Dance clubs, live music, rooftop bars, speakeasies, LGBTQ+ nightlife, listening bars and late-night dives across Seoul, with where to go and what is worth the late night.

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Dance Clubs in Seoul

2 places

  • Club NB2

    • ★ 3.6

    Club NB2 is a hip-hop dance club on Wausan-ro in Hongdae, the first club to open in Hongdae in 1999 and the beginning of the Hongdae club boom.

  • Glam Lounge

    • ★ 3.6

    Glam Lounge is a lounge club on Itaewon-ro 27ga-gil, billed as the country's first and largest, with mid-century modern interiors and sushi.

Live Music in Seoul

9 places

  • Club FF

    Club FF is a music club at Seogyo-dong, Mapo-gu, Seoul.

  • Evans

    • ★ 3.6

    Evans is one of the oldest clubs in Hongdae on Wausan-ro, with live performances every day, a new group of musicians each month and jazz after 9 p.m.

  • Live Jazz Cafe Chunnyun

    • ★ 3.6

    Live Jazz Cafe Chunnyun on Supyo-ro has offered live jazz since opening in 1996, the club that allowed band performances inside restaurants.

  • All That Jazz

    • ★ 3.6

    All That Jazz, opened in Itaewon in 1978, is the first jazz club in Korea, with a collection of over 2,000 records and around 600 CDs of jazz history.

  • Yeonnam 5701

    • ★ 3.6

    Yeonnam 5701 is an underground jazz bar on Donggyo-ro 23-gil with food and wine and separate areas to focus on live performances or dine while watching.

  • Boogie Woogie

    • ★ 3.6

    Boogie Woogie is a live bar on Hoenamu-ro for robust, fast-beat piano performances and jazz, a pick for starting the weekend on a Friday night.

  • Dido Jazz Lounge

    • ★ 3.6

    Dido Jazz Lounge is a cultural space on Jayang-ro 18-gil in Gwangjin-gu with food, wine and live jazz performances, with lineups posted on its Instagram.

  • Pets Sounds Music Pub

    • ★ 3.6

    Pets Sounds Music Pub on Hoenamu-ro stages many genres, from retro and post-punk to heavy metal and dream pop, with pizza, chicken wings and cocktails.

  • Jazz Story

    • ★ 3.6

    Jazz Story, moved from Samcheong-dong to Seongbuk-dong, is closer to a house for listening to music than a live cafe, with jazz under incandescent lights.

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Rooftop Bars in Seoul

2 places

  • 63 SkyPicnic

    63 SkyPicnic is a rooftop venue at 50 63-ro, Yeongdeungpo-gu, Seoul, open daily 10:00-22:00.

  • Cafe VIEW

    • ★ 3.6

    VIEW is a cafe, bar and art lounge on the fourth floor and rooftop on Seosulla-gil, overlooking the forest around Jongmyo Shrine, with coffee, wine and art.

Speakeasies in Seoul

3 places

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  • Zoosindang

    • ★ 3.6

    Zoosindang is a cocktail bar themed on the 12 zodiac animals, an oriental speakeasy that began in Sindang-dong, with 12 signature cocktails.

  • Cobbler Yeonhui

    • ★ 3.6

    Cobbler Yeonhui is a whiskey and cocktail bar in a remodeled private home behind a green gate in Yeonhui-dong, with garden seating and no menu.

LGBTQ+ in Seoul

1 place

Listening Bars in Seoul

4 places

  • Forest of Music

    • ★ 3.6

    Forest of Music is a music-themed cafe-bar on Dongho-ro with a large archive of old vinyl records, an owner who DJs and takes song requests.

  • Inhyeon Golbang

    • ★ 3.6

    Inhyeon Golbang is a music bar in Euljiro where guests relax on a reclining sofa, build their own playlist and sip a highball or whiskey in quiet.

  • Romantic LP Bar Jamsil Bangi Branch

    • ★ 3.6

    Romantic LP Bar on Olympic-ro 32-gil offers real LP listening with drinks, free song requests and acoustics tuned to the space, in Korean pop, jazz and rock.

  • Cork Seoul Record Bar

    • ★ 3.6

    Cork Seoul Record Bar is a record bar in Songnidan-gil near Seokchon Lake and Lotte World, with a DJ spinning city pop, soul and funk in a warm atmosphere.

Late Night Dives in Seoul

1 place