Canberra’s nightlife scene can take you to various places on a night out. From grungy basements, house party vibes, throwback tunes, cheap drinks, and the best live acts, discover the best nightclubs in the CBD.
ONE22
Curating moods through house party music, ONE22 comes alive when the city goes to sleep. In the iconic Sydney building, you won’t find a playlist on shuffle in this nightclub, with a carefully curated music program that takes it up a notch each hour. Pouring more than just vodka sodas and fireballs, every weekend sees cocktail and drink specials.
88mph
Party like it’s 1985 at 88mph. Canberra’s most nostalgic nightclub and bar, dance down memory lane with the best throwback songs playing all night long. If you like being in control of the mic, sing your faves in one of their karaoke rooms with bubbles, cocktails, and pizzas.
Fiction Club
A two-tiered basement venue, inviting concerts, club nights, exhibitions, theatre, live art, and innovative performances, Fiction is often the place where Canberra clubbers end their night out. Live and breathing nightlife, it’s a quintessential place for discovering emerging artists and supporting established ones.
Mooseheads
A Canberra institution, it’s every 18-year-old’s rite of passage to go to upstairs Mooseheads. With cheap drinks, trending music you can sing along to, poles for dancing, epic lighting and, resident DJs, this is one of the most popular nightclubs in Canberra.
Fun Time Pony
The ultimate grungy hideaway, go downstairs and enter the wild world of Fun Time Pony. With live local bands every Friday, and an epic lineup of artists and events, enjoy the tunes over a late-night New York-style pizza and cheap drinks, over some pool and pinball or on the dance floor.
Transit Bar
A haven for local and interstate music acts, Transit Bar is one of the best live music venues in Canberra’s CBD. Littered with memorable gigs, parties, pool and hangovers, like a station in London’s underground, Transit takes you somewhere else, even if only briefly.
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