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Price$$$
NeighborhoodCenter City
HoursThu-Sat 22:00-02:00. Closed Mon-Wed/Sun.
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Tip: Doors 22:00, Thursday through Saturday. Buy advance tickets for marquee weekend sets; door discretion enforces upscale casual after midnight.

Location

Address: 1209 Vine Street, Philadelphia, PA 19107

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Franky Bradley's ★ 4.3

$$ Center CityTue-Sat 17:00-02:00, Sun 11:00-22:00. Closed Mon.

Franky Bradley's on Chancellor Street is the Midtown Village bar, dance club and music venue in Philadelphia, with the FB Main Bar downstairs and the Cove.

TipDownstairs is the dining room and cocktail bar; head upstairs to the Cove for late-night dance bookings and drag-led variety nights.

Voyeur Nightclub ★ 4.2

$$ Center CityThu 00:00-03:20, Fri-Sat 23:00-03:20, Sun 01:00-03:20. Closed Mon-Wed.

Voyeur on Saint James Street is the Gayborhood after-hours club in Philadelphia, with three dance floors across 20,000 square feet and 03:20 close.

TipDoors 23:00 Friday and Saturday, midnight Thursday. The after-hours licence stretches past 03:00, so this is the latest dance floor in Center City.

Union Transfer ★ 4.7

$$ Center CityMon-Wed varies by show, Thu-Sat 19:00 doors, varies, Sun varies by show.

Union Transfer on Spring Garden in Philadelphia is the 1,200-capacity former Spring Garden train station turned indie rock room from the R5 Productions team.

TipDoors usually 19:00 with show at 20:00. The balcony has the cleaner sight line; the floor pit fills fast on touring weekends.

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The Dolphin Tavern ★ 4.2

$ South PhiladelphiaWed-Sat 21:00-02:00. Closed Mon-Tue/Sun.

The Dolphin Tavern on South Broad is the former Navy Yard go-go bar turned dance room in Philadelphia, with rotating DJs, $1 well drinks at the 22:00 happy.

TipFriday Danceteria mixes Hall and Oates into house; Saturday Club Congress runs disco heavy. Open 21:00-02:00, Wednesday through Saturday only.

Franky Bradley's ★ 4.3

$$ Center CityTue-Sat 17:00-02:00, Sun 11:00-22:00. Closed Mon.

Franky Bradley's on Chancellor Street is the Midtown Village bar, dance club and music venue in Philadelphia, with the FB Main Bar downstairs and the Cove.

TipDownstairs is the dining room and cocktail bar; head upstairs to the Cove for late-night dance bookings and drag-led variety nights.

Voyeur Nightclub ★ 4.2

$$ Center CityThu 00:00-03:20, Fri-Sat 23:00-03:20, Sun 01:00-03:20. Closed Mon-Wed.

Voyeur on Saint James Street is the Gayborhood after-hours club in Philadelphia, with three dance floors across 20,000 square feet and 03:20 close.

TipDoors 23:00 Friday and Saturday, midnight Thursday. The after-hours licence stretches past 03:00, so this is the latest dance floor in Center City.

Union Transfer ★ 4.7

$$ Center CityMon-Wed varies by show, Thu-Sat 19:00 doors, varies, Sun varies by show.

Union Transfer on Spring Garden in Philadelphia is the 1,200-capacity former Spring Garden train station turned indie rock room from the R5 Productions team.

TipDoors usually 19:00 with show at 20:00. The balcony has the cleaner sight line; the floor pit fills fast on touring weekends.

Johnny Brenda's ★ 4.6

$$ FishtownDaily 11:00-02:00.

Johnny Brenda's on Frankford and Girard in Philadelphia pairs a 200-capacity upstairs music room with a downstairs gastropub that helped define modern.

TipOpen 11:00-02:00 daily, kitchen until 01:00. Buy show tickets early; the upstairs balcony rail is the spot.

The Fillmore Philadelphia ★ 4.4

$$ FishtownMon-Wed varies by show, Thu-Sat 19:00 doors, varies, Sun varies by show.

The Fillmore Philadelphia on East Allen in Fishtown is the 2,500-capacity Live Nation room inside the old Ajax Metal factory, with a separate Foundry stage.

TipDoors typically 19:00; the GA floor has the rail, the mezzanine has the seats. The Foundry runs smaller shows on the same nights.

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