The Blue Note cellars in Poznań's CK Zamek host the city's listening-room jazz programme below the castle, with 400 metres of acoustically tuned vaults used for concerts and the weekend jam sessions.
Tip: Saturday jam sessions are walk-in entry, usually 21:00 onwards; book ahead for the bigger ticketed Friday concerts.
Address: ul. Kościuszki 79, 61-891 Poznań
Pies Andaluzyjski on Nowowiejskiego in Poznań's Stary Rynek runs a quieter listening corner in the back room on weeknights, with a curated vinyl programme and a calmer craft-beer crowd than the gig nights.
Tip: The back room takes the smaller listening sessions Tue-Thu from 19:00; gig nights move it to the front bar.
Pijalnia Wódki i Piwa on Wrocławska 8 in Poznań's Stary Rynek is the 24-hour PRL-themed dive with Soviet-era memorabilia, dirt-cheap shots and beers, and pickled herring toasts that cost less than the vodka.
Tip: Best between 02:00 and 06:00 once the clubs empty; PLN 5 vodka and a herring toast keep the table full.
Brovaria on Stary Rynek in Poznań is the Polish brewpub hotel hybrid since 2003, with house-brewed unfiltered lagers in copper vats by the bar and a Town Hall view from the outdoor terrace.
Tip: Order the unfiltered Pszeniczne wheat beer from the visible copper vats; the terrace is the better seat on warm evenings.
Dragon's cellar bar on Zamkowa in Poznań's Stary Rynek is the labyrinthine basement section that runs as a late-night dive on gig-free nights, with cheap pints and a table-football room off the corridor.
Tip: Table football and chess sets are in the second cellar; pints from PLN 12 and the kitchen runs to 23:00.
Klub Tama in Poznań's Stary Rynek area is the 900-capacity techno and house room in the restored Wielkopolska Chamber of Crafts hall, the city's largest electronic floor.
Tip: Tickets on Ebilet or Going usually €10-18; door from 22:00 and the floor packs after 00:30.
Pies Andaluzyjski on Nowowiejskiego in Poznań's Stary Rynek runs a quieter listening corner in the back room on weeknights, with a curated vinyl programme and a calmer craft-beer crowd than the gig nights.
Tip: The back room takes the smaller listening sessions Tue-Thu from 19:00; gig nights move it to the front bar.
Pijalnia Wódki i Piwa on Wrocławska 8 in Poznań's Stary Rynek is the 24-hour PRL-themed dive with Soviet-era memorabilia, dirt-cheap shots and beers, and pickled herring toasts that cost less than the vodka.
Tip: Best between 02:00 and 06:00 once the clubs empty; PLN 5 vodka and a herring toast keep the table full.
Brovaria on Stary Rynek in Poznań is the Polish brewpub hotel hybrid since 2003, with house-brewed unfiltered lagers in copper vats by the bar and a Town Hall view from the outdoor terrace.
Tip: Order the unfiltered Pszeniczne wheat beer from the visible copper vats; the terrace is the better seat on warm evenings.
Dragon's cellar bar on Zamkowa in Poznań's Stary Rynek is the labyrinthine basement section that runs as a late-night dive on gig-free nights, with cheap pints and a table-football room off the corridor.
Tip: Table football and chess sets are in the second cellar; pints from PLN 12 and the kitchen runs to 23:00.
Klub Tama in Poznań's Stary Rynek area is the 900-capacity techno and house room in the restored Wielkopolska Chamber of Crafts hall, the city's largest electronic floor.
Tip: Tickets on Ebilet or Going usually €10-18; door from 22:00 and the floor packs after 00:30.
Słodownia Club in Poznań's Stary Browar is the revived underground music-and-show room at level -1 of the Półwiejska complex, with Friday-night burlesque, acrobatics and house DJ sets.
Tip: Friday is the dinner-show night with a fixed ticket; Saturday opens the floor to walk-ins from 22:00.