Hillside Bar ★ 4.2
$Capitol Hill{'monday': '14:00-02:00', 'tuesday': '14:00-02:00', 'wednesday': '14:00-02:00', 'thursday': '14:00-02:00', 'friday': '14:00-02:00', 'saturday': '14:00-02:00', 'sunday': '14:00-02:00'}
Hillside on East Olive Way is the neighborhood Capitol Hill bar with 18 rotating drafts, 100 plus liquors and a game room running pool, darts, pinball, skee ball and Big Buck HD.
Tip: Daily 14:00 to 02:00. Happy hour 16:00 to 18:00 with $1 off drafts and wells, $8 Evan Williams and PBR. Trivia and pop ups rotate.
Q Nightclub ★ 4.5
$$$Capitol Hill{'monday': 'closed', 'tuesday': 'closed', 'wednesday': '21:00-02:00', 'thursday': '21:00-02:00', 'friday': '22:00-03:00', 'saturday': '22:00-03:00', 'sunday': '21:00-02:00'}
Q Nightclub on Broadway is the 12,500 square foot Capitol Hill room designed by Bohlin Cywinski Jackson with a Funktion One rig, anchoring the city's house and techno bookings on weekends.
Tip: Open Wednesday through Saturday. Headline nights run 22:00 to 03:00 Friday and Saturday; weekday lounge programming closes by 02:00. Tickets via Tixr.
Trinity Nightclub ★ 4.0
$$Pioneer Square{'monday': 'closed', 'tuesday': 'closed', 'wednesday': 'closed', 'thursday': 'closed', 'friday': '22:00-02:30', 'saturday': '22:00-03:00', 'sunday': 'closed'}
Trinity Nightclub on Occidental fills a Pioneer Square corner with three rooms, two dance floors and a 360 degree LED wall, the only 18 plus dance club running every weekend in the state.
Tip: Doors Friday at 22:00, Saturday at 22:00. 18 plus to enter, 21 plus to drink. Massive Fridays and Reload Saturdays anchor the calendar.
Monkey Loft ★ 4.4
$$Pioneer Square{'monday': 'closed', 'tuesday': 'closed', 'wednesday': 'closed', 'thursday': 'varies by event', 'friday': '22:00-04:00', 'saturday': '22:00-04:00', 'sunday': 'varies by event'}
Monkey Loft is the SoDo warehouse dance bar inside a 1929 brick building, with an upstairs Deck patio over the skyline that becomes the after hours techno spot south of the stadium.
Tip: Programming clusters Friday and Saturday after 22:00, often through dawn. The Deck opens in warm months for outdoor sets.
Kremwerk ★ 4.6
$$Capitol Hill{'monday': 'closed', 'tuesday': 'closed', 'wednesday': 'varies by event', 'thursday': 'varies by event', 'friday': '18:00-02:00', 'saturday': '18:00-02:00', 'sunday': 'varies by event'}
Kremwerk on Minor Avenue is the underground queer club that pairs with Timbre Room and Cherry to run a three space complex of techno, house, drum and bass and drag near Capitol Hill.
Tip: Doors Friday and Saturday 18:00, programming through 02:00. Buy advance tickets via Dice; the complex sells out on big bookings.
Neumos ★ 4.4
$$Capitol Hill{'monday': 'varies by show', 'tuesday': 'varies by show', 'wednesday': 'varies by show', 'thursday': '19:00 doors, varies', 'friday': '19:00 doors, varies', 'saturday': '19:00 doors, varies', 'sunday': 'varies by show'}
Neumos on East Pike is the Capitol Hill room that pairs touring indie, hip hop and electronic bookings with sister venue Barboza in the basement and hosts Capitol Hill Block Party each summer.
Tip: Doors are typically 19:00 with show at 20:00. Many shows are all ages to enter, 21 plus to drink. Tickets via AXS.