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Atlanta Nightlife
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Larger photo - Eric Cash - Jasmine Mans at Apache Cafe 2016
Atlanta Nightlife is your comprehensive guide to what to do after dark in the city — from late-night dance clubs to cozy neighborhood bars, live music venues, adult entertainment, and comedy spaces.
Atlanta’s nightlife is diverse: some places are best for dancing, others for live performances, and others for grabbing drinks with friends. Below you’ll find links to dedicated pages for Bars, Nightclubs & Dance Clubs, Live Music Venues, Comedy Clubs, and Adult Entertainment — so you can explore each category in depth.
This page is designed to help you choose the type of nightlife you’re looking for; individual venue details live on the category pages below.
Live Music Venues
Venues where live performance is the primary draw — concerts, bands, DJs with a music focus.
The 40 Watt Club is one of the most famous and iconic music venues in the world.
In addition to national acts, the club has served as a music home bas...
In the central East Atlanta spot formerly occupied by retro soul bar the Village, you'll find 529 — a tiny, smoky space that oozes cool. Despite being...
Eclectic venue for hip-hop, spoken-word poetry, and up-and-coming soul artists. Home to Wednesday night jam sessions featuring a live band and open mi...
Artistry Live Decatur is a Performance Arts studio located in Decatur Ga! We are a performance focused environment created by an artist, for artists a...
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Dance Clubs and Nightclubs
Spots focused on late-night music, DJs, dancing, and nightlife energy.
This (literally) underground club, located below the Graveyard Tavern in East Atlanta, hosts local and touring indie rock and hip-hop shows (T.I. and ...
MJQ Concourse moved to Underground Atlanta 50 Lower Alabama St Atlanta GA 30303
The tiny, shacklike entrance reveals an eclectic and loyal late-nigh...
Nightclub and unique visual experience located just down the street from Sweetwater Brewing.
Located under the El Ponce on Ponce de Leon Avenue, this sleek lounge draws a young, hip crowd.
The Havana Club has been a fixture on the Buckhead nightlife scene since it's opening in March of 1996. Founded by seasoned entrepreneurs, The Havana ...
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Comedy Clubs
Stand-up, improv, and comedy venues across the city.
A multi-use studio developing new comedy skills in the heart of Atlanta
Atlanta's best full-time option for seeing stand-up is an intimate venue tucked away in the back of Midtown's Vortex Bar & Grill. The Laughing Skull L...
Comedy Club featuring Live Stand-Up Comedy & Drag Brunch Shows, Improv, Murder Mysteries, Comedy Karaoke, & Dinner Theater.
Dad’s Garage is a non-profit comedy theatre located in the heart of Atlanta's historic Old Fourth Ward neighborhood. With award-winning Atlanta improv...
Helium Comedy Club is a contemporary entertainment venue that bring stadium-sized talent to an intimate theater on a weekly basis. Patrons enjoy live ...
Bars and Pubs
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After-Hours and Late-Night Venues
Aisle 5 maintains the communal philosophy of its predecessor, the Five Spot, but its guts are brand new. The 2014 renovation brought the space a new s...
Tucked away in the Kenny's Alley section of Underground Atlanta, the Masquerade is Downtown Atlanta’s most revered music venue. Over the last 30 years...
Popular Atlanta institution for serious slacking, burger eating, and drinking. Home to the Laughing Skull Lounge comedy club.
MJQ Concourse moved to Underground Atlanta 50 Lower Alabama St Atlanta GA 30303
The tiny, shacklike entrance reveals an eclectic and loyal late-nigh...
This gentlemen's club offers women free entry until midnight.
Adult Entertainment
Name-checked by Mötley Crüe, this venerable strip club just keeps shakin’ its thang.
The city's top high-end strip club stresses the "gentleman" part of "gentleman's club" more than most local clubs. It's handsomely appointed and stock...
There are strip clubs, and then there are Atlanta strip clubs. The Pink Pony sits atop an extended list of adult emporiums for the city, but it's the ...
If you haven't witnessed Blondie, the city's most well-embraced stripper (she's appeared in the city's marketing material, for Christ's sake), crushin...
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Atlanta Nightlife Guide | Bars, Clubs, Live Music & Comedy