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Academixer
For satirical cabaret, head to this place near the university.
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Blaue Trude
This lesbi-gay-bi-transgender club is a scene stalwart, but it recently moved to new digs outside the city centre.
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Bounce 87
This is a key venue for black music: mellow R&B and soul in the Red Lounge, cool rap classics in the Blue Basement.
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Cafe Barbakane
Part of the cavernous Moritz-Bastei, this is an always lively café-bar with courtyard seating and dirt cheap yet