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Atlanta Nightclubs
Atlanta’s nightlife is rich. From Dance Clubs to Comedy Clubs to After Hours Clubs. See our comprehensive list of Atlanta Nightclubs below.
Dance Clubs
District Atlanta
District, one of Atlanta’s newest nightclubs, brings the biggest parties to the city.
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District Atlanta
Nightclub and unique visual experience located just down the street from Sweetwater Brewing.
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El Bar @ El Ponce
Located under the El Ponce on Ponce de Leon Avenue, this sleek lounge draws a young, hip crowd.
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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 Club has garnered a steady following and remained an influence on Buckhead Ave. in Buckhead until it’s closing in late August 2007 for the Streets of ...
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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 to downtempo and rare grooves. The dim basement space feels like the most happenin’ speakeasy in town.
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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 Iggy Azalea once shared the stage here). The aptly named space is also home to old-school dance parties.
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Live Music Clubs
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 base for many of Athens’ most beloved bands over the last 35 years, including R.E.M., the B-52’s, Pylon, Love Tractor, Vic Chesnutt, Olivia Tremor Contro...
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529 Bar
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 the size of a Manhattan apartment, there’s a closed-circuit TV above the bar on which you can watch the band playing on the stage behind you. The fro...
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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 mic for vocalists to join in. Street parking available.
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Artistry Live Decatur
Artistry Live Decatur is a Performance Arts studio located in Decatur Ga! We are a performance focused environment created by an artist, for artists and performers to showcase their various talents and skills. Artistry Live Decatur is the ultimate intimate experience of live entertainment! Featuring...
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Atlanta Coliseum
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Believe Music Hall Atlanta
The Main Stage at Believe Music Hall offers a large capacity private event space with an unmatched spectacle of lights, lasers, & special effects. Standing at 2 stories tall, it features Atlanta’s largest LED video wall and world class sound system by, d&b Audiotechnik. The event space and r...
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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-wielding neon alligator, has persevered through an unpredictable economy on the strength of the roots-based music that regularly fills the dimly lit r...
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Bonfire ATL
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Cafe Circa Restaurant & Lounge
Elegant urban setting for a menu that is kind of international and kind of Caribbean. The chocolate chicken wings are spicy, slightly hot and not too sweet. For an entree the jerk chicken with pineapple and mango salsa and side of rice and black beans will have you cleaning your plate.
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Carrie’s Corner
Carrie’s Corner is a private home gathering space with a mission: To support live music by giving music lovers (and newbies) a different, more intimate way to experience musical performances and to give up-and-coming as well as established regional touring artists a paid performance venue to share...
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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 boasts an intimate atmosphere, with a stadium-seating layout that guarantees a great view of the stage.
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City Winery
Atlanta’s first urban winery, City Winery has an intimate music venue able to seat 300 people, a restaurant, bar, an outdoor patio, and a private event space.
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Connect live
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Darkhorse Tavern
Established in 1990, Darkhorse Tavern has been one of Atlanta’s favorite spots in Virginia Highlands for food and drinks. Enjoy one of our five bars while one of our amazing bartenders pours you the perfect cocktail.
NEVER A COVER CHARGE
Dixie Tavern
The “Home of the Zac Brown Band” features great live music, happy hour specials, an outdoor patio, pool tables, video games, and a menu of bar food to sop up that Miller Lite.
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Drunken Unicorn
The literally underground club features plenty of figuratively underground punk, electro, and hip-hop acts. Although connected to MJQ Concourse, it has a separate entrance. Earplugs suggested.
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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 the emphasis is always on hosting an immersive, real-world musical experience.
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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 biannual Open Mic Shootout. The venue features an intimate listening room, a covered patio, a varied menu, and a full bar.
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Grocery on Home
This tiny, nontraditional music venue located in, yes, a former neighborhood grocery store curates and hosts intimate performances of independent singer-songwriters. Attendance is limited and RSVPs are required.
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Hendershot’s Coffee Bar
Coffee, Bar, and Music venue in Athens, GA
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Comedy Clubs
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 Karaoke, & Dinner Theater.
Comedy Hype Labs
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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 comedy, scripted shows, and a fully-stocked bar, we’re a major part of Atlanta nightlife and a great venue for date night. Come see us Thursday throu...
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Dynamic El Dorado
A multi-use studio developing new comedy skills in the heart of Atlanta
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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 Lounge has featured Marc Maron, Kyle Kinane, Maria Bamford, and countless other quality stand-ups.
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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 you coming back for more. Whether it’s just for dinner and drinks or brunch or perhaps dinner and a show we have something you’ll enjoy for date nigh...
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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 Foxworthy has performed here. It’s an excellent place to take a date, but don’t sit too close to the stage — lest you be heckled by the talent. Reservation...
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The Vortex Bar & Grill
Popular Atlanta institution for serious slacking, burger eating, and drinking. Home to the Laughing Skull Lounge comedy club.
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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 Tucker in the more than 20 years it’s served Atlanta’s Westside.
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After Hours Clubs
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 to downtempo and rare grooves. The dim basement space feels like the most happenin’ speakeasy in town.
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MOTHER Bar + Kitchen (permanently closed)
Beep Beep Gallery’s Mark Basehore and James McConnell joined forces with two Brooklynites to open this gastropub. The back patio is an excellent place to hang out, if you can elbow your way through the crowded bar area and find a table. Regular DJ nights and dinner specials, including $2 tacos, tequ...
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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 legends like David Bowie, one could make a strong argument that Smith’s is the best small-venue music room in Atlanta. Open Mic, Comedy, Trivia and ...
