Dance clubs, live music, rooftop bars, speakeasies, LGBTQ+ nightlife, listening bars and late-night dives across Montreal, with where to go and what is worth the late night.
Dance Clubs in Montreal
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Stereo
Stereo in Montreal's Village is the alcohol-free afterhours club, established in 1998, running house and techno from 02:00 to 10:00 on weekend mornings.
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Yoko Luna
Yoko Luna on de la Montagne in downtown Montreal pairs Nikkei cuisine with a dress-code nightclub floor and DJ sets on weekend nights.
Live Music in Montreal
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Upstairs Jazz Bar & Grill
Upstairs Jazz Bar and Grill on Rue Mackay in downtown Montreal books live jazz most nights of the week, with dinner service alongside the sets.
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La Sala Rossa
La Sala Rossa on Boulevard Saint-Laurent in Montreal is a 250-capacity concert hall inside a building dating to 1932, hosting touring and local acts.
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Casa del Popolo
Casa del Popolo on Boulevard Saint-Laurent in Montreal is a bar and small concert room booking touring and local indie acts most nights of the week.
Book food experiences in Montreal
Rooftop Bars in Montreal
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Terrasse William Gray
Terrasse William Gray on the 8th floor of the William Gray hotel in Old Montreal is a rooftop bar with views over the St.
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Nacarat
Nacarat is the third-floor terrace bar of the Fairmont Queen Elizabeth in downtown Montreal, overlooking Place Ville Marie, with Latin jazz on Wednesdays.
Speakeasies in Montreal
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Cloakroom Bar
Cloakroom is a speakeasy hidden behind a downtown Montreal tailor shop, where bartenders build bespoke cocktails to your taste with no printed menu.
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The Coldroom
The Coldroom is an Old Montreal speakeasy behind an unmarked black door at Saint-Amable and Saint-Vincent, with a seasonal menu of twists on classics.
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Big in Japan
Big in Japan is a candlelit speakeasy behind a nondescript door on Boulevard Saint-Laurent in Montreal, open since 2011, with hanging whisky bottles.
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Le 4e Mur
Le 4e Mur is a Prohibition-themed speakeasy in Montreal's Quartier Latin, entered through its 'fourth wall', with burlesque, live jazz and creative cocktails.
LGBTQ+ in Montreal
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Cabaret Mado
Cabaret Mado on Sainte-Catherine East in Montreal's Village is Mado Lamotte's long-running drag cabaret, with drag shows on most nights of the week.
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Complexe Sky
Complexe Sky in Montreal's Village is a nightclub with a ground-floor bar, a second-floor hip hop club and a rooftop dance floor with a pool and spa.
Listening Bars in Montreal
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Sample
Sample in Old Montreal is a hi-fi listening bar built by the team behind The Coldroom, pairing a premium analog sound system with vinyl-only sets.
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Salon Badin
Salon Badin is the basement hi-fi listening lounge beside HENI in Montreal's Little Burgundy, pairing cocktails with vinyl, DJs and live jazz groups.
Late Night Dives in Montreal
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Bar Datcha
Bar Datcha is a small, dim Mile End bar in Montreal, part cocktail lounge and part dance floor, with DJ sets from deep house to disco until 03:00.
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Notre-Dame-des-Quilles
Notre-Dame-des-Quilles is a late-night dive in Montreal's Mile-Ex with two half-size bowling lanes, pizza, cocktails and karaoke nights until 03:00.
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El Pequeno
El Pequeno is the tiny Cuban-inspired cocktail bar in Old Montreal, styled on 1920s Havana, seating 11 guests and mixing daiquiris until 01:00 nightly.