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Game-night crowds on Lansdowne, plus music rooms from tiny stages to a 5,000-capacity hall.
Fenway runs on the Red Sox and concert calendar, so check both before you pick a bar, and plan on the Green Line home from Kenmore. In our Beer Index a typical beer here is $8.
15 places
The Berklee Performance Center is a concert hall at 136 Massachusetts Avenue, a seated hall with a grand stage and great sound. The schedule pairs big-name artists with student and faculty shows. The genres run from hip-hop and rock through jazz and folk.
Bleacher Bar, a sports bar at 82A Lansdowne Street, is built into the side of Fenway Park. Its window the size of a garage door looks out at center field. Inside is a small, dimly lit, triangle-shaped room.
Kenmore · about 5 min walk (estimate)
Cafe 939, at 939 Boylston Street, is an all-ages concert venue, per Berklee's page for the Red Room. The Roots Roadshow series celebrates America's musical heritage.
A Fenway sports bar on a busy corner in the Green Monster's shadow. Sox fans of every generation fill the big interior. The sidewalk patio is the spot for people-watching around a game.
Hours on the venue's site: Fri-Sat 11 AM-2 AM; Sun-Thu 11:30 AM-12 AM
Blandford Street · about 4 min walk (estimate)
Cisco Brewers Fenway, the Nantucket brewery's beer garden and restaurant at 1301 Boylston St, is always open 2 hours before any game or concert at Fenway Park. The Globe reported a plan for a year-round restaurant and a seasonal beer garden running April to October. Meet Boston counts it among the breweries with footprints in the Fenway area.
Fenway · about 8 min walk (estimate)
A neighborhood tavern behind Fenway Park with more than 250 whiskeys on the list. Dinner is a family-style whole roasted pig. Whisky Advocate put it in its Top 100 Whisky Bars in America in January 2025, per the bar's site.
An izakaya-style tavern on Boylston Street next to the Verb Hotel. The menu covers sushi, robata yakitori and street-food small plates. The drinks include frozen tiki cocktails and 20 sakes.
Lansdowne Pub, an Irish pub and music venue near the Kenmore T stop, advertises live music seven nights a week. Two pianists take requests while the whole bar sings. Time Out calls it a great spot for partying before or after Sox games.
Kenmore · about 3 min walk (estimate)
Loretta's Last Call at 1 Lansdowne St bills itself as Boston’s original country bar. Every week brings line dancing nights. The kitchen goes for Nashville hot chicken and smoked brisket.
Hours on the venue's site: Mon-Thu 4 PM-1 AM; Fri 4 PM-2 AM; Sat-Sun 10:30 AM-2 AM
Kenmore · about 3 min walk (estimate)
MGM Music Hall at Fenway is a roughly 91,500-square-foot venue at 2 Lansdowne St. Per Time Out, every seat in the four-story hall is a good one. The calendar has included Bruno Mars, Morrissey, Godsmack and James Taylor.
At Nathalie, a wine bar on Brookline Ave, every by-the-glass wine comes from a woman producer. Its site says it favors small-production, natural and female-produced wines. The Infatuation calls it a tiny bar with a neighborhood-pub feel.
The concert hall at 301 Massachusetts Avenue in Fenway opened in 1900 as home of the Boston Symphony Orchestra. A 1990 extension added the Cohen Wing. It ranks among the most acoustically brilliant venues.
Tasty Burger's Fenway counter at 86 Van Ness Street recently moved to a new storefront nearby. Time Out likes the retro vibe, fair prices and late hours. The menu adds turkey and veggie burgers, plus chicken sandwiches and dogs.
Fenway · about 6 min walk (estimate)
BU's 2026 neighborhood guide calls The Kenmore, in Kenmore Square, an affordable pub built around craft beer, burgers and hot dogs. The same guide notes a nightly late deal on hot dogs and burgers after 10 pm. Meet Boston suggests the wings or the burger plus craft brews on tap.
Hours on the venue's site: Thu-Sat 11 AM-2 AM; Sun 10 AM-1 AM; Mon-Wed 11 AM-1 AM
Kenmore · about 1 min walk (estimate)
Time Out Market Boston is a food hall at 401 Park Dr in Fenway that opened in 2019. It packs 14 eateries, two bars, a big patio and a video wall into one space. The bars pour seasonal cocktails and food-friendly wines.
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On a game or show night Lansdowne Street packs out, and on a quiet one you are down to a few pubs and the Berklee rooms.
The ballpark bars. Bleacher Bar is the only bar inside Fenway Park, which is reason enough to go. The garage door onto the outfield is the view. Its own page shows "season schedule coming soon", so confirm it is open before you go.
Lansdowne Pub is the loud pick, with live music seven nights a week. The room holds 600 guests at full tilt, so bring a group that wants noise and a pint.
Pregame and postgame. Cask 'n Flagon is the pregame default, with Friday and Saturday hours from 11am to 2am. Its hours can run earlier or later on Fenway event days, so check before you plan around it.
Citizen Public House & Oyster Bar is the sit-down pick for a small group, in a neighborhood tavern behind Fenway. Whiskey is the draw, with more than 200 on the list. On select game days it opens early.
Shows. MGM Music Hall at Fenway is the big room, planned as a 5,000 seat music venue. Smaller rooms sit around Berklee, so check the calendar for Berklee Performance Center. The Red Room at Cafe 939 is a premier all-ages concert venue, so go there for a show without the 21+ gate.
Everything here sits on the Green Line.
Event crowds can strain the Green Line, so open Last Train and the MBTA Trip Planner before you leave.
Citizen Public House & Oyster Bar is the late answer. Its kitchen runs until 1 AM Thursday through Saturday, with the bar open to 2 AM. Time Out flags the oyster bar for late-night slurping. More options on Eat Late.
Officially Fenway and Kenmore are one neighborhood for administrative purposes. Unofficially it is the district of the famous Boston Citgo sign.
In our Beer Index a typical Fenway beer is $8, across 5 bars with a listed price. Prices run $7 to $11. Stadium and arena prices are left out. How we count.
Adults 21 and over only. For Downtown / Back Bay / Seaport / Fenway / South End, the Cannabis Index tracks 7 licensed stores, where an eighth runs about $30. See the Cannabis Index. Data: Glass (glassintel.xyz). Consume only on private property where it is allowed, and never drive afterward.
Kenmore is served by the Green Line B, C and D branches, Fenway by the D branch, and Hynes Convention Center by all three. The Green Line E branch stops at Symphony, Northeastern University and Museum of Fine Arts for the music venues. Event nights can crowd the Green Line, so open the Last Train page and the MBTA Trip Planner before you leave, and keep a rideshare option in mind.
