Tasmania / Hobart
Hobart · late-night guide
Hobart after dark.
Hobart does late nights in small, characterful rooms – a 700-capacity live venue on Murray Street, dive bars on Elizabeth Street, waterfront pubs at Salamanca and a couple of locals’ favourites up in North Hobart.
Coming up in Hobart
- Thu 15 Oct · 11:00am · Theatre RoyalThe Snow Fairy ↗Check organiser
- Thu 15 Oct · 7:00pm · Altar BarCoyote Bingo hosted by Mwah! ↗Free entry
- Fri 16 Oct · 7:00pm · Altar BarWITCHGRINDER—with Van Diemen and ELMS ↗$30
- Fri 16 Oct · 7:30pm · Theatre RoyalGeraldine Hickey - A Weight Off My Chest ↗Check organiser
- Sat 17 Oct · 2:00pm · Theatre RoyalLive Mediumship Show with The Medium Donna Young ↗Check organiser
- Sat 17 Oct · 7:15pm · Odeon TheatreRoss Noble—Cranium of Curiosities ↗$70.72
- Sat 17 Oct · 10:00pm · Altar BarWhat is Qlub?—hosted by Hera the Fox and special guests ↗$22.43
- Sun 18 Oct · 6:00pm · Altar BarShonen Knife—Re-cuttin’ Australia/NZ 2026 ↗$57
From Altar Bar, Odeon Theatre, Theatre Royal, read from their own listings each morning.
Hobart CBD & North Hobart
Elizabeth Street and Murray Street hold most of Hobart’s later drinking – dive bars, rum bars, an izakaya open past midnight and Altar’s big live room – and Elizabeth Street carries on up to North Hobart’s tiki bar and corner pub.
- Club & live music · Hobart CBD & North HobartAltar BarRock, post-punk, electronic, hip-hop, ska; comedy nights · Best: Gig nights, often Thu–Sat; sets can run past 1am
- Theatre & live music · Hobart CBD & North HobartOdeon TheatreTouring bands, singer-songwriters and comedy · Best: Show nights; see what’s coming up below
- Theatre · Hobart CBD & North HobartTheatre RoyalComedy, music, dance and theatre · Best: Show nights; see what’s coming up below
- Dive bar · Hobart CBD & North HobartGrinners Dive BarLive blues on Sundays · Best: Fri–Sat until 3am; other nights to midnight
- Late cocktail bar · Hobart CBD & North HobartRude BoyDrag bingo nights · Best: Tue–Sat, 4pm–midnight
- Late bar & izakaya · Hobart CBD & North HobartBar Wa IzakayaCheck the program · Best: Open past midnight nightly
- Late cocktail bar · Hobart CBD & North HobartGotham at The StillLive jazz Wednesdays · Best: Wed–Sun; to 11:30pm Fri–Sat
- Bar · Hobart CBD & North HobartVoodoo BarLive music Thursdays · Best: Thursdays for $5 tacos and live music; check the program
- Pub · Hobart CBD & North HobartThe WinstonCheck the program · Best: Check the program
Salamanca & Battery Point
The sandstone warehouses of Salamanca Place and the lanes up into Battery Point mix waterfront pubs, cocktail bars and Hobart’s newest late slice joint.
- Bar with DJs · Salamanca & Battery PointDon FricoVinyl DJs on weekends · Best: Tue–Thu to midnight; Fri–Sat to 2am
- Late cocktail bar · Salamanca & Battery PointMary MaryCheck the program · Best: Thu–Sat to midnight
- Bar · Salamanca & Battery PointManky Sally’sCheck the program · Best: Wed, Fri, Sat to midnight
- Pub & live music · Salamanca & Battery PointIrish Murphy’sLocal live music; check the program · Best: Fri–Sat 11am until late
Checked 13 October 2026 against venue sites, Time Out, Discover Tasmania, Pulse Tasmania, 2026 gig listings and Metro Tasmania. Spotted something out of date? Tell us.