The Beehive
About
The Beehive is a restaurant, bar and live music room on Tremont Street, set inside the Boston Center for the Arts complex in the South End. It calls itself a Bohemian eatery and bar, and the distinction is the stage: there is live music every day of the week, from jazz and blues to soul, reggae, country, funk, cabaret and burlesque, with no cover charge for the nightly entertainment.
It suits a night out built around a band rather than a view, a dinner that turns into a late drink, and weekend brunch with musicians playing.
The music
Sets start in the evening all week, a little earlier from Thursday to Saturday, and two nights have a set identity. Monday Night Hoedowns bring the Goodrich Family Band & Friends to the stage for bluegrass and Americana with rotating guest musicians, and Blues on Sunday is led by the keyboardist Bruce Bears with a changing lineup of local and touring players. On Saturday and Sunday mornings a live music brunch runs until early afternoon.
Food and drink
The kitchen describes its cooking as rustic comfort food with Middle Eastern, Eastern European and American influences, and the current dinner menu runs from crostini and colossal shrimp cocktail to royal couscous, fish and chips made with local hake, a dry-aged burger and beef short rib bourguignon. Several dishes are marked gluten friendly, vegetarian or vegan. The bar pours cocktails, beer and an accessible wine list, and the restaurant highlights its long list of Champagne and sparkling wine.
Before you go
There is no cover, but a 7% entertainment fee is added to checks during performances to support the live music program; the menu says the fee is optional and can be removed on request, and tips for the band are welcome. Reservations are taken online, and larger groups use an inquiry form. Street parking and garages are the options nearby, since valet parking is currently suspended.
Wildlife Hospitality, the group behind The Beehive, also runs Cósmica and Spy Bar at the Revolution Hotel.
Sources: The Beehive, music calendar, menus, Monday Night Hoedowns, Blues on Sunday, reservations, OpenTable. Checked September 30, 2026.
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Boston, 02116
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The Beehive
About The Beehive
Quick answer: The Beehive is a bar at 541 Tremont Street, Boston, MA 02116. South End bar and restaurant at the Boston Center for the Arts, with live jazz, blues and more every day, no cover charge and weekend music brunch.
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The Beehive is a restaurant, bar and live music room on Tremont Street, set inside the Boston Center for the Arts complex in the South End. It calls itself a Bohemian eatery and bar, and the distinction is the stage: there is live music every day of the week, from jazz and blues to soul, reggae, country, funk, cabaret and burlesque, with no cover charge for the nightly entertainment.
It suits a night out built around a band rather than a view, a dinner that turns into a late drink, and weekend brunch with musicians playing.
The music
Sets start in the evening all week, a little earlier from Thursday to Saturday, and two nights have a set identity. Monday Night Hoedowns bring the Goodrich Family Band & Friends to the stage for bluegrass and Americana with rotating guest musicians, and Blues on Sunday is led by the keyboardist Bruce Bears with a changing lineup of local and touring players. On Saturday and Sunday mornings a live music brunch runs until early afternoon.
Food and drink
The kitchen describes its cooking as rustic comfort food with Middle Eastern, Eastern European and American influences, and the current dinner menu runs from crostini and colossal shrimp cocktail to royal couscous, fish and chips made with local hake, a dry-aged burger and beef short rib bourguignon. Several dishes are marked gluten friendly, vegetarian or vegan. The bar pours cocktails, beer and an accessible wine list, and the restaurant highlights its long list of Champagne and sparkling wine.
Before you go
There is no cover, but a 7% entertainment fee is added to checks during performances to support the live music program; the menu says the fee is optional and can be removed on request, and tips for the band are welcome. Reservations are taken online, and larger groups use an inquiry form. Street parking and garages are the options nearby, since valet parking is currently suspended.
Wildlife Hospitality, the group behind The Beehive, also runs Cósmica and Spy Bar at the Revolution Hotel.
Sources: The Beehive, music calendar, menus, Monday Night Hoedowns, Blues on Sunday, reservations, OpenTable. Checked September 30, 2026.
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