Nightlife in Dresden

17 clubs, live music venues and late-night spots in Dresden.

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

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Altes Wettbüro
Bar-club and restaurant in a former casino fitted with vintage furniture and radios. Offers good meals, live DJs, dance parties and concerts.
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Blue Note
This is the Dresden Jazz point. In the web page you may find the schedule of concerts. There is always very good music. This is a place to sit and enjoy good music. The scotch bar has very good drinks to enjoy during the concert.
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Bärenzwinger
This popular student club is a good choice for its full schedule of nightly activities, including readings, live music, and discussions.
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Café Europa
This pleasant café and bar is a great choice for a pre-dinner cocktail or late-night snack. The café closes only one hour a day, so stop by any time. In addition to great drinks, the menu also features a full breakfast menu, which young locals and visitors appreciate after a late night on the town.
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Club Paula
Fancy minimalistic techno club in a decommissioned electrical substation with a high-class international DJ lineup.
12:00
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Club Puschkin
Concert venue in the Leipziger Vorstadt district, hosting mostly German bands.
23:00
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Downtown
The most popular club in the Neustadt. They play mostly mainstream/top 40/1980s music. If this place isn't your scene, you can always go upstairs to Groove Station.
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Elbegarten Demnitz
Large beer garden right south of the Blaues Wunder bridge with a fantastic view over the Elbe river and regular live music events.
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Gisela Club
Homely club in the Löbtau district with a living-room-atmosphere, three floors and an outdoor area. Various events from indie to house music.
22:00
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Katy's Garage
If you're walking around Neustadt, you can't miss the beer garden at Katy's Garage. It's a great place to have a drink when it's warm outside. When the beer garden closes at around 22:00, you can make your way into their night club, which consists mostly of rock music.
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Klub NEU
Techno club in an old slaughterhouse in the Leipziger Vorstadt district.
23:00
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Ost-Pol
Ost-Pol (translation: East-Pole) is a bar with a retro East German feel to it. They often have live bands, but the place is still good to go for a beer when there's no live music. The beer is pretty cheap, and is one of the few places with Pilsner Urquell on tap. There might be a cover charge on some nights, though.
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Riesa efau
The pub is managed by a local events group and features a wide selection of drinks along with a regular slate of activities and entertainment. Good menu of regional beers and mixed drinks, as well as non-alcoholic drinks and coffees. Live music is frequently featured.
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Sektor Evolution
Club in the northern industrial area of Dresden, focusing on techno, house and psytrance parties, but also staging art and theater events. Many guests use drugs.
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Tante-JU
Popular live music club in an old warehouse furnished with airline seats in Dresden's northern industrial area.
19:00
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objekt klein a
Industrial-style techno club in the northern industrial area of Dresden.
12:00
Do Not mapped
Dixieland Festival
Europe's biggest jazz festival. It normally takes place in the second week of May and attracts bands and visitors from all over Europe, America and the rest of the world. A great deal of the music is played on the top decks of paddleboats in front of the Old Town.

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