2022 Cape Cod Travel Guide - Magazine - Page 55
Cape Cod Melody Tent
THE CAPE’S NOTABLE VENUES
Located in an oversized canvas tent, the Payomet
Provincetown’s Crown & Anchor has been a hub
Performing Arts Center in Truro is a top Cape
of entertainment since the turn of the 20th century.
Cod locale for seasonal live music and theater
Their venue spaces include the Cabaret, where
performances, covering a range of sounds from Celtic
many of the town’s top drag queens perform, and
and blues to iconic musicians the likes of Rickie Lee
The Dive Bar (formerly the Restaurant Bar), known
Jones and Los Lobos.
to locals and visitors alike for its nightly piano revue.
World-class performers have been taking center
Headliner Bobby Wetherbee is a Ptown icon who has
stage at the 2,300-seat Cape Cod Melody Tent
entertained crowds for more than six decades with
in downtown Hyannis for over 60 years; the star-
singalong favorites from Broadway and beyond. The
studded line-up has included such greats as Aretha
Cotuit Center for the Arts keeps the beat going all
Franklin, Melissa Etheridge, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Huey
year long, with musical acts ranging from an in-house
Lewis and Blues Traveler.
a cappella group and burlesque shows to Broadway
musicals and Wine Wednesdays, a gallery open house
with wine and live music.
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