Nightclubs

Chattanooga, Tennessee

Pulse is Chattanooga's most active nightclub — serving Tennessee's fastest-growing city with DJ entertainment, dancing, and bottle service in a venue that reflects Chattanooga's emergence from declining industrial city to one of the South's most vibrant tech and outdoor recreation destinations. The city's extraordinary urban transformation, anchored by the Tennessee Aquarium and Google Fiber, has created a sophisticated young professional nightlife market.

Chattanooga, TN 37402

Knoxville, Tennessee

Market Square in Knoxville anchors the city's vibrant nightclub and entertainment scene — a downtown plaza surrounded by bars, nightclubs, and live music venues serving the University of Tennessee community and Knoxville's growing young professional population. The combination of UT's 28,000 students, Knoxville's walkable downtown, and the city's growing economic status creates a nightlife market that Market Square venues serve with increasing quality and diversity.

Market Square, Knoxville, TN 37902

Memphis, Tennessee

Beale Street's nightclub row is Memphis's most famous entertainment corridor — the blues-soaked street where B.B. King played his residency and where virtually every building is a bar, nightclub, or live music venue with music pouring onto the sidewalk every night of the week. While covered separately as an entertainment district, the individual nightclubs of Beale Street deserve recognition as the living, breathing expression of Memphis's extraordinary musical heritage.

Beale St, Memphis, TN 38103

Memphis, Tennessee

Cobra is Memphis's most beloved live music club and bar — a Cooper-Young venue presenting an extraordinary range of Memphis music from hip-hop to indie rock in an intimate, community-focused setting. Memphis's extraordinary music heritage — birthplace of rock and roll at Sun Studio, home of Stax Records, the birthplace of Memphis soul and rap — creates a music culture so rich that even small venues like Cobra contribute to the city's ongoing musical legacy.

2521 Broad Ave, Memphis, TN 38112

Nashville, Tennessee

Nashville's Midtown entertainment corridor supports multiple high-energy nightclubs serving the city's huge young professional and tourism market with DJ entertainment, bottle service, and dance floors. The Midtown club district complements Lower Broadway's live music honky-tonks with a more conventional nightclub experience popular with Nashville's growing resident population seeking entertainment beyond the tourist-oriented Broadway strip.

Midtown Nashville, TN 37219

Nashville, Tennessee

Deja Vu is one of Nashville's most popular dedicated nightclubs serving the city's enormous tourism market with DJ entertainment, bottle service, and a dedicated dance floor experience distinct from the live music honky-tonk scene on Lower Broadway. Nashville's evolution from Music City to Nashvegas has created demand for conventional nightclub experiences alongside the city's unique live music bar culture.

Nashville, TN 37203

Nashville, Tennessee

L.A. Jackson is Nashville's most spectacular rooftop bar and nightclub — a Thompson Hotel rooftop with panoramic views of Nashville's expanding skyline that has been featured in every major travel publication as the definitive Nashville nightlife experience. Its combination of craft cocktails, DJ entertainment, and the visual drama of Nashville's downtown viewed from 12 floors up makes it the essential Nashville night out for both residents and the millions of bachelorette and music tourism visitors.

401 11th Ave S, Nashville, TN 37203

Nashville, Tennessee

No. 308 is East Nashville's most beloved neighborhood nightclub and bar — a Five Points institution serving Nashville's creative community with DJ nights, live music, and the kind of unaffected local bar culture that provides respite from the tourist crowds of Lower Broadway. East Nashville's concentration of musicians, artists, and young professionals creates a bar culture that No. 308 serves with genuine personality.

407 Gallatin Ave, Nashville, TN 37206

Nashville, Tennessee

Play Dance Bar is Nashville's most beloved LGBTQ+ nightclub — a Church Street venue that has served as the social anchor of Nashville's queer community for over 20 years with multiple floors, drag performances, DJ dancing, and an inclusive atmosphere that welcomes all. Nashville's rapidly growing population and its increasing diversity have made Play one of the city's most vibrant and well-attended nightclubs regardless of sexual identity.

1519 Church St, Nashville, TN 37203

Nashville, Tennessee

Rec Room is Nashville's most playful entertainment nightclub — a Gulch venue combining vintage arcade games, bowling lanes, billiards, and a full nightclub with DJ entertainment and a comprehensive cocktail and beer menu. Its success in Nashville's competitive entertainment market reflects the demand for experiential nightlife that offers more than dancing, appealing to Nashville's enormous group tourism market seeking bachelorette and corporate entertainment experiences.

1200 Villa Pl, Nashville, TN 37212