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Academy
The old Centre Cinema has been converted into this striking nightclub - the original movie screen dominates the crowded main dance space with frenetic, larger-than-life visuals. Upstairs is Candy Bar, a stylish cocktail dispenser with an extended 'happy hour'. Or chill out in Pod, which has leather lounges to sink into.
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All Bar Nun
This popular bar, languishing comfortably in suburbia, has a diminutive interior tailor-made for crowded carousing, and tables appealingly sprawled all over the sidewalk. It also has a decent selection of snacks and light meals.
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ANU Union Bar
A mainstay of Canberra's music scene, the Uni Bar has energetic live music bouncing off its walls and into the ears of sozzled students up to three times a week during the semester. Significant student discounts usually apply to gigs. It's also a good place for a game of pool and a drink.
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Canberra Theatre Centre
This centre is the hub of live theatre in Canberra and the dramatic goings-on range from Shakespeare to Circus Oz and indigenous dance troupes. Information and tickets are supplied by Canberra Ticketing, in the adjacent North Building.
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Gorman House Arts Centre
This arts centre hosts various theatre and dance companies that regularly stage their own self-hatched productions, including the innovative moves of the Australian Choreographic Centre (6247 3103).
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Hippo Bar
Chilled-out Hippo is indeed hip and appropriately cosy for a lounge-bar. The red poufs are accosted by a young crowd of cocktail slurpers and heavy smokers who file in for Wednesday-night jazz.
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icbm & Meche
Young drinking crowds attend this clubbing complex, with the music-blasted bar icbm downstairs and the dancehall Meche upstairs. Hosting the odd international DJ the complex diversifies with Wednesday comedy nights.
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Kingston Hotel
The Kingston is a blue-collar pub with very basic pub rooms (each with a double bunk and shared bathrooms). It's a noisy and lively venue where you can throw a steak on the grill in the bistro, wrestle a poker machine or join the crowd at the bar.
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Knightsbridge Penthouse
It's about as chic as Canberra gets - which is surprisingly chic. This opulent den of a bar is cleverly illuminated by optic fibres, and serves dishy cocktails to dishy folk. It's New Orleans Gothic meets Bret Easton Ellis.
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The Phoenix
Regulars don't think twice about coming back to this pub after rising from the ashes of the night before, and we love it too. It's a staunch supporter of new local musos, and has a mellow atmosphere, rustic decorations and armchairs that incline you towards pondering life for the night.
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Tilley's Devine Cafe Gallery
People of all ages breeze in and out of Tilley's cool, smoke-free interior, with its scuffed furniture, dark booths and eclectic menu of local and international musicians and comedians. It also does poetry nights, writers sessions and great cooked breakfasts.
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Toast
Diversity reigns supreme at this gritty little bar, which has live music (solo acoustic, bands, CD launches) at week's end. Discard any prejudices to brood at the door - everyone and everything goes here.
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Trinity Bar
Sleek, DJ-equipped Trinity has fine vodkas, martinis and cocktails to sample, plus beer pulled from ceiling-hung taps. Look for the deep-red lighting and the tri-stripe symbol on the wall - they're the only signs directing strangers to this out-of-the-way haunt.
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Wig & Pen
This little brewery and pub has its two-room interior packed out on Friday nights by thirsty office workers who also enjoy the hearty pub meals (around A$10 to around A$12 ). It produces several styles of beer, including real English ale.
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