Dance clubs, live music, rooftop bars, speakeasies, LGBTQ+ venues, listening bars and late-night dives in Fort Collins.
Dance clubs, live music, rooftop bars, speakeasies, LGBTQ+ nightlife, listening bars and late-night dives across Fort Collins, with where to go and what is worth the late night.
Magic Rat books free live music four nights a week off Firehouse Alley in Fort Collins, the Elizabeth Hotel's gritty indoor-outdoor stage and bar.
Tip: No cover, ever; the calendar posts on the hotel site week by week. Enter through the hotel or the alley.
Washington's fills a 1903 sandstone warehouse on Laporte Avenue in Fort Collins with 900-capacity touring shows and a pair of full-service bars.
Tip: Run by the Bohemian Foundation; the tiered balcony has the best sightlines, arrive at doors to claim the rail.
Avogadro's Number pairs inexpensive sandwiches and a shaded beer garden with jazz, blues and comedy nights on Mason Street in Fort Collins, weekly.
Tip: The back garden is the venue: live acts most weeks, weekend breakfast from 09:00, and nobody hurries you out.
Social pours an award-winning seasonal cocktail list in a Prohibition-styled cellar beneath Old Town Square in Fort Collins, open daily from 16:00.
Tip: Look for the stairs off the square; the Great Gatsby anniversary party lands 10 September 2026 and sells out.
Town Pump has poured in the same 416-square-foot room on College Avenue in Fort Collins since 1909, the oldest bar in the city and nearly its smallest.
Tip: Cash-friendly, cramped and proud of it; a GoFundMe raised over 57,000 dollars in two days to save it during the pandemic.
Trailhead Tavern holds down Mountain Avenue in Fort Collins as the Old Town dive bar of record, with cheap pitchers until 02:00 seven nights a week.
Tip: It closes only for Thanksgiving, Christmas and the Sunday after the Super Bowl; expect a CSU crowd on weekends.