MIX Downtown is a nightlife spot in Downtown, Sacramento.
MIX Downtown atop the Firestone Building on L Street in downtown Sacramento is the city's premier rooftop nightclub, three rooms of cocktails and DJs with a Capitol-view terrace.
Tip: Friday and Saturday nights are the busiest. Kitchen runs to midnight Friday and Saturday. Bottle service and VIP available.
Address: 1525 L Street, Sacramento, CA 95814
Ace of Spades on R Street in downtown Sacramento is the city's mid-size live concert venue, booking national rock, metal and hip-hop acts in the R Street Corridor.
Tip: Tickets via the operator site or Ticketmaster. Box office Tuesday to Friday 12:00 to 18:00 and Saturday 15:00 to 18:00.
The Torch Club on 15th Street in downtown Sacramento has booked live blues since 1934, two sets a night Wednesday through Sunday across the city's oldest blues room.
Tip: Two shows nightly Wednesday to Sunday. Cash bar; ATM on site. National blues acts pass through monthly.
Faces on K Street in midtown Sacramento has run as the city's biggest LGBTQ nightclub since 1985, three dance floors, fifteen bar stations and a back patio with pool.
Tip: Saturday is the busiest, with multi-floor DJs and drag shows. The mezzanine is bottle service only.
Badlands on K Street, midtown Sacramento, has been voted Sacramento's number one LGBTQ bar for eight consecutive years, a video-bar dance club opposite Faces.
Tip: Drag and Latin nights run the calendar; check the Instagram for the lineup. Sunday afternoon disco is the long-running standby.
Harlow's on J Street, midtown Sacramento, has booked national and regional touring acts since 1982, with the Starlet Room above for second-stage and DJ nights.
Tip: Capacity around 350; tickets via the operator site or Bandsintown. The Starlet Room is the late-night DJ second stage.
Ace of Spades on R Street in downtown Sacramento is the city's mid-size live concert venue, booking national rock, metal and hip-hop acts in the R Street Corridor.
Tip: Tickets via the operator site or Ticketmaster. Box office Tuesday to Friday 12:00 to 18:00 and Saturday 15:00 to 18:00.
The Torch Club on 15th Street in downtown Sacramento has booked live blues since 1934, two sets a night Wednesday through Sunday across the city's oldest blues room.
Tip: Two shows nightly Wednesday to Sunday. Cash bar; ATM on site. National blues acts pass through monthly.
The Press Club on 21st Street in midtown Sacramento is the city's long-running punk and indie bar, with Emo Night the last Wednesday and DJ nights Thursday through Sunday.
Tip: Calendar runs from punk shows to swing nights to comedy. The patio is the spillover; back room hosts DJs.
