Club Passim

Club Passim is an American folk music club in the Harvard Square area of Cambridge, Massachusetts. It was opened by Joyce Kalina and Paula Kelley in 1958, when it was known as Club 47, and changed its name to simply Passim in 1969.

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Type: Nightclub
Description: folk music club in Cambridge, Massachusetts
Also known as: “Club 47” and “Passim”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights: Harvard Square and Harvard Kennedy School.

Harvard Square

Square

Photo: Wgreaves, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Harvard Square is a triangular plaza at the intersection of Massachusetts Avenue, Brattle Street, and John F. Kennedy Street near the center of Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States. Harvard Square is situated 400 feet southeast of Club Passim.

Harvard Kennedy School

University

Photo: KAKM, CC BY-SA 3.0.

The John F. Kennedy School of Government, commonly called the Harvard Kennedy School, is the graduate school of public policy of Harvard University, a private Ivy League research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States. Harvard Kennedy School is situated 1,100 feet southwest of Club Passim.

First Parish in Cambridge

Church

Photo: Tim Pierce, CC BY 3.0.

First Parish in Cambridge is a Unitarian Universalist church, located in Harvard Square in Cambridge, Massachusetts. It is a Welcoming Congregation and a member of the Unitarian Universalist Association.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Old Cambridge Historic District and Baldwin.

Old Cambridge Historic District

Neighborhood

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The Old Cambridge Historic District is a historic district encompassing a residential neighborhood of Cambridge, Massachusetts that dates to colonial times.

Baldwin

Neighborhood

Baldwin, formerly known as Agassiz and also called Harvard North, Area 8 or Agassiz/Baldwin, is one of the thirteen neighborhoods of Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States.

Riverside

Suburb

Riverside, also known as "Area 7", is a neighborhood of Cambridge, Massachusetts bounded by Massachusetts Avenue on the north, River Street on the east, the Charles River on the south, and JFK Street on the west.

Club Passim

Categories: restaurant and music venue
Location: City of Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts, New England, United States, North America
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Latitude

42.37422° or 42° 22′ 27″ north

Longitude

-71.12001° or 71° 7′ 12″ west

Open location code

87JC9VFH+MX

OpenStreetMap ID

node 4267069425

OpenStreetMap feature

amenity=nightclub

Wikidata ID

Q1103056

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In Other Languages

From Dutch to Irish—“Club Passim” goes by many names.

Dutch: “Club Passim”
French: “Club Passim”
German: “Club Passim”
Irish: “Club Passim”

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: Christian Science Reading Room and The Sinclair.

Nearby Places

Places to explore: Motto and The Painted Burro.

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