Indications for beta blockers include:

Angina pectoris (contraindicated for Prinzmetals angina)
Atrial fibrillation
Cardiac arrhythmia
Congestive heart failure
Essential tremor
Glaucoma (as eye drops, they decrease intraocular pressure by lowering aqueous humor secretion)
Hypertension, although they are generally not preferred as an initial treatment
Hyperthyroidism
Migraine prophylaxis
Mitral valve prolapse
Myocardial infarction
Phaeochromocytoma, in conjunction with α-blocker
Postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome
Symptomatic control (tachycardia, tremor) in anxiety and hyperthyroidism
Theophylline overdoseBeta blockers have also been used for:
Acute aortic dissection
Hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy
Long QT syndrome
Marfan syndrome (treatment with propranolol slows progression of aortic dilation and its complications)
Prevention of variceal bleeding in portal hypertension
Possible mitigation of hyperhidrosis
Social and other anxiety disorders
Controversially, for reduction of perioperative mortality in non-cardiac surgery, but the best evidence suggests that they increase mortality when used this way

Congestive heart failure
Although beta blockers were once contraindicated in congestive heart failure, as they have the potential to worsen the condition due to their effect of decreasing cardiac contractility, studies in the late 1990s showed their efficacy at reducing morbidity and mortality.Bisoprolol, carvedilol, and sustained-release metoprolol are specifically indicated as adjuncts to standard ACE inhibitor and diuretic therapy in congestive heart failure, although at doses typically much lower than those indicated for other conditions. Beta blockers are only indicated in cases of compensated, stable congestive heart failure; in cases of acute decompensated heart failure, beta blockers will cause a further decrease in ejection fraction, worsening the patients current symptoms. Beta blockers are known primarily for their reductive effect on heart rate, although this is not the only mechanism of action of importance in congestive heart failure.
The physiological symptoms of the fight-or-flight response (pounding heart, cold/clammy hands, increased respiration, sweating, etc.) are significantly reduced, thus enabling anxious individuals to concentrate on the task at hand. Musicians, public speakers, actors, and professional dancers have been known to use beta blockers to avoid performance anxiety, stage fright, and tremor during both auditions and public performances. The application to stage fright was first recognized in The Lancet in 1976, and by 1987, a survey conducted by the International Conference of Symphony Orchestra Musicians, representing the 51 largest orchestras in the United States, revealed 27% of its musicians had used beta blockers and 70% obtained them from friends, not physicians. Beta blockers are inexpensive, said to be relatively safe, and on one hand, seem to improve musicians performances on a technical level, while some, such as Barry Green, the author of "The Inner Game of Music" and Don Greene, a former Olympic diving coach who teaches Juilliard students to overcome their stage fright naturally, say the performances may be perceived as "soulless and inauthentic". Surgery
Low certainty evidence indicates that the use of beta blockers around the time of cardiac surgery may decrease the risk of heart dysrhythmias and atrial fibrillation. Starting them around the time of other types of surgery, however, may worsen outcomes. For non-cardiac surgery, the use of beta blockers to prevent adverse effects may reduce the risk of atrial fibrillation and myocardial infarctions (very low certainty evidence), however, there is moderate certainty evidence that this approach may increase the risk of hypotension.