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In the interest of expanding my list... and providing advice on having (the most important thing of all...) more fun! Or not as much. Reviews of all the venues in all the cities Ive been to (that I can legally inform you of, thanks to Vancouvers strict bylaws) here. Weee

 1. Biltmore Cabaret

395 Kingsway
Vancouver, BC V5T 3J7
(604) 676-0541

Category: Music Venues

Neighbourhood: Mount Pleasant

5.0 star rating
  10/6/2009

Hidden away off Kingsway and 12th, the Biltmore Cabaret is the dream venue that almost never happened. With cheap beer and two bars to service any given night, loungey dining area style booths set up around the venue, a generously spaced dance floor…More »

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 2. Orpheum

884 Granville St
Vancouver, BC V6Z 1K3
(604) 665-3050

Categories: Music Venues, Performing Arts

Neighbourhoods: Downtown, Granville Entertainment District

5.0 star rating
  10/7/2009

The Orpheum is one of the only venues in Vancouver that you can hear the bands over the incessant chatter of the concert goers. If youre really interested in the music you dont need to express it by flailing your new moves in a crowd of sweaty…More »

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 3. Pub 340

340 Cambie St
Vancouver, BC V6B 2N3
(604) 602-0644

Category: Dive Bars

Neighbourhood: Downtown

5.0 star rating
  10/6/2009 ROTD 1/28/2010

One of the best dive-venues in town, if you're going for the right night/set of bands/etc. The dance floor is quite spacious on weekends, interrupted only by a support pillar. The booths on the outside corner of the venue can make for some intimate…More »

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 4. 1067 Jazz Club

1067 Granville St
Vancouver, BC V6Z 1L4

Category: Music Venues

Neighbourhoods: Downtown, Granville Entertainment District

5.0 star rating
  10/8/2009 ROTD 4/15/2010 First to Review

This very secretive jazz venue is located on the granville strip, next to the clubs, and runs on a Friday night, when Granville st is packed with bros and hos getting their groove on. So what keeps it a secret when even the porn shops get a…More »

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 5. The Funhouse

206 5th Ave N
Seattle, WA 98109
USA
(206) 374-8400

Categories: Bars, Music Venues

Neighbourhood: Queen Anne

5.0 star rating
  2/7/2010

This bar made a really fun Saturday night. I came from Vancouver for the weekend, met a lot of other people visiting who also decided this was the best place to be., met a few awesome people in the smoking patio, and started a ridiculous dance party…More »

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 6. The Rickshaw Theatre

254 E Hastings St
Vancouver, BC V6A 1A1
(604) 681-8915

Category: Music Venues

Neighbourhood: Downtown Eastside

5.0 star rating
  10/6/2009

Amazing sound system, elevated seating and a stage front dance floor, in house light system and a bar during all-ages shows? How can you get a better concert experience than this?

There's a smoking section right by the door "separated" from the street…More »

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 7. Chapel Arts

304 Dunlevy St
Vancouver, BC V6A
(778) 371-9210

Categories: Music Venues, Art Galleries

Neighbourhood: Downtown Eastside

4.0 star rating
  1/4/2011

Boasting 2 floors, a pool table, a dance hall, and an art space, the Chapel has taken what was once... well, who knows! And turned it in to a community space. Even if it is a new community to the area.

The live music doesnt sound so good due to the…More »

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 8. Neptoon Records & CD's

3561 Main Street
Vancouver, BC V5V 3N4
(604) 324-1229

Category: Music & DVDs

Neighbourhood: Riley Park

4.0 star rating
  4/7/2010

Neptoon has a huge selection of new and used vinyls, free and monthly music publications, and a very informative staff. Its a great place to catch a free show on occasion, if you can get in the door. They sell local concert tickets without any…More »

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 9. GAM Gallery

110 E Hastings St
Vancouver, BC V6A 1N5
(778) 235-6928

Categories: Art Galleries, Music Venues

Neighbourhood: Downtown Eastside

4.0 star rating
  8/28/2010 First to Review

The GAM is a fun art-filled space in a little room on East Hastings. Often marked by the crowd of young smokers on the street outside and loitering in the display room out front, the events at the GAM are almost always local, inclusive, and cheap.

