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Atlanta Nightlife
Atlanta’s nightlife offers something for everyone. Whether you are looking for a dance club on Edgewood, a cozy bar, to see which band is playing at Northside Tavern. If you’re looking for a bit of edge, you can explore the stripper culture made famous by Atlanta’s hip Hop scene over the years.
Check out all the options. We’ve got the most comprehensive list of live music from Jazz, to EDM, to Hip Hop and Southern Rock.
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Live Music Clubs
Blind Willie’s
A local blues, jazz, and roots institution that’s been around for more than 25 years. The North Highland Avenue storefront, with its signature guitar-...
Apache Cafe
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...
Kat’s Cafe
The comfortably chic lounge located under a hair salon near Piedmont Park hosts everything from comedy to erotic poetry to live music.
Red Light Cafe
The bohemian living room serves as the city’s center of bluegrass and Americana. The venue hosts a variety of other musical performers as well, plus d...
Tabernacle
This former church has Gothic ambiance to spare, making it a fun spot to catch a rock or hip-hop show. The club, which boasts some inviting bar and lo...
Terminal West
As part of the King Plow Arts Center, Terminal West has become the Westside’s premier live music venue, giving equal stage time to hip-hop, indie rock...
Drunken Unicorn
The literally underground club features plenty of figuratively underground punk, electro, and hip-hop acts. Although connected to MJQ Concourse, it ha...
Vinyl
One of three music venues that make up Center Stage Theater that opened in 2003. Offers an intimate setting with 300 capacity and billiards.
40 Watt Club
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...
Eddie Owen presents: Red Clay Music Foundry
This 260-seat theater hosts a variety of musical acts. Acoustic music and singer/songwriter material is the venue’s forte, but the format is open, and...
Steve’s Live Music
This intimate space in Sandy Springs is worth the drive to catch local and national singer-songwriters and performers. There’s a weekly open bluegrass...
MJQ Concourse
The tiny, shacklike entrance reveals an eclectic and loyal late-night crowd. Music at this underground clubber’s club ranges from hip-hop and Brit-pop...
Grocery on Home
This tiny, nontraditional music venue located in, yes, a former neighborhood grocery store curates and hosts intimate performances of independent sing...
The Loft
One of three music venues at the Center Stage Theater. The Loft is located on the second floor. It offers full bar service and a view of the Midtown s...
SOHO (Compound)
This mega-nightclub feels kind of like a resort, with several indoor and outdoor environments, including a pool area (swimming, not billiards). A grea...
The Basement
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 ...
Eddie’s Attic
Located across from Decatur Square, Eddie’s hosts aspiring and accomplished singer-songwriters for live shows almost nightly and is famous for its bia...
Center Stage Theater
Center Stage is the largest of the three venues that make up the Center Stage Atlanta Music Complex. But this 1,050-capacity theater nevertheless boas...
Dance Clubs
El Bar @ El Ponce
Located under the El Ponce on Ponce de Leon Avenue, this sleek lounge draws a young, hip crowd.
MJQ Concourse
The tiny, shacklike entrance reveals an eclectic and loyal late-night crowd. Music at this underground clubber’s club ranges from hip-hop and Brit-pop...
The Basement
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 ...
District Atlanta
District, one of Atlanta’s newest nightclubs, brings the biggest parties to the city.
Lyfe ATL
“Restaurant by day! Nightclub when the sun goes down! A bar at all times! This upscale establishment caters to all walks of life thus the name! Come i...
District Atlanta
Nightclub and unique visual experience located just down the street from Sweetwater Brewing.
Comedy Clubs
Laughing Skull Lounge
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...
The Vortex Bar & Grill
Popular Atlanta institution for serious slacking, burger eating, and drinking. Home to the Laughing Skull Lounge comedy club.
The Punchline Comedy Club
Scope out the glossy head shots that line the walls of this barely OTP comedy institution and you’ll see that everyone from John Stewart to Jeff Foxwo...
Uptown Comedy Corner
The longest-running African-American comedy club in Atlanta, Uptown Comedy Corner has featured Chris Rock, the Wayans Brothers, Steve Harvey and Chris...
Village Theatre
Since 2008, this hole-in-the-wall comedy venue has hosted improv comedy multiple nights a week as well as stand-up and sketch comedy.
Dad’s Garage Theatre
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...
Atlanta Comedy Theater - Underground
ATLANTA’S PREMIER UPSCALE COMEDY CLUB VENUE
Comedy Club featuring Live Stand-Up Comedy & Drag Brunch Shows, Improv, Murder Mysteries, Comedy Ka...
Perfect Note Atlanta
Perfect Note Atlanta is a premier live music venue and supper club. It is the perfect combination of live entertainment and dining that’s sure to keep...
Featured Bars
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Aisle 5
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...
MJQ Concourse
The tiny, shacklike entrance reveals an eclectic and loyal late-night crowd. Music at this underground clubber’s club ranges from hip-hop and Brit-pop...
Yard House
An upscale-casual eatery known for great food, classic rock music and 100-250 taps of imported, craft and specialty ales & lagers.
Cypress Street Pint & Plate
With 14 beers on tap, 40 bottled selections, and a fully stocked selection of wine and spirits, Cypress has become a local favorite neighborhood haunt...
Pink Pony
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 ...
The Vortex Bar & Grill
Popular Atlanta institution for serious slacking, burger eating, and drinking. Home to the Laughing Skull Lounge comedy club.
SOHO (Compound)
This mega-nightclub feels kind of like a resort, with several indoor and outdoor environments, including a pool area (swimming, not billiards). A grea...
The Basement
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 ...
The Masquerade
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...
Smith’s Olde Bar
Floor to ceiling renovations!
With live music from the likes of Zack Brown, Butch Walker, Blackberry Smoke, and John Mayer plus past performances from...
Adult
The Cheetah
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...
Pink Pony
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 ...
Clermont Lounge
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...
The Candybox Revue @ Metropolitan Studios
The Candybox Revue is an award-winning Atlanta burlesque ensemble and dance troupe full of sparkling burlesque glamour, musical theatre, and Las Vegas...
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