89 bars, pubs and clubs across Blackpool.
From seafront cocktail bars and LGBTQ+ venues to casinos and late-night clubs — Blackpool’s nightlife in one guide.
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A cosy cellar micropub beneath the Albert Hotel, open Friday and Saturday from 4pm, with rotating cask ales from local micro-breweries and a wide range of Belgian bottled beers served in the correct glasses, plus karaoke at night.
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Bar 19 is a Queen Street party bar playing everything from chart and cheese to electro, house, indie and R&B, with regular karaoke nights.
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Situated at the top of Blackpool Tower, Bar 380 serves cocktails, mocktails, beer and soft drinks alongside panoramic views of the Fylde coast.
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A bistro, bar, restaurant and events venue directly on the beach front, opposite Blackpool Tower, with a Mediterranean-inspired menu of paella, stone-baked pizzas, burgers and steaks, plus live music and DJs.
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Bees Knees, part of the AJP pub group, is a lively bar with live sports, affordable cocktails, pool tables and quiz nights.
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A sports bar on Talbot Road, just inland of North Pier, with big screens for live sport plus pool, darts and DJs seven nights a week.
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A Samuel Smith's pub on Red Bank Road, built in 1935, with an Art Deco interior that CAMRA rates as of special national historic interest. A traditional locals' pub with no music, TV or food, it serves Samuel Smith's Old Brewery Bitter on cask and has snooker and darts. Quiz nights run on Thursdays, with a charity quiz and bingo on Sunday afternoons.
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At the end of North Pier, Bloom by the Sea is a bar and events space with sea views across the Blackpool coastline. It is also available for weddings, corporate events and private celebrations. Check the event programme or contact the venue before visiting.
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Blackpool's leading alternative live-music venue on Topping Street, hosting regular gigs alongside craft beer and cocktails.
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A friendly, traditional town-centre bar just off the Promenade, known for cheap pints, warm table service and regular karaoke afternoons.
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A CAMRA Good Beer Guide-listed real-ale bar on Topping Street. It's all about the ale and good conversation, so there's no jukebox or TVs.
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A two-floor micropub in a former shop on Red Bank Road, opened in November 2022 as the sister of Cask in Layton. Listed in the CAMRA Good Beer Guide 2026, it serves four cask ales, always including a dark beer, plus occasional real cider, craft beer and German lager. There is a large sun terrace at the front and a quiz every other Wednesday; dogs are welcome downstairs.
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A micropub on Layton Road, opened in November 2019 and listed in the CAMRA Good Beer Guide. It serves four cask ales and a range of ciders, with a sunny front seating area and a covered rear courtyard. There is a quiz on alternate Wednesdays and dogs are welcome.
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Cabaret venue above the arcade at Central Pier's promenade entrance, home to the long-running Kings & Queens of Rock, Pop & Roll tribute show. See our show section for more information.
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A lively, split-level pub on Topping Street, with changing cask ales and karaoke at weekends and on selected afternoons.
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Since 2002, this comedy club beside Blackpool Tower has presented acts from the UK comedy circuit every Friday and Saturday, plus selected Thursday and Sunday shows.
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A no-membership casino at Coral Island, just off the Promenade. American roulette, blackjack, auto-roulette terminals and slots, with a 'Walk Right In' open-door policy.
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A large Greene King pub on Talbot Square, close to North Pier and the Tower. Pub food and big screens showing Sky Sports and TNT Sports.
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Cowboy & Co. is Blackpool's country-and-western music bar on Queen Street, styled as an authentic honky-tonk. Live country music every weekend, sometimes with visiting Nashville artists.
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The Blackpool branch of the Coyote Ugly Saloon chain, a country-and-western themed bar on Market Street with bar-top performances by the staff, a rodeo bull and line dancing. It takes hen and stag bookings and runs bottomless brunches. Open seven days a week, from noon until 3am.
