South Australia · late-night guide

Adelaide after dark.

The club strip, the live pubs, March’s festival madness and the nights worth a drive out of town.

South Australia guide. Curated clubs, pubs and festivals; two Adelaide venues’ programs are read from their own sites each morning. Nights and hours change, so check with the venue before you go.

Coming up in Adelaide

• PThu 15 Oct · Lion Arts FactoryPASH ↗Check organiser
• NSat 17 Oct · Lion Arts FactoryNathan Evans and The Saint Phnx Band's 'Angels' Share' Australian Tour | Adelaide ↗Check organiser
• LSat 17 Oct · JiveLe Shiv: Yada Yada National Album Tour ↗Check organiser
• BThu 22 Oct · Lion Arts FactoryBob Evans - Suburban Songbook 20th Anniversary Tour ↗Check organiser
• LThu 22 Oct · JiveLizzie Hosking: Mother Is Medusa Launch ↗Check organiser
• TFri 23 Oct · Lion Arts FactoryTONIX EP Release Party + EU Tour Benefit (18+) ↗Check organiser
• CFri 23 Oct · JiveCheeky Leash: How Much Love Have I Got Left Tour ↗Check organiser
• NSat 24 Oct · Lion Arts FactoryNO CIGAR 'Aussie Tour' With Special Guests ↗Check organiser

From Lion Arts Factory, Jive, read from their own listings each morning.

Adelaide, by area

Hindley Street & the West End

Adelaide’s club strip: house and techno basements, rooftops, a 25-year-old country-pub-turned-nightclub and a speakeasy that stays open until 6am.

Rundle Street & the East End

Live-music pubs, a rock’n’roll jukebox bar open until 2am every night, nightly drag and the laneway clubs behind Rundle Mall.

Norwood & the eastern suburbs

Character pubs with live music and DJs along The Parade and Magill Road, ten minutes from the city.

Glenelg

The beach end of the tram line. Busiest in summer, when the crowd moves from the sand to Moseley Square after sunset.

Beyond Adelaide

Port Adelaide & Semaphore

Breweries, distilleries and wharf-side pubs on St Vincent Street, and home of New Found Sound, a free roving music festival every May.

Barossa Valley

Wine country an hour north: cellar doors with Friday-night sessions, a brewery with live music and a late-night wine bar in Tanunda.

Mount Gambier & the Limestone Coast

Halfway to Melbourne: Commercial Street pubs with Saturday DJs, drag bingo and local gigs.

Checked 13 October 2026 against Festival City Adelaide, Adelaide Metro, venue sites and current Adelaide guides. Spotted something out of date? Tell us.