Dance clubs, live music, rooftop bars, speakeasies, LGBTQ+ venues, listening bars and late-night dives in Vancouver.
Dance clubs, live music, rooftop bars, speakeasies, LGBTQ+ nightlife, listening bars and late-night dives across Vancouver, with where to go and what is worth the late night.
Celebrities Nightclub on Davie Street is Vancouver's longest-running LGBTQ-leaning dance club since 1991, weekend EDM and the city's reference late dance floor.
Tip: Doors at 22:00; the queue runs from 22:30 onward. Coat check available, no in-out.
The Commodore Ballroom on Granville Street is Vancouver's reference live music room since 1929, the sprung dance floor still bouncing nearly a century in.
Tip: Standing-room main floor plus mezzanine seats; tickets through the Commodore website or Ticketmaster.
Reflections at the Rosewood Hotel Georgia is Vancouver's reference rooftop bar, May through September on the fourth floor, the city's downtown garden terrace.
Tip: Patio reservations on OpenTable for the summer; the fireside seats stay open through autumn.
Key Party on Powell in Chinatown is a hidden basement cocktail bar since 2017, entered through a faux accountant's office, the city's reference speakeasy.
Tip: Reservations on the website; the door key code is texted the day of. Dealers' choice is the bar's standard.
Prohibition at the Rosewood Hotel Georgia is a speakeasy-style basement bar since 2012, classic cocktails and live jazz on Wednesday through Saturday.
Tip: Walk in from the side entrance on Howe Street; tables turn at 21:00 for the second seating.
Celebrities Nightclub on Davie Street since 1991 is Vancouver's longest-running LGBTQ-leaning dance club, the Davie Village's reference weekend night out.
Tip: Doors at 22:00 with the queue from 22:30. Davie Village pride flags through summer.
The Fountainhead Pub on Davie Street since 1986 is Davie Village's reference LGBTQ-leaning patio pub, the strip's longest-running queer-owned and friendly room.
Tip: The patio runs through summer with rainbow flags; weekday lunch and weekend brunch crowds are mixed.
The American on Main Street is a Tokyo-style listening bar with a heritage hi-fi sound system, jazz and soul records on the vinyl, since 2019.
Tip: Walk-in only; the bar pours dealers' choice cocktails. Conversation kept quieter when the record plays.
The Cascade Room on Main Street since 2008 is the city's reference late-night neighbourhood cocktail dive, Mount Pleasant's longest-running craft-cocktail room.
Tip: Weekends are full from 21:00; the pub kitchen runs to 23:30.