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Best Brisbane Bars with Live Music

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Updated: Oct 14, 2025

From jazz to rock'n'roll to r'n'b, folk and blues, here's 14 of the best Brisbane bars with live music:

The Alligator Club
Entrance to The Alligator Club
The Alligator Club is a game-changing New Orleans-inspired live music and cocktail bar hidden away at the end of a funky laneway
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Suzie Wong's Good Time Bar
bar interior
A cool Hawaiian-themed dive bar in an historic Fortitude Valley building, accessed by a retro refrigerator door
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Brooklyn Standard
Brooklyn Standard Brisbane
Brooklyn Standard is Brisbane’s coolest basement bar - a dim-lit brick cellar accessed by a secret laneway door where live music
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Lefty's Music Hall
Seating booths, bar and hall inside Lefty’s Old Time Music Hall bar
Lefty's Music Hall is like a lavish honky tonk saloon meets bordello beamed up from the deep south of 19th century America
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The Triffid
The Triffid

An old war igloo was converted into a sensational bar and music venue that is one of Brisbane’s fave destinations with onsite 2-storey beer garden

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The Junk Bar
Exterior corner view of The Junk Bar New Farm
The retro cocktail lounge and bar on a New Farm Corner has a live music basement bar, The Skukum Lounge
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Black Bear Lodge
Black Bear Lodge Bar Fortitude Valley
Upstairs above the old Cosmo Coffee Shop is this Twin Peaks meets Blue Velvet bar
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Chattanooga Jazz Bar
Chattanooga Jazz Bar Fortitude Valley
An old school American-style jazz bar and eatery, like a secret slice of Chicago or New Orleans in the streets of the Valley
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The Sound Garden
The Sound Garden Fortitude Valley
The Sound Garden is a stunning, mammoth 2-storey atrium bar in the heart of Fortitude Valley
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Doo-Bop Bar
Doo Bop Bar Brisbane
Doo-Bop Bar brings live music to the streets of Brisbane, with a cool basement bar and upstairs Piano Bar
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Greaser Bar
Greaserbar Fortitude Valley
Greaser is a secret subterranean bar of retro American-style cool in the cellar of a 130-year-old heritage Fortitude Valley building
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Ric's Bar
Bottle of beer on table and painting on wall inside Ric's Bar in Brisbane's Fortitude Valley
With live indie bands, space invaders, party-worn décor and a balcony, Ric’s Bar is a Valley Institution
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The Outpost Bar
Performers on stage The Outpost Bar

Within the four walls of The Fortitude Music Hall, lies this 300 capacity multipurpose venue that features a diverse program of artists

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Brisbane Jazz Club
Man at entry of Brisbane Jazz Club

The historic weatherboard club by the river has for decades been the home of jazz in Brisbane, including evenings and monthly brunch

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Still hungry for more suggestions on where to eat out in Brisbane, head to our comprehensive Eat & Drink section HERE! Happy grazing!

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