arruda 60,044
2001 Classic Hall Olinda 11,400
Amazonas (AM)
Teatro Manauara Manaus 1,600
2006 Amadeu Teixeira Arena 11,800
1994 Manaus Convention Center 100,000
Alagoas (AL)
Un­knownTeatro Gustavo Leite [19] Maceió 1,251
Ginásio do SESI8,864
Ceará (CE)
November 11, 1973 Castelão Fortaleza 67,037
Un­knownMarina Park Hotel[ citation needed ]32,000
June 30, 2012 Centro de Eventos do Ceará 30,000
2015 Ginásio Olímpico 21,000
September 17, 2005 Siará Hall 14,000

Chile

OpenedVenueCityCapacity
June 19, 2017 Gran Arena Monticello Santiago 4,000
1936 Teatro Caupolicán 4,500
1969 Estadio Víctor Jara 6,508
April 15, 2006 Movistar Arena 16,420
1986 Estadio Bicentenario de La Florida 25,000
December 3, 1938 Estadio Nacional Julio Martínez Prádanos 78,000
September 16, 1962 Estadio Municipal Alcaldesa Ester Roa Rebolledo Concepción 33,000
1963 Quinta Vergara Amphitheater Viña del Mar 20,000
September 8, 1929 Estadio Sausalito 23,423
January 7, 1970 Estadio Bicentenario Francisco Sánchez Rumoroso Coquimbo 18,750
October 8, 1964 Estadio Regional de Antofagasta Antofagasta 21,178

Colombia

OpenedVenueCityCapacity
2010 Teatro Royal Center Bogotá 4,500
1993Palacio de los Deportes5,000
1973 Movistar Arena Bogotá 14,000
1979 Parque Simón Bolívar 100,000
Un­known Parque Deportivo 222 18,796
August 10, 1938 Estadio El Campín 39,512
August 12, 2022 Coliseo Medplus 20,000
May 27, 2016Chamorro City Hall6,500
August 24, 2025 Vive Claro 40,000 [20]
1971 Coliseo El Pueblo Cali 18,000
2007 Centro de Eventos del Pacifico 11,000
July 20, 1937 Estadio Olímpico Pascual Guerrero 33,130
1955 Coliseo Iván de Bedout Medellín 6,000
1975 Plaza Mayor 3,000
1945 Plaza de Toros La Macarena 15,000
March 19, 1953 Estadio Atanasio Girardot 45,000
1958 Estadio Jaime Morón León Cartagena 43,000
1986 Estadio Metropolitano Roberto Meléndez Barranquilla 46,692
May 11, 1971 Estadio Hernán Ramírez Villegas Pereira 30,297

Ecuador

OpenedVenueCityCapacity
November 25, 1951 Estadio Olímpico Atahualpa Quito 35,742
Summer 1992 Coliseo General Rumiñahui 16,750
Un­known Agora Casa de la Cultura 5,500
1945 Estadio Alejandro Serrano Aguilar Cuenca 22,000
May 30, 1963 Coliseo Voltaire Paladines Polo Guayaquil 11,189
1959 Estadio Modelo Alberto Spencer 42,000
1970Estadio Reales Tamarindos Portoviejo 21,000

Paraguay

OpenedVenueCityCapacity
September 18, 1954 Jockey Club Asunción 80,000
May 24, 1970 Estadio General Pablo Rojas 51,237
1917 Estadio Defensores del Chaco 40,759
1965 Estadio Manuel Ferreira 25,000

Peru

OpenedVenueCityCapacity
July 2, 2000 Estadio Monumental Lima 84,000
October 27, 1952 Estadio Nacional 45,000
May 13, 1951 Estadio Universidad San Marcos 43,000
February 14, 1946 Coliseo Amauta 20,000
1989 Coliseo Eduardo Dibos 6,136
April 4, 1946 Jockey Club Parcela H 25,000
1999 Anfiteatro del Parque de la Exposición 4,500
2022Arena Perú15,000 [21]
1980s Coliseo Cerrado Cusco 13,000
October 12, 1946 Estadio Mansiche Trujillo 23,214

Trinidad and Tobago

OpenedVenueCityCapacity
1817 Queen's Park Savannah Port of Spain Un­known
1896 Queen's Park Oval 25,000
1980 Hasely Crawford Stadium 23,000

Uruguay

OpenedVenueCityCapacity
July 18, 1930 Estadio Centenario Montevideo 65,235
May 25, 1900Estadio Gran Parque Central34,000
November 12, 2018 Antel Arena 15,000
1938Velódromo Municipal de Montevideo15,000
1984Estadio Charrua14,000
1955Palacio Peñarol5,400
Un­knownTeatro de Verano[ citation needed ]4,218
1856 Solís Theatre 1,200
Un­knownLandia Centro de Espectáculos[ citation needed ] Ciudad de la Costa 4,500

Venezuela

OpenedVenueCityCapacity
December 5, 1951 Estadio Olímpico de la UCV Caracas 24,000
1970 Estadio de Fútbol de la Universidad Simón Bolívar 15,000
March 26, 1974 Poliedro de Caracas 13,000
Un­known Terraza del C.C.C.T. 5,000
Palacio de Eventos de Venezuela Maracaibo 7,000
March 8, 1991 Forum de Valencia Valencia 10,150
2001 Estadio Misael Delgado 10,400

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