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Atlanta Nightlife


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.

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...

Atlanta Coliseum

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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-...

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...

Northside Tavern

This legendary dive bar in West Midtown is Atlanta's home for live blues. The weekly lineup includes a Monday night jam and a regular Wednesday night ...

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Dance Clubs and Nightclubs

Spots focused on late-night music, DJs, dancing, and nightlife energy.

Havana Club ATL

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

MJQ Concourse moved to Underground Atlanta 50 Lower Alabama St Atlanta GA 30303


The tiny, shacklike entrance reveals an eclectic and loyal late-nigh...

District Atlanta

Nightclub and unique visual experience located just down the street from Sweetwater Brewing.

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...

Eastside Station

Welcome To Eastside Station, Gwinnett's Ultimate Party Bar!



Monday: Free Pool
Wednesday: Industry Night
Thursday: Texas Hold'Em
Friday: Dance Mix

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Comedy Clubs

Stand-up, improv, and comedy venues across the city.

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...

Atlanta Comedy Theater - Underground

Comedy Club featuring Live Stand-Up Comedy & Drag Brunch Shows, Improv, Murder Mysteries, Comedy Karaoke, & Dinner Theater.



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...

Helium Comedy Club - 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 ...

Bars and Pubs

Brick Store Pub

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...

Bantam Pub

In the heart of Old Fourth Ward, just seconds from the Atlanta Beltline, our brunch makes the weekend something to celebrate.

Argosy

This multilevel gastropub in East Atlanta Village is the latest venture from the Bookhouse Pub/MJQ crew. Inside, nautical references and rustic, vinta...

BJ Roosters

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...

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After-Hours and Late-Night Venues

MJQ Concourse

MJQ Concourse moved to Underground Atlanta 50 Lower Alabama St Atlanta GA 30303


The tiny, shacklike entrance reveals an eclectic and loyal late-nigh...

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...

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 ...

Onyx Gentlemen's Club- Atlanta

This gentlemen's club offers women free entry until midnight.

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...

Adult Entertainment

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...

Club Blaze

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...

GOLDRUSH Showbar

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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 ...

Tattletale Lounge

Name-checked by Mötley Crüe, this venerable strip club just keeps shakin’ its thang.
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