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For lovers of cocktails. A bar with a modern rustic feel. It is open 7 days a week.
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A lively bar on Back Church Street, just off Corporation Street, known for cocktails and 18-inch Detroit- and NYC-style pizzas, plus live music and a regular comedy club.
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A lively South Shore local with all live sport on the screens, live music midweek, weekend karaoke and a Sunday quiz — cheap drinks and a welcoming crowd.
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A family-friendly sports pub on South Promenade, within walking distance of the Pleasure Beach. Multiple HD screens with Sky Sports and TNT Sport, a beer garden, pool and darts, and food served daily.
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A stylish seafront experience bar and restaurant inside The Glass Tower hotel, with cocktails, wine, draught beer, all-day dining and a terrace overlooking the Irish Sea.
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A stylish, upscale cocktail lounge on Whitegate Drive with plush seating, cocktails, wine and small plates, plus live music and DJ nights — good for a special evening away from the Prom.
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Fubar's, billed as Blackpool's first proper rum bar, on the North Promenade. A Caribbean-themed bar with a big rum range, cocktails, live singers, DJs and karaoke.
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Funny Girls is Blackpool's landmark drag-cabaret show bar on Dickson Road, set in a glamorous 1930s-style theatre. Nightly shows blend drag performers, dancers and comedy, with pre-show dining at Garbo's.
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For lovers of Karaoke. The karaoke bar on the promenade, near the Central Pier. Open Friday from 5pm and Saturday from noon.
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One of Blackpool's oldest and quirkiest bars (est. 1954) on Abingdon Street. A small, lively spot with live music — jazz, blues and beyond — plus popular karaoke and a Monday open-mic night.
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A popular LGBTQ+ pub near Blackpool North station with drag cabaret and DJs daily.
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The Genting Casino on Queens Promenade (North Shore) offers roulette, blackjack, three-card and cash poker, electronic gaming and slots, plus a late bar and food menu.
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A relaxed gin and botanical lounge on Springfield Road, operated alongside Man Bar and Growlr Club. Offers premium gins and tonics, with weekend opening from 8pm on Friday, Saturday and Sunday.
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Next to Sandcastle Waterpark, this casino offers blackjack, roulette, electronic gaming, slot machines, a dedicated card room, live sport and food and drink.
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A men-only club upstairs at Man Bar on Dickson Road, with its own bar and themed cruising areas. Wristband entry is arranged through the main downstairs bar; check the venue for current club opening times.
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In the former beautiful building of the Royal Bank of Scotland, H2O is a party bar offering many cocktails. Open Monday and Thursday to Saturday.
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A Thwaites pub and restaurant on Queen's Promenade in Bispham, at the northern end of the Illuminations, with a beer terrace overlooking the seafront. It serves Thwaites cask ales and home-made food, shows Sky Sports and TNT Sports, and runs a Monday quiz and a fortnightly open mic night. There are also five en-suite bedrooms.
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Hogarths Gin Palace. The place to go for every lover of Gin, with a wide range of Gins currently stocking over 120 different brands. In a beautiful historic building that used to be a bank. They show live sport on Sky Sports and TNT Sports.
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Russ Brown’s House of Secrets is Blackpool’s most unique bar and entertainment venue. Their vision is to bring Magic and Illusion to an intimate setting for the whole family to enjoy.
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Opened on 6 December 2025 in the former Cedar Tavern on Cedar Square near the Winter Gardens. A music-focused, dog-friendly spot with live solo artists, DJs and bands.
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Set in a former Catholic school dating from 1888, this dog- and family-friendly free house has 200+ malts and free live entertainment most weekends, from Northern Soul weekenders to solo singers and full bands. Opens Thursday to Sunday.
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An LGBTQ+-friendly cabaret lounge bar, pub and hotel on Dickson Road, with cabaret acts and music mainly at weekends.
