Barley's Kitchen and Tap ★ 3.8
Barley's Kitchen and Tap in Aksarben Village draws a weekend crowd for its rotating DJ nights and broad beer and cocktail list, making it the most accessible dance-adjacent venue in West Omaha.
Dance clubs, live music, rooftop bars, speakeasies, LGBTQ+ nightlife, listening bars and late-night dives across Omaha, with where to go and what is worth the late night.
Dance Clubs in Omaha
Live Music in Omaha
Reverb Lounge ★ 4.2
Reverb Lounge in Benson is Omaha's primary mid-sized live music venue for touring indie and alternative acts, with a full bar and a kitchen running until midnight on concert nights.
Slowdown ★ 4.4
Slowdown in the Millwork Commons area is Omaha's most respected live music venue, hosting national touring acts in a room that holds 500 standing and has anchored the city's indie music scene since 2007.
Rooftop Bars in Omaha
The Green (Rooftop Bar) ★ 4.0
The Green is a rooftop bar on North 16th Street in the Old Market area with downtown Omaha skyline views, a cocktail and craft beer program, and a heated outdoor space that operates through autumn.
Speakeasies in Omaha
The Berry and Rye ★ 4.6
The Berry and Rye operates from a Prohibition-era basement beneath a Howard Street address, with unmarked exterior entry, rotary-phone reservation requests, and a craft cocktail list built around pre-Prohibition recipes and seasonal Nebraska ingredients.
Lgbtq in Omaha
The Othership ★ 4.2
The Othership on Maple Street in Benson is one of Omaha's most welcoming LGBTQ+ bar spaces, with a queer-friendly cocktail and beer program, regular themed nights, and a Benson community focus.
Gillan's Village Inn ★ 4.0
Gillan's Village Inn on North 56th Street is Omaha's longest-running LGBTQ+ bar, with a neighborhood dive bar format, daily programming including karaoke and trivia, and a welcoming crowd that has defined Omaha's queer bar scene for decades.
Listening Bars in Omaha
Nite Owl ★ 4.3
Nite Owl in Benson plays a curated vinyl programme alongside its diner menu, making it the closest thing Omaha has to a dedicated listening bar in a neighbourhood that takes its music seriously.
Late Night Dives in Omaha
Crescent Moon ★ 4.0
Crescent Moon is Omaha's most democratic late-night bar, a corner dive on the edge of the Old Market that stays open until 1am every day with over 200 beers on its menu and the city's most argued-over Reuben sandwich.
Dundee Dell ★ 4.2
Dundee Dell on Underwood Avenue carries one of the largest Scotch whisky selections in Nebraska alongside a full Irish pub food menu that runs until 1am, in a wood-paneled room that has been the Dundee neighborhood's anchor bar since 1934.
M's Pub ★ 4.1
M's Pub on South 11th Street is an Old Market institution open since the 1970s, with a kitchen past midnight on weekends and a comfortable dive-bar energy that puts it among the most consistent late-night spots in the neighborhood.