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Bar Celona
The impressive renovation is almost irrelevant here, the main focus drifting between divorcees eyeing each other across the crowd and the effervescent staff, bubbly as champagne in tight yellow t-shirts. The tapas menu deserves scrutiny; DJs on Saturday nights.
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Federation Concert Hall
Welded to the Hotel Grand Chancellor, this concert hall resembles a huge aluminium can leaking insulation from gaps in the panelling. Inside, the Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra do what they do best (tickets from around A$50.00 ).
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Hope & Anchor Tavern
It wasn't that long ago that you wouldn't be caught dead in here (for fear of ending up that way), but these days it's an atmospheric place, cashing in on its 1807 origins. The downstairs bar has pool tables, lounges and regular acoustic acts; upstairs is an amazing, museum-like bar and dining room.
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Irish Murphy's
Pretty much what you'd expect from any out-of-the-box Irish pub - crowded, lively, affable and dripping with Guinness. Free live music of varying repute from Wednesday to Sunday nights; original acts on Thursdays.
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Isobar
Downstairs here is a shmick bar, while Isobar itself - the club upstairs - plays commercial dance and blows hot and cold with the locals (most of whom seem to be there to pick up).
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Knopwood's Retreat
Adhere to the 'When in Rome…' dictum and head for 'Knoppies', Hobart's best pub, which has been serving ales to sea-going types since the convict era. For most of the week it's a cosy watering hole with an open fire; on Friday nights the beautiful people swarm and the crowd spills across the street.
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Lizbon
A cool wine bar, Lizbon lures a late-20s crowd with excellent wines by the glass, antipasto platters, smooth tunes, a pool table and intimate nooks and crannies. Occasional live jazz.
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Mobius
A pumping clubby dungeon behind the main waterfront area, Mobius (hey wasn't he the guy in The Matrix ?) is a going concern. Breakbeats, hip-hop, drum and bass - the crowd gyrates in unison.
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Moonah Arts Centre
The Moonah Arts Centre is a community arts centre involved in staging everything from Indigenous arts exhibitions and concerts to workshops and special events.
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New Sydney Hotel
Mostly free, low-key Irish folk, jazz and blues is performed (usually) from Tuesday to Saturday, but the occasional pub-rock outfit and the end-of-week crowds add a few decibels. It has 10 beers on tap and is a sociable place to partake in a beverage or three.
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Republic Bar & Café
The Republic is a raucous Art Deco pub hosting live music every night (often free entry). It's the No 1 live-music pub in town, with an always-interesting line-up (Holly Throsby, Sarah Blasko) and an understandably loyal following. Some say the pub food is the best in Tasmania.
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Salamanca Arts Centre
Every Friday year-round there's free live music in the SAC courtyard, just off Wooby's Lane - expect anything from African beats to rockabilly, folk or gypsy-latino. Drinks essential (sangria in summer, mulled wine in winter); dancing optional.
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Shipwrights Arms Hotel
Bend your elbow with the yachties at this beloved 1834 pub, bedecked with nautical paraphernalia and known affectionately as 'Shippies'. A generous seafood counter meal + beer garden = the perfect summer afternoon.
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Soak@Kaos
Perfect for an intoxicating urban afternoon or evening, gay-friendly Soak is an cloistered little lounge bar attached to Kaos Café. Consume burgers and cakes from the café alongside handsome cocktails, while listening to the resident DJ on Friday and Saturday nights.
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State Cinema
Saved from the wrecking ball in the '90s, the State shows independent and art-house flicks from local and international filmmakers. There's a great café and bar on site (you can take your wine into the cinema).
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Syrup
Spreading syrup-like over two floors above Knopwood's Retreat, this is a great place for late-night drinks and DJs playing to the techno/house crowd.
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T-42º
Waterfront T-42º makes a big splash with its food (zingy new-world fusion dishes, heavy on the game and seafood), but also draws late-week barflies with its minimalist interior, spinnaker-shaped bar, ambient tunes and Charlie, the quintessential Hobart barman. If you stay out late enough, they do breakfast too.
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Theatre Royal
This venerable old stager is Australia's oldest continually operating theatre, actors first cracking the boards back in 1837. Expect a range of music, ballet, theatre, opera and university revues.
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