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A lively Ma Kelly's pub on Foxhall Road near Central Pier, with free daily cabaret (up to six acts a day) and daytime karaoke.
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The Ma Kelly's sport bar near the Winter Gardens. Many big screens dedicated to sport.
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Ma Kelly's flagship live-entertainment bar on Talbot Road, with non-stop free cabaret, karaoke and live singers from afternoon until late, seven days a week.
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Opened in 2024 in the former Reflex/Foxhall venue near Central Pier, this Ma Kelly's bar offers free entry and seven days of live entertainment.
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A cabaret and tribute-show venue in Bispham, presenting the Showboat Showstopper production with live singers, comedy and choreography, alongside visiting tribute acts. Check the programme for show dates and ticket bookings.
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A traditional gay bar on Dickson Road, open Friday to Sunday nights from 8pm, with the men-only Growlr Club upstairs.
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Opened on 25 September 2026 in the former Brannigans premises, Nelly Mulligans is an adults-only Irish live-music and sports bar in a prime town-centre location, with live entertainment seven days a week, major sport on multiple big screens, Irish drinks and bar snacks.
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Hotel Neon’s bar welcomes non-residents Thursday to Sunday, serving drinks including its Sea Change wine range. Opens 5–11pm Thursday and Sunday, and 2–11pm Friday and Saturday.
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At the Promenade entrance to North Pier, North Pier Bar & Lounge was formerly known as the Merrie England Bar. Check the venue's current entertainment programme and opening times before visiting.
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An LGBTQ+ bar above Funny Girls, offering karaoke, live music, drag brunches, cocktails and post-show entertainment.
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A friendly, welcoming LGBTQ+ community bar on Dickson Road near Funny Girls, known for cheap drinks, karaoke and drag hosts. Cash only.
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In the Holiday Inn beside Blackpool North station, Platform 9 Bar & Kitchen serves British food and cocktails seven days a week from early morning (6:30am weekdays, 7am weekends), with live sport on screens.
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A Grade II listed former country house on Liverpool Road and the only surviving part of the Raikes Hall pleasure gardens, which opened in 1872. The pub has its own bowling green, a beer garden and a first-floor function room, and shows live sport. Under new management since 2026, it reopened after a refurbishment and serves food, including Sunday roasts.
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A social brewhouse and bar facing Blackpool North station, opened in October 2024 as a sister venue to Shipwreck in Cleveleys. Open from breakfast, it serves coffee, food, cocktails and local beers including cask ale, with interactive darts, Sky Sports and TNT on three screens and live music at weekends. It closes earlier than most bars, between 8pm and 10pm depending on the day.
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A spacious traditional pub near Blackpool North station, reopened under new management in late 2025, with pool and snooker. Cask ale is not currently available.
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A friendly bar behind Funny Girls in Blackpool’s Rainbow District, with weekend entertainment. Opens Friday and Saturday from 3pm to 10.30pm and Sunday from 4pm to 10pm, with occasional Thursdays advertised separately.
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Blackpool's craft and cask beer HQ on Church Street, home to on-site Pool Brewing Co., with 200+ beers, cool playlists and weekend live music.
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A town-centre Craft Union community pub refurbished in 2025, with live sport, pool, darts, regular entertainment, value drinks and outdoor seating. Cask ale is not currently available.
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Blackpool's oldest pub, continuously licensed since 1776, on Whitegate Drive near Stanley Park. CAMRA rates its interior as of special national historic interest, with two rooms off the bar, each with a real fire. Reopened by Stonegate in March 2026 after a refurbishment and a larger beer garden, it serves Draught Bass and changing cask ales, shows live sport and welcomes dogs.
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At the town's heart, this bar specialises in cocktails. They also offer a range of spirits and wines.
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The Irish pub near the Winter Gardens and the Grand Theatre. Friday and Saturday nights are live music nights with various acts on Saturdays and Irish theme night on Fridays.
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The famous and lively Irish pub in Blackpool, on the Promenade.
