Nightlife in Baku

8 clubs, live music venues and late-night spots in Baku.

Ranked with the travel guide's picks and well-known places first.

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Baku Entertainment Center
Bakı Əyləncə Mərkəzi
Baku Entertainment center has been around for more than half a decade. It has a shopping center, bowling alley certified by the AMF, health club, conference venue with a capacity of 350 people, and various restaurants and clubs.
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International Mugham Center of Azerbaijan
Beynəlxalq Muğam Mərkəzi, Международный центр мугама
This is the center of Azerbaijani arts and music dedicated to promote, preserve and popularize the Azerbaijani music genre Mugam. The center covers 7,500 m² and has 3 stories. The design of the building was based on elements and shapes of Tar, an Azerbaijani musical instrument used in performing Mugham. The concert hall has a capacity of 350 people. The center also has a club, restaurant, study halls and record studios.
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Otto Club
Club for dancing on the weekend. Make sure to arrive after midnight if you don't want to be alone. Expect electro and dance music from a DJ as you would expect in European countries
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Palace of Happiness
Azerbaijani: Səadət Sarayı, Palace of Marriage former Mukhtarov Palace
This is a historic building in the center of Baku, Azerbaijan, built in Neo-Gothic style in 1912. The building was built by an Azerbaijani Oil Baron Murtuza Mukhtarov for his wife Lisa. The designer was the Polish architect Józef Plośko. After Sovietization in 1920 the building was given to the Club of Liberated Turkic Women, after which it functioned as the Shirvanshahs' Museum. During the existence of Azerbaijan SSR, the palace functioned as the Palace of Marriage Registrations. On 2 August 2001, by a resolution issued by the Cabinet of Ministers of Azerbaijan, the building was listed as real estate of historic and state importance and was to be protected as a monument of Azerbaijani culture. The street lying on the right side of the building is named Murtuza Mukhtarov.
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Tofiq Bahramov Republican Stadium
As the previous stadia are small by European standards, big club games may transfer to this stadium. E.g. a host venue for the Euro 2020 tournament.
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Baku Jazz Festival
Organised by the famous saxophonist and Baku resident Rain Sultanov to showcase Azerbaijan's love of jazz which grew during the Soviet era when it was banned by the authorities. Features acts from around the world, the annual festival lasts for a week, and will run from 7-14 June.
Tickets can be purchased from Baku Jazz Center, 19 Rashid Behbudov St or by phone.
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Chinar
Pan-Asian cuisine, modern tea house and late night cocktail bar.
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Mugam Club
European and Azeri cuisine.
10-15 manat

Listings from the Wikivoyage guide to Baku (CC BY-SA 4.0).