Pier Dickens is a late-night dive bar in Dorsoduro, Venice.
Editorially verified May 20, 2026 by Elliot Marsh, TableJourney editor. Source.
Tip: Campo Santa Margherita is the student bar square; Pier Dickens runs latest of the campo lineup. Pizza by the slice keeps the crowd until close. Cash speeds the bar.
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Address: Campo Santa Margherita 3408, 30123 Venezia, Venice
Caffè Rosso has run on Campo Santa Margherita since the late 1800s, the bright red awning a landmark of the student square, with an old percolator still.
TipStand at the inside bar for a three euro spritz; outside seating carries a markup for the square view. Cash and small bills speed the cycle.
Imagina Caffè runs out of a former Ponte dei Pugni art gallery a step off Campo Santa Margherita, with rotating exhibitions on the walls, a long aperitivo.
TipThe Friday and Saturday late close is the catch; midweek the cafe shuts at 21:00 with the rest of the square. Spritz and tramezzini run cheap.
The Venice Jazz Club is the city's lone dedicated jazz room, a small Dorsoduro space near Ponte dei Pugni that programmes two live sets a night Monday.
TipTickets include a welcome drink; arrive by 20:30 for the 21:00 set to claim a table near the band. The room is closed Wednesday and Sunday and through most of August.
Caffè Rosso has run on Campo Santa Margherita since the late 1800s, the bright red awning a landmark of the student square, with an old percolator still.
TipStand at the inside bar for a three euro spritz; outside seating carries a markup for the square view. Cash and small bills speed the cycle.
Imagina Caffè runs out of a former Ponte dei Pugni art gallery a step off Campo Santa Margherita, with rotating exhibitions on the walls, a long aperitivo.
TipThe Friday and Saturday late close is the catch; midweek the cafe shuts at 21:00 with the rest of the square. Spritz and tramezzini run cheap.
Molocinque sits in a converted 1930s warehouse on Via dell'Elettricità in Porto Marghera and runs as the Venice metro area's biggest commercial dance room.
TipHistoric Venice itself has no real clubs; Molocinque is the cab ride on the mainland past the causeway. The Wed midweek slot is calmer than the Friday and Saturday peaks.
Tag Club is a small underground room on Via Giustizia in Mestre, running electronic and techno line ups alongside the occasional live jazz set and themed.
TipThe room is intimate by club standards; the line ups skew toward visiting DJs over commercial sets. Mestre station is a short walk so the last train is sometimes catchable.
The Venice Jazz Club is the city's lone dedicated jazz room, a small Dorsoduro space near Ponte dei Pugni that programmes two live sets a night Monday.
TipTickets include a welcome drink; arrive by 20:30 for the 21:00 set to claim a table near the band. The room is closed Wednesday and Sunday and through most of August.
Bacaro Jazz has run on Salizada del Fontego dei Tedeschi a hundred metres from the Rialto Bridge since 1997, with recorded and occasional live jazz.
TipThe bar runs straight through service so you can drop in for a cicchetto at 18:00 or a cocktail at 01:00. Cocktails sit around twelve euros and the room fills past midnight on weekends.
