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

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Dance Clubs in Oakland

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  • The New Parish

    The New Parish on San Pablo in Uptown Oakland is the city's hardest-working independent music room.

Live Music in Oakland

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  • Yoshi's

    Yoshi's on the Embarcadero in Jack London Square is Oakland's flagship jazz club and Japanese restaurant.

  • Fox Theater Oakland

    Fox Theater on Telegraph in Uptown Oakland is the 2,800-seat former movie palace turned flagship Bay Area concert hall.

  • Eli's Mile High Club

    • ★ 4.3
    • $$
    • North Oakland

    Eli's Mile High Club has booked Bay Area blues, rock and DJ nights on MLK Way since the 1970s.

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Rooftop Bars in Oakland

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Speakeasies in Oakland

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  • Viridian

    Viridian on Broadway in Uptown Oakland is the cocktail bar that replaced Daniel Patterson's Plum Bar.

  • Sobre Mesa

    Sobre Mesa is Top Chef Nelson German's Afro-Latin cocktail lounge in Uptown Oakland.

LGBTQ+ in Oakland

2 places

  • White Horse Inn

    • ★ 4.5
    • $
    • North Oakland

    White Horse Inn on Telegraph in North Oakland has run as a gay bar since 1933, making it one of the oldest continuously operating LGBTQ bars in the United States.

  • Summer Bar and Lounge

    Summer Bar and Lounge opened in Old Oakland in 2021 as the city's queer night room.

Late Night Dives in Oakland

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