Nightlife in Munich

47 clubs, live music venues and late-night spots in Munich.

Ranked with the travel guide's picks and well-known places first. Showing the top 40 of 47.

DrinkLudwigsvorstadt-Isarvorstadt
Alte Utting
This ship was a steamer on a Bavarian lake until 2016. It now perches on a railway bridge, an offbeat venue undecided whether it's The Flying Dutchman or The Flying Scotsman. It has beer, grills, live music, cabaret and disco, a beer garden, and from the upper deck surely the most unusual view over Munich.
Tue-Thu 16:00-00:00, Fri 16:00-02:00, Sat 11:00-01:00, Sun 11:00-22:00
DrinkNorth
Backstage
Live events complex with three venues for shows. The smaller ones are more like club / disco and can go on to 05:00.
DrinkLudwigsvorstadt-Isarvorstadt
Bahnwärter Thiel
Techno club and alternative cultural centre that resides in graffiti-covered pile of ship containers. The inventory of the club includes many curiosities such as discarded subway cars, trams, construction cranes or carriages. The venue also has an outdoor rave area where the DJ resides within the cab of a decommissioned subway car. The operators also run the Alte Utting lake steamer which has somehow ended up on a railway bridge only a few minutes walk away and has become a bar.
DoSouth-West
Basketball: FC Bayern Munich
They're better known as a soccer club, but Bayern Munich also play in Basketball Bundesliga, the game's top tier. Their home court is Rudi-Sedlmayer-Halle, sponsored as Audi Dome. It seats 6700 and was built in 1972 for the Olympics.
DrinkLudwigsvorstadt-Isarvorstadt
Blitz Club
Techno club in the former historic congress hall of the Deutsches Museum. One of the main venues for techno in Munich with a regular international DJ lineup. It also offers a series of gay events called Cruise. Note that the club has a strict ban on photography and filming.
Fri Sat 23:00-08:00
DrinkHaidhausen
Café im Hinterhof
Hinterhof means courtyard and it's an attractive cafe-bar, with regular piano live music and exhibitions. They offer breakfast / brunch throughout the day and have good cakes.
Daily 08:30-20:00
DrinkLudwigsvorstadt-Isarvorstadt
Couch Club
Guests sit in comfy couches or at the long bar in this cozy place. They have over 100 varieties of gin. The club remains closed in 2022.
Closed
DrinkHaidhausen
DNA Club
Techno club in a former industrial location in the Werksviertel district.
DrinkMaxvorstadt
Drunken Monkey
Small and cozy electronic music club decked with hundreds of colorful light bulbs in the basement of Enter The Dragon Vietnamese restaurant.
Closed
DrinkAltstadt
Havana Club
Since 1985 this place has been serving up excellent cocktails. Friendly helpful staff.
Mon-Thu 18:00-01:00, Fri Sat 18:00-03:00, Sun 19:00-01:00
DrinkLudwigsvorstadt-Isarvorstadt
Legal Club
Techno and house club with a wooden dance floor at Sendlinger Tor.
DrinkLudwigsvorstadt-Isarvorstadt
Lola
Lively weekend late-night bar, refurbished in 2022. The place downstairs, Mucki & Floyd, is no longer a night club.
Wed-Thu 18:00-01:30, Fri Sat 18:00-03:00
DrinkMaxvorstadt
Lost Weekend
Daytime this is a coffee shop, vegan cafe and bookshop. Around 20:00 it morphs into a live performance venue with jazz, rock, blues and electro.
Mon-Thu 09:00-00:00, Fri 09:00-02:00, Sat 11:00-02:00, Sun 11:00-17:00
DoNorth
MTTC Iphitos
This is the principal tennis club in Munich. In mid April they host the Bavarian International (sponsored as BMW Open), played over a week on clay. It ranks in the fourth tier of the ATP tournament schedule.
DrinkMaxvorstadt
Minna Thiel
Small canopied beer-garden centred on an old railbus, along with a cargo container and telephone booth, with live music and DJs.
Tue-Thu 16:00-00:00, Fri 16:00-02:00, Sat 14:00-02:00, Sun 12:00-22:00
DrinkHaidhausen
Muffatwerk
Former electricity plant morphed into a club and music hall with café-bistro.
Mon-Fri 10:00-18:00
DrinkSouth-West
Nachtgalerie
This club is in a former railway cargo terminal. It's primarily DJ's now and seldom live music.
Fri Sat 22:30–05:00
DrinkMaxvorstadt
Pacha Munich
This fashionable techno and house club is the Munich franchise of the Pacha brand.
Wed-Sat 22:00-06:00
DrinkMaxvorstadt
Palais Club
Popular techno club with plushy red charm. Free entry until midnight, and it only starts getting populated then.
