Dance clubs, live music, rooftop bars, speakeasies, LGBTQ+ nightlife, listening bars and late-night dives across Baltimore, with where to go and what is worth the late night.
Dance Clubs in Baltimore
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Power Plant Live
Power Plant Live is downtown Baltimore's open-air entertainment block, packing bars, dance floors and live-music rooms around a central courtyard.
Live Music in Baltimore
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Cat's Eye Pub
Cat's Eye Pub on the Fells Point waterfront runs live blues and rock nearly every night with no cover, a cramped, well-worn Thames Street institution.
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The 8x10
The 8x10 in Federal Hill is a long-running music club booking jam bands, funk and touring acts in an intimate room just off Cross Street Market.
Book food experiences in Baltimore
Rooftop Bars in Baltimore
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Topside
Topside crowns Hotel Revival on the 14th floor in Mount Vernon, a rooftop bar and kitchen with some of the city's widest views over the Washington Monument.
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The Bygone
The Bygone tops the Four Seasons on the 29th floor, a 1920s-style rooftop bar and restaurant with panoramic views across the Inner Harbor.
Speakeasies in Baltimore
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W.C. Harlan
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The Elk Room
The Elk Room in Harbor East is a hidden cocktail bar behind Italian Disco, pouring spirit-forward classics in a dim, vintage Atlas Restaurant Group room.
LGBTQ+ in Baltimore
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Baltimore Eagle
The Baltimore Eagle on North Charles Street is the city's long-running leather and LGBTQ nightclub, reopened after renovation with a bar, dance floor.
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The Drinkery
The Drinkery in Mount Vernon is a long-standing LGBTQ dive bar, a no-frills neighbourhood room open nightly with strong, cheap pours and a loyal crowd.
Listening Bars in Baltimore
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The Bluebird Cocktail Room
The Bluebird Cocktail Room in Hampden is a literary-themed upstairs bar where hyper-seasonal cocktails are poured in a quiet, book-lined room.
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Fadensonnen
Fadensonnen in Old Goucher pours natural wine, sake and beer in a string-lit carriage-house garden, a laid-back evening room from Lane Harlan's team.
Late Night Dives in Baltimore
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The Horse You Came In On Saloon
The Horse You Came In On Saloon in Fells Point bills itself as America's oldest continuous saloon, a late-running Thames Street bar tied to Edgar Allan Poe.
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Max's Taphouse
Max's Taphouse on Fells Point's Broadway pours from more than a hundred taps late into the night, a beer hall built for long, loud sessions over rare pours.