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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 Avon Theater is part of the Historic Avondale Estates Tudor Village building that was constructed in 1924 and is listed on the National Register ...
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Dance Clubs and Nightclubs
Spots focused on late-night music, DJs, dancing, and nightlife energy.
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 ...
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 (literally) underground club, located below the Graveyard Tavern in East Atlanta, hosts local and touring indie rock and hip-hop shows (T.I. and ...
Nightclub and unique visual experience located just down the street from Sweetwater Brewing.
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Comedy Clubs
Stand-up, improv, and comedy venues across the city.
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...
Popular Atlanta institution for serious slacking, burger eating, and drinking. Home to the Laughing Skull Lounge comedy club.
A multi-use studio developing new comedy skills in the heart of Atlanta
Helium Comedy Club is a contemporary entertainment venue that bring stadium-sized talent to an intimate theater on a weekly basis. Patrons enjoy live ...
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...
Bars and Pubs
Once a grocery store for cotton mill workers in the historic Cabbagetown neighborhood, 97 Estoria is a restaurant and "hangout for all adults" known f...
Niche beer, wine and spirits hall located at Pullman Yards. Free bar games like pool, shuffleboard, darts and more are available to play inside AlcoHa...
This multilevel gastropub in East Atlanta Village is the latest venture from the Bookhouse Pub/MJQ crew. Inside, nautical references and rustic, vinta...
College hangout with adjacent restaurant and, supposedly, the oldest continuously licensed bar in the city.
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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...
Floor to ceiling renovations!
With live music from the likes of Zack Brown, Butch Walker, Blackberry Smoke, and John Mayer plus past performances from...
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...
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