Fri Sat 20:00-10:00
DrinkAltstadt
Pimpernel
Small nightclub 100 m south of Sendlinger Tor. This venue with red plush and mirrored walls once was a hotspot of Munich's gay scene - a frequent customer was Freddie Mercury who lived nearby. Today it is an afterhours house and techno club open after other clubs have closed.
Daily 22:00-06:00
DrinkMaxvorstadt
Rote Sonne
Legendary techno club, many complaints of aggressive bouncers.
Fri Sat 23:00-08:00
DrinkMaxvorstadt
Salon Irkutsk
The bar is a blend of a live club with an art gallery, with Russian snacks.
Sun-Thu 17:00-01:00, Fri Sat 17:00-03:00
DrinkLudwigsvorstadt-Isarvorstadt
Strom
Small club and live music venue in the basement of an old business house with a focus on indie rock and post-punk.
DrinkLudwigsvorstadt-Isarvorstadt
Substanz
Temporarily Closed. This club hosts indie bands. house or hip-hop music, and shows TV sport.
Thu-Sat 19:00-03:00
DrinkSouth-West
The Ape Club
Small techno nightclub in the very west of Munich in a former brothel with one dance floor and two chillout rooms.
DrinkMaxvorstadt
Tumult
Underground punk club, a rarity in Munich, with clientele to match the music.
Mon-Thu 20:00-01:00, Fri Sat 20:00-03:00
DrinkSouth-West
Waldwirtschaft
2500-seater riverside beer garden, a pleasant bike-ride from the city. They serve Spaten beer and have a self-service buffet for trad food, and you may bring your own food to barbecue and eat at table. The music is not oompah band but jazz.
Wed-Sun 11:00-23:00
DrinkLudwigsvorstadt-Isarvorstadt
Wannda Circus
Venue that consists of several old circus tents and hosts techno club nights, indie rock concerts and wild fashion shows.
DoNorth
Wannda Circus
They do put on circus acts, but it's more like a tented event venue hosting live music, theatre, alternative fashion and parties. The field gets muddy after rain.
DrinkNorth
Zum Jennerwein
Established in 1962, this is a lively friendly dive-bar and club.
Wed Thu 19:00-01:00, Fri Sat 19:00-02:00
DrinkLudwigsvorstadt-Isarvorstadt
Zur Gruam
Once a corner pub, this tiny venue has turned into a trendy bar and afterhours-club with disco feeling and live electro DJs.
Thu 20:00-05:00, Fri Sat 22:00-06:00
DrinkMaxvorstadt Not mapped
Call Me Drella
Arty club with live performances all night long. Dress to impress, age minimum 22. There's a quieter outside area for conversation.
Tue-Sat 22:00-05:00
DrinkHaidhausen Not mapped
Crown's Club
Aspires to be exclusive, door policy erratic, fun nightspot if you get in.
Thu 22:00-04:00, Sat 22:00-05:00
DoSouth-West Not mapped
Feierwerk
Cultural centre in a former industrial depot with live music venues (Hansa 39, Kranhalle, Orangehouse, Sunny Red), a radio station (Radio Feierwerk 92.4 ), an artist's workshop (Farbenladen) and a skatepark (Skateplatzl).
DrinkAltstadt Not mapped
Kilians Irish Pub
Kilians is behind the Frauenkirche and offers the usual Irish beers. Friendly place with good beer and grub, occasionally hosts live music, and it's a popular place among expats, tourists, and Germans alike.
Mon-Thu 16:00-01:00, Fri Sat 11:00-02:00, Sun 12:00-01:00
EatHaidhausen Not mapped
Nachtkantine
This restaurant, bar and live music venue is in the works canteen of the former Pfanni factory. They serve burgers, pizza and pasta but get poor reviews for quality and service.
24 hrs
DrinkNorth Not mapped
OlyDisco
The club is in the former Olympic village, nowadays student apartments. So it's mostly a student crowd, which keeps prices moderate. It's seen better days.
Fri 23:00-05:00
DrinkAltstadt Not mapped
P1 Club
Posh nightclub that was once considered a favorite of the high society. Today more lounge than discotheque with a large outdoor terrace. "P1" is shorthand for the address.
Wed-Sat 08:00-04:00
DrinkLudwigsvorstadt-Isarvorstadt Not mapped
Robinson's Bar
They bill themselves as a New York cocktail bar, which won't wash if you know New York, but mostly they get good reviews.
Mon 14:00-01:00, Tue-Thu 14:00-03:00, Fri Sun 12:00-03:00
DrinkNorth Not mapped
Schwabinger 7
Authentic dive bar with live music, dark interior and low prices - hence popular among students.
Tue-Sat 20:00-04:00, Sun 20:00-00:00

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