The Virginia Beach Arts & Humanities Commission sponsors many musical programs including the Virginia Beach Symphony Orchestra and the Virginia Beach Chorale, which perform at the Thalia Trinity Presbyterian Church, the Regency University Theatre, and the Pavilion Theater Virginia Beach. Restaurants featuring live entertainment include Waterman’s Beachwood Grill, Abbey Road, Ocean Eddies, Aldo’s Ristorante, Island Republic, and Il Giardino Restorante.

Annual musical events include the Panorama Caribbean Music Fest, Fiesta Flamenca, Virginia Beach Spring Craft Market, Remember the Music-Remember the Heroes, Latin Fest, the Patriotic Festival with big band sounds, and Viva Elvis and the Legends of Rock & Roll.