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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 ...
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-...
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...
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Dance Clubs and Nightclubs
Spots focused on late-night music, DJs, dancing, and nightlife energy.
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 ...
Welcome To Eastside Station, Gwinnett's Ultimate Party Bar!
Monday: Free Pool
Wednesday: Industry Night
Thursday: Texas Hold'Em
Friday: Dance Mix
Sa...
Nightclub and unique visual experience located just down the street from Sweetwater Brewing.
"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...
MJQ Concourse moved to Underground Atlanta 50 Lower Alabama St Atlanta GA 30303
The tiny, shacklike entrance reveals an eclectic and loyal late-nigh...
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Comedy Clubs
Stand-up, improv, and comedy venues across the city.
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...
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...
The longest-running African-American comedy club in Atlanta, Uptown Comedy Corner has featured Chris Rock, the Wayans Brothers, Steve Harvey and Chris...
Popular Atlanta institution for serious slacking, burger eating, and drinking. Home to the Laughing Skull Lounge comedy club.
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...
Bars and Pubs
This outstanding neighborhood pub, complete with an upstairs Belgian bar that has potent brews on tap, offers roughly 215 beers. The menu’s beer descr...
BJ Roosters has offered Atlanta the best of gay nightlife since 1995. Located conveniently on Cheshire Bridge Road, next to the Heretic. BJ’s offers f...
You'll have to pay a cover to enter this Midtown gay bar — which, unlike most of its peers, has thrived since the late 1970s. If you're looking for ve...
This out-of-the-way local hangout is a low-key lunch spot with a bit of a sports bar vibe. When it comes to killer pub grub, this is some of the best ...
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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
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 ...
Welcome to Club Blaze in Conley, GA. Our Atlanta strip club has the best exotic dancers & top strippers in Clayton & DeKalb County, GA. Since 1991, Cl...
Name-checked by Mötley Crüe, this venerable strip club just keeps shakin’ its thang.
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Atlanta Nightlife Guide | Bars, Clubs, Live Music & Comedy