Surry Hills & Chippendale

Pubs with proper DJs, dive-bar dance floors and day parties. Good for a night that starts with dinner and ends somewhere sweaty.

Dive bar & dance floor · Surry Hills & ChippendaleThe Soda FactoryRock’n’roll, soul, hip-hop and pop · Best: Weekends
Pub with DJs · Surry Hills & ChippendaleHarry’sElectronic DJs, disco-soul vinyl sets and house nights · Best: Weekends
Pub with DJs · Surry Hills & ChippendaleStrawberry Hills HotelPublic-bar DJs; punk gigs and queer dance parties in the back room · Best: Weekends
Pub & day parties · Surry Hills & ChippendaleThe Lord GladstoneHouse and floor-fillers at weekend day parties; live indie on other nights · Best: Weekend days
Live music pub · Surry Hills & ChippendaleThe LansdowneIndie and electro · Best: Check the program
LGBTQIA+ pub · Surry Hills & ChippendaleThe Beresford HotelSlick queer venue; Beresford Sundays · Best: Sunday
Bar with DJs · Surry Hills & ChippendaleGorosDJ nights · Best: Thursday to Saturday
Performance space · Surry Hills & ChippendalePhoenix Central ParkExperimental programs: ambient, electronic, jazz fusion · Best: Check the program

Checked 13 October 2026 against Destination NSW, venue sites and Transport for NSW. Spotted something out of date? Tell us.