When darkness falls over the sky, flickering lights from coffee shops, restaurants, pubs, bars, and basements bring life to the streets of Baku. These places offer vibrant entertainment and leisure for local people and travellers across the world. Whether you are into jazz, rock punk, pop, funky, or techno/DJ music you can still find a place to socialize with local people under pulsating melodies of your favorite music at these venues. Here we list local places with exciting, vibrant recurring live music where travallers can tour all these places for food or wine and hang out to dive into Baku’s nightlife over wine, cocktails, and international food.
COFFEE MOFFIE: Wine and Coffee
Coffee Moffie is a movie-themed local coffee shop in downtown Baku, across Fountains Square. It is a cafe of little bits of everything: kind of a community space where you can meet people with various social backgrounds or simply sit over a cup of cappuccino. On Fridays, you can meet your friends over a glass of wine for live piano music before heading out to main night-out places.
Drinks from 3 azn. Islam Safarli street 9. +994509641880. www.facebook.com/coffeemoffiebaku. Open Mon-Sun: 9:00 am-12 am. Live music on Fri at 8:30 pm.
ETUD BAKU: Jazz from Basement
Here you dive into Baku’s nightlife by tasting local beer, wine or cocktails meanwhile socializing over jazz, funky and DJ music. Although it’s been gone for a long, this underground place attempts to bring the nostalgia of Soviet Baku with live jazz jam sessions. It will give thrilling vibes to experience classic jazz, ethno jazz (remix of classic jazz with local folkloric music), soul jazz and funky parties on weekends. The place offers great varieties of local wine, beers, cocktails, snacks and sandwiches.
Drinks from 3 azn. Islam Safarli street 23. +994507666690. www.instagram.com/etudbaku. Open Mon-Sun: 4pm-2am. Live music on Tue&Wed.
Belowground Baku Music Art Space
An alternative environment of people with black clothes, long beards and tattoos meanwhile listening to live music of rock, pop, hip-hop or punk in the underground atmosphere. Those people are of different social strata in a positive sense. Still one gets a chance to socialize with local people over local draft beers and popular side dishes.
Drinks from 3 azn. Islam Safarli steet 10. +99451 385 85 90. www.facebook.com/Belowgroundbaku/. Open Mon-Sun: 3pm-3am.
In Club: Underground techno club
Since its inception in 2015, iN sets the bar in bringing up Baku’s electronic club culture. This alternative recreation breaks stereotypes and changes nightlife. Now running the club from an abandoned Soviet factory of Valuable Papers it gathers more 400 people attending the event. Both international and local artists offer the best electronic techno music in the city. All has been said nicely, please follow their dress code rules.
Drinks from 5 azn. Jeyhun Salimov 18A. +994506880813. http://www.facebook.com/inclubbaku. www.inclubbaku.com.
Coffee & Jazz: Live Music Everyday
Located in heart of Baku, Icheri Sheher – Old Town, it is coined as a reminiscence of La La Land in Baku. It has a nice ambiance and presents classic, modern and ethno jazz music interpreted by contemporary local jazzmen. Spend your special day over a nice supper with the experience of live music and local wine blend very well overall.
Drinks from 7 azn. Icheri Sheher, Boyuk Qala 35. +994503480707. www.instagram.com/coffeejazzbaku/. Live music every day.
Etiquette Chill&Co
Etiquette Chill&Co is your hope to get out of boredom in the backstreets of Baku with glittering lights. One of the most vibrant places with DJ music, Lantino and Milango Nights where you share a large dance floor over live music. Truly, a great ambiance and vibes to enjoy Baku’s nightlife with local people over the weekend. You can sit in to taste wine, cocktails, and local or imported beers over full-board lunches.
Drinks from 5 azn. Bashir Safaroglu street 170. +99410519 04 21. www.facebook.com/etiquettechillandco/ Live music every weekend.
Room BAKU: Fine dine and Art
Just off Fountain Square, Tarlan Aliyarbayov street is filled with artists, glamorous ladies and gentlemen, locals and foreigners over pubs, clubs and wine bars to go crazy once in a week. Room BAKU is the place where the music never stops and you can find yourself dancing with a total stranger all of a sudden. Hit this place over wine, cocktail,s and fine dining dishes for a thrill.
Drinks from 7 azn. Tarlan Aliyarbeyov str 22. +994508880069. www.instagram.com/roomfineartwinedine/. Open 2pm-3am.
Boorda Wine Bar
The Boorda Wine Bar is a recently popular wine spot in Baku known for its live music events. The wine bar is located a block away from the popular pedestrian zone, Nizami Street, near some of the local pubs. The interior has a nice ambiance with rich wood paneling and vintage furnishings. The menu features a variety of local and foreign wines, pasta, and noodles, as well as champagne and cocktails. It is the perfect place to enjoy a leisurely afternoon with friends or family.
Drinks from 6 azn. Mardanov Qardaslari street. +994514218700. www.instagram.com/boorda_wine_bar. Open 2pm-2am.
updated 9 January 2019
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