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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 great spot for dancing, chilling, or the chance celebrity sighting.
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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 Iggy Azalea once shared the stage here). The aptly named space is also home to old-school dance parties.
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The Highlander (permanently closed)
Cheap beer, pool tables, and fried food are the pillars of this dingy Midtown strip mall dive. Conveniently located next to Landmark Midtown, this is the perfect place to throw back a few after catching a flick on a Friday night.
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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, the club has set the stage for a variety of musical performances, ranging from punk, hardcore, hip-hop, and heavy-metal shows to goth/industrial, el...
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The Music Room (permanently closed)
This cave-like underground bar is located below Pizzeria Vesuvius. A wide flight of stairs ushers you into a moderate-size venue that features live music and DJs.
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the Sound Table (permanently closed)
The Sound Table is as much a dance club as it is a restaurant. It’s a showplace for some of the best DJs around, both in the downstairs dining room and next door at Space 2.
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The Vortex Bar & Grill
Popular Atlanta institution for serious slacking, burger eating, and drinking. Home to the Laughing Skull Lounge comedy club.
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Night Clubs
10 High Club
This bare-bones club space beneath the Dark Horse Tavern is best known for live-band “Metalsome” hard-rock karaoke. But 10 High also hosts local and regional bands, as well as stand-up comedy shows. Patrons can enjoy food offerings from the Dark Horse upstairs, as well.
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Blue Flame Lounge
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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), crushing a beer can between her breasts, then you’re not an Atlantan. The oldest strip club in Atlanta, located in the basement of the Clermont Motor Hotel, ...
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Club Bankhead
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Congas Bar & Grill
Formerly known as Club Santa Fe, this Latino nightclub is housed inside the Santa Fe Shopping Center.
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Crowe’s Nest Mega-Plex
Black-owned Business
A night club with live performances, full service kitchen, and bar.
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CRU Lounge - Edgewood
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Domaine Atlanta
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Embr Lounge
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Footprints Jamaican Restaurant & Lounge
Restaurant serving Jamaican cuisine.
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Glow Bar ATL
MUSIC FOOD HOOKAH DRINKS
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Hammer’s Goodtime Emporium
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Himitsu
The exclusive, “by reservation only” Japanese speakeasy specializes in craft cocktails, including signature creations – such as the Toryufu, made with per-infused vodka, Indian tonic, and white truffle honey – and fresh takes on classics. Sweet and savory menu items and pairings are provided by Umi ...
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Iris Presents
To entertain the ONLY way, the RIGHT way, the IRIS way.
“for those that know”
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International lounge just North of Buckhead. Catch the game, enjoy food, music, and dance at Josephine.
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KING OF DIAMONDS ATLANTA
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Lips Drag Queen Show Palace, Restaurant & Bar
A new drag dinner theater on Buford Highway. The place, one of four in the country (New York, San Diego, and Fort Lauderdale), is ripe with camp — kitschy taste taken to such detailed extreme that it becomes ... fabulous. The red-and-gold dining room is hung with huge chandeliers and revolving disco...
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Strip Clubs
Alluvia Restaurant at the Cheetah
Fine dining restaurant raising the bar/pole on adult entertainment.
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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), crushing a beer can between her breasts, then you’re not an Atlantan. The oldest strip club in Atlanta, located in the basement of the Clermont Motor Hotel, ...
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Club Blaze
Welcome to Club Blaze in Conley, GA. Our Black strip club has the best Atlanta nude dancers & strippers in Clayton & DeKalb County, GA. Since 1991, Club Blaze has provided residents of Atlanta, College Park, Forest Park & South Fulton with $5 lap dances, $5 drinks, $3 beers, billiards, and an extens...
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Follies (permanently closed)
Latino regulars down Coronas and sport cowboy hats in a club that features Tex-Mex and Mexican regional music. Also attracts a large clientele on Latino gay nights.
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Foxy Lady Lounge
Foxy Lady Lounge is an adult entertainment club located in East Atlanta.
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GOLDRUSH Showbar
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Pin Ups Strip Club
<p>An adult night club located in Decatur.</p>
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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 sheer size that topples the competition. Don’t shy away from the buffet either; it’s a real staple for the club’s overall charm. Whether you’re flying...
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Please Don’t Tell ATL
An exclusive events group in Atlanta, GA. We provide a unique twist to your usually run of the mill events and activities. Paint & Sip with a Twist!
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Swinging Richards (permanently closed)
All-male, all-nude strip club. Mostly gay clientele. No bachelor or bachelorette parties.
“Clients must remain dressed at all times while inside the club” – swingingrichards.com
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Tattletale Lounge
Name-checked by Mötley Crüe, this venerable strip club just keeps shakin’ its thang.
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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-style Bump & Grind.
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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 stocked with attractive dancers, as you’d expect, and also features Alluvia, a fine-dining restaurant that allows you to enjoy pan-seared salmon while admi...
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Swinger’s Clubs
Atlanta Nightclubs in History
Backstreet (permanently closed)
What once was ground zero for the dance-till-dawn queer crowd was Atlanta’s party melting pot before it closed in 2004. Charlie Brown’s X-Rated Cabaret was the terror of tourists and reluctant frat boys, while the downstairs dance pit is doubtlessly pumping. This was one of the legendary Atlanta clu...
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Richard’s Club (Original Atlanta) (permanently closed)
Richard’s is an Atlanta club that was big in the 1970s. Iggy and the Stooges (forerunner to Iggy Pop) played a 1973 show at this Midtown club that people were still talking about 10 years lager; Elton John showed up in a bunny suit and the Igster stage-dove through a tabletop. Also memorable were Ne...
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