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

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Dance Clubs in Tucson

1 place

  • Chela's Latin Cuisine

    Chela's Latin Cuisine turns into a downtown Tucson nightclub on Congress Street after 10pm Friday and Saturday, once the Latin dinner service closes.

Live Music in Tucson

4 places

  • Club Congress

    Club Congress inside the historic Hotel Congress in downtown Tucson books touring bands and hosts Tempo, a free Thursday night DJ party on the plaza.

  • Rialto Theatre

    The Rialto Theatre is downtown Tucson's mid-size concert hall on Congress Street, booking touring bands and comedians through the Rialto Theatre Foundation.

  • 191 Toole

    191 Toole on East Toole Avenue in downtown Tucson is a Rialto Theatre Foundation venue booking touring bands, local shows and comedy nights.

  • Chicago Bar

    • ★ 3.8
    • $
    • East Side

    Chicago Bar on East Speedway is a Tucson dive and music room since 1978, with a stage for local and touring bands and karaoke three nights a week.

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Rooftop Bars in Tucson

3 places

  • Playground Bar & Lounge

    Playground Bar & Lounge brings a two-floor downtown Tucson space to life on weekend nights, with the SkyDeck rooftop as its main draw and centerpiece.

  • The Moonstone

    The Moonstone is the rooftop bar at the Graduate Hotel on East Second Street in Tucson, serving Southwestern plates with a Sonoran twist and cocktails.

  • Reilly Craft Pizza & Drink

    Reilly Craft Pizza & Drink opens a first-come rooftop above its downtown Tucson dining room on most evenings, weather permitting, closing with the restaurant.

Speakeasies in Tucson

3 places

  • Emerald 29

    Emerald 29 hides inside the restored vault of the historic Treasury 1929 bank building, a downtown Tucson speakeasy lit by a green door light.

  • Tough Luck Club

    Tough Luck Club is a basement speakeasy beneath Reilly Craft Pizza & Drink in downtown Tucson, entered through a side gate on Scott Avenue nightly.

  • The Still

    • ★ 4.0
    • $$$
    • East Side

    The Still is a speakeasy-style cocktail bar behind a hidden wall at Vero Amore on North Swan Road, on Tucson's east side, open Thursday to Saturday.

LGBTQ+ in Tucson

2 places

  • IBT's Bar & Food

    IBT's Bar & Food anchors Tucson's Fourth Avenue LGBTQ+ nightlife with drag shows, GoGo Boys and a full patio bar, open in Tucson since 1985.

  • Venture-N

    • ★ 3.8
    • $
    • Sixth Avenue

    Venture-N is a classic leather and Levi's neighborhood gay bar on Tucson's Sixth Avenue, known for pool, darts and a relaxed patio crowd daily.

Late Night Dives in Tucson

2 places

  • Surly Wench Pub

    Surly Wench Pub has brought booze, bands, beats and burlesque to Tucson's Fourth Avenue since 2004, with a monthly burlesque show and a bar open until 02:00.

  • The Buffet Bar

    The Buffet Bar has stood at 538 East Ninth Street since 1934, Tucson's oldest bar, a graffitied dive in the Iron Horse neighborhood near Fourth Avenue.