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Motown club hosting Northern Soul nights and classic Tamla Motown on two floors, opposite North Pier. Closed Monday to Wednesday; food is not currently served.
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DJ Jason Fubar's 1,300-capacity events space on the former Club Sanuk site, hosting festival-style house, tech house and techno nights with headline and local DJs. It is 21+ with a no-phones policy, opens for selected events rather than every week, and is scheduled to launch on Saturday 31 October 2026, with Joe Hunt, Jesse Bloch and Jason Fubar headlining the launch party.
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A 1930s-glamour cocktail bar at the Sands Venue Resort Hotel on the seafront, serving hand-crafted cocktails and a global tapas menu, with indoor and outdoor seating.
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A lively entertainment venue on Chapel Street with nightly karaoke, drag cabaret on Wednesdays and guest cabaret on Saturdays, plus bookable VIP booths.
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A Craft Union Pub. With late license. Families and sport lovers are welcome.
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A single-floor JD Wetherspoon pub on the Promenade beside Blackpool Tower, serving the chain's usual food and drink menu.
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A clean and friendly pub offering all live sports. A great local for all with great prices.
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An independent Blackpool FC supporters' club on Bloomfield Road, close to the football ground, with live sport, drinks and regular events.
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A family-friendly, dog-friendly community pub on Lytham Road near Blackpool FC's Bloomfield Road ground — the designated away-fans pub — with daily entertainment and weekly cabaret in season.
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A lively North Shore pub on Dickson Road with a pool table and Smart Darts, best known for nightly karaoke, a Saturday drag show and DJ nights, plus pub food and daily drink deals.
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Blackpool's only purpose-built LGBTQ+ venue (opened 1994) on Queen Street, near Blackpool North station. A cabaret bar with resident DJs, drag hosts, karaoke and themed nights.
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A JD Wetherspoon pub on Market Street in the town centre, close to North Pier, with a licensed outdoor terrace. Offers the usual Wetherspoon food and drink menu.
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With one of the largest beer gardens on Blackpool's famous Promenade, The Manchester is the perfect place for drinks, food, sport, partying and celebrations.
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Reputedly the smallest pub in Blackpool, renamed the Mitre in 1902. A cosy, popular traditional pub just off the Promenade with cask ales and live music on Friday and Sunday.
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A 150-capacity cocktail bar on Clifton Street, just off Talbot Square, serving classic cocktails. The music runs from 70s disco and 80s soul and dance to club classics from the 90s and 00s. It also holds ticketed club-classics nights with guest DJs. Dress code is smart casual.
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A friendly traditional little pub, with lively entertainment.
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A traditional Greene King family and sports pub near Blackpool North Station, with a beer garden, Sky Sports and TNT Sports.
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A three-room nightclub on Talbot Road with VIP booths, open Thursday to Saturday for club nights, day parties and private events.
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A new alternative bar, nightclub and compact live-music venue on North Promenade, hosting rock, punk, metal, goth and new-wave nights alongside free and ticketed gigs.
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A large three-floor JD Wetherspoon pub with a roof terrace opposite South Pier, serving the chain's usual food and drink menu.
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A cabaret and tribute-show venue in the heart of Blackpool, moments from the Tower, with pre-show dining and seating for up to 900 guests.
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The Australian-themed chain bar on Queen Street offers themed party nights, cocktails, bottomless brunch and live sport on big screens.
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A live-music bar run by musicians near the South Pier, hosting bands and tribute acts. All events are 14+ (under-18s must be accompanied by an adult).
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A family-run American rock bar and live-music venue opposite the Winter Gardens, serving burgers, steaks and Tex-Mex, with live bands in the ground-floor bar and a fun, rock-themed atmosphere.
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Part of the well known pub chain with typical English decor, a menu of pub classics and regular promotions. A nice roof terrace. Entrance through Market Street or the Promenade.