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 10. Funky Winker Beans

35 Hastings St W
Vancouver, BC V6B 1G4
(604) 681-5837

Category: Bars

Neighbourhoods: Downtown, Downtown Eastside

4.0 star rating
  10/6/2009

The Funky Winkerbeans is one of the cleaner dives on East Hastings. Their beer tastes and costs cheap and the tables smell of bleach, But the bar staff will remember you if you actually tip for your pint! Like most true dives, the regulars can be…More »

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 11. Honey Lounge - CLOSED

455 Abbott St
Vancouver, BC V6B 2K9
(604) 685-7777

Categories: Dance Clubs, Music Venues

Neighbourhood: Downtown Eastside

4.0 star rating
  8/25/2010

The existence of the Honey Lounge is like a portal between two very different worlds of night life. Down one block the dives trash things up with old floors and older drunks, cheap beer and the occasional local gig. Up one block to Keefer and the new…More »

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 12. Pat's Pub & Brewhouse

403 E Hastings St
Vancouver, BC V6A 1P6
(604) 255-4301

Categories: Restaurants, Music Venues, Pubs

Neighbourhood: Downtown Eastside

4.0 star rating
  10/7/2009

Pats Pub is a bar known for it's willingness to host local and rockabilly music, but it's also host to the most interesting history of any venue in Vancouver. Almost a century ago, the bar and hotel was known as the Patricia Cafe, host to live jazz…More »

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 13. Century Ballroom

915 E Pine St
Seattle, WA 98122
USA
(206) 324-7263

Categories: American (New), Dance Schools

Neighbourhood: Capitol Hill

4.0 star rating
  2/9/2010

I had so much fun stumbling upon this place late Sunday night. Hearing some jazz in the park across the street, I wandered over here thinking I was walking in to some private party. Realizing I had nothing to lose, I walked up the stairs to the left…More »

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 14. Comet Tavern

922 E Pike St
Seattle, WA 98122
USA
(206) 322-9272

Category: Dive Bars

Neighbourhood: Capitol Hill

4.0 star rating
  2/9/2010

This was a very fun place to stop in for a drink after the super bowl. They had some snacks out for free and a pool table no one was using, and a full bar. Being from Vancouver, I've never seen a roof stuck with one dollar bills before, and the…More »

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 15. The Cellar Jazz Club

3611 Broadway W
Vancouver, BC V6R 2B8
(604) 738-1959

Category: Jazz & Blues

Neighbourhood: Kitsilano

3.0 star rating
  10/8/2009

Playing jazz for the rich seems a staple nowadays, and with the "world renowned" cellar in Kitsilano, its no different. Their food and drink minimum and cover charge will make you wonder if perhaps jazz musicians are finally the most highly paid…More »

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 16. Bourbon Street Pub

50 Cordova St W
Vancouver, BC V6B 1C9
(604) 684-4214

Categories: Dive Bars, Music Venues

Neighbourhoods: Downtown, Gastown

2.0 star rating
  11/1/2010

Although open until 2 or 3 am all week, the bourbon is still a dirty bar with filthy, loosely clothed pool tables, a few ancient pinball machines, and a lot of domestic beer. Sunday to Thursday there are more staff than patrons on shift, although…More »

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 17. The Commodore Ballroom

870 Granville St
Vancouver, BC V6Z 1K3
(604) 683-9413

Category: Music Venues

Neighbourhoods: Downtown, Granville Entertainment District

2.0 star rating
  10/6/2009

The Commodore always seems to have as many security guards as patrons on any given night. The mandatory bag check is sort of obnoxious, especially if youre sitting for the event and dont want to have to wait in the huge line of people at the end of…More »

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 18. Princeton Pub

1901 Powell St
Vancouver, BC V5L 1J2
(604) 253-6645

Category: Dive Bars

Neighbourhood: Grandview-Woodlands

1.0 star rating
  4/28/2010

The Princeton only attracted my attention because of the new shows being billed here. They built up a stage against the train tracks and the place gets packed quickly, thanks in part to the talent and in part to the promotion work. The sound is hard…More »

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 19. The Yale Hotel

1300 Granville St
Vancouver, BC V6Z 1M7
(604) 681-9253

Category: Music Venues

Neighbourhoods: Downtown, Granville Entertainment District

1.0 star rating
  10/7/2010

You might spot your dad here, if he's the kinda guy who likes to wear fedoras and plain leather jackets over a stevie ray vaugn shirt. It's a dark bar with some pool tables and over priced draft beer.

Conveniently, the Yale is located close enough to…More »

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