Bars with Entertainment in Glasgow

Not content with being one of the most unique looking bars in Glasgow, there's no stopping Flat 0/1 becoming one of the most entertaining to boot. Filled with a roster of live bands weekly, head on down for a drink and stick around for the guitars.

Mono is a favourite among Glasgow’s young cool kids, and for good reason. This unique and versatile spot is known for its vegan food and great beer, but also the smashing live entertainment that it serves up throughout the week. It’s a great spot to watch live emerging bands but it also serves as an eclectic canvas for so much more, with exhibitions, book readings, art performances and workshops all going down at one point or another.

Looking for a high dose of good old fashioned, vintage entertainment? Brimming with cabaret performers, burlesque shows and circus antics, Wicket Cabaret are host to some of the most unique entertainment around. A space to tuck into a table and enjoy the wondrous wild show, enjoy unique antics at this ever charming bar. Date night antics? These guys have it on point. 

They may be one of the most happening party bars in Glasgow, but if you've got a penchant for pool, you can still get your table kicks here. Found in the Penthouse and toting some really rather slick interiors, guests can get their pool game on amongst happening antics, sweet cocktail treats and a top selection of party sounds. 

The oldest bar and restaurant in Glasgow also has a lot of entertainment going on. Sloans has many strings to its bow, with a film-and-dinner night every Tuesday, to amateur life drawing Mondays, to a night of Ceilidh on Fridays, all hosted in the quirky, old bar.  

“From karaoke sing songs to drag queens in tight thongs” - Speakeasy has it all. Open from Wednesday to Saturday with a late licence ‘til 3am, expect a plentiful range of movie nights, karaoke events and on stage merriment with plenty of camp and cool frolics thrown in for good measure. Just the ticket for live entertainment in Merchant City.

Whether it's life drawing or live jazz you're after, The Flying Duck brings entertainment by the bucketload. With cool and quirky events almost every night of the week, including everything from folk sessions to nineties bingo; there's always something different to keep you amused on your Glasgow night out.  

Oran Mor is famous for its Play, a Pie & a Pint lunchtime shows in Glasgow, offering punters a fantastic midday offering of culture and culinary. Along with this, Oran Mor has secured itself as a top spot to catch incredible live music, a special and spectacular venue, this place has the goods to draw some of the most unique musical acts from around the world. 

You can’t take a list of bars with entertainment in Glasgow seriously until it includes this most raucous of Bookclubs. A positively bustling home of debauchery with lots of energy and alternative things to try going on throughout the month, regular events include vintage fairs, underground discos and lady balls bingo where you could win big bucks on the 4th Wednesday of the month.

As Glasgow's home of the rowdy and the raucous, the Riding Room certainly know their way around hosting an entertaining show. With performances almost every night of the week, expect an eclectic line-up of sensational live entertainment spanning everything from cabaret to burlesque via magic and music.

Throw a little nostalgia at your night out in Glasgow with this unique gamers bar. Coming at you not only with the best in craft beer, Super Bario have stocked up on the best games and arcade machines for your button bashing pleasure.

Boteco Do Brasil is a little slice of southern America on the streets of Glasgow where there always seems to be a party raging on. Alongside their mean cocktails and mardi gras attitude, they host regular Salsa nights where you can get stuck into some fabulous Latin dancing. There’s also Jam Nights, where Glasgow’s most talented musicians all gather on an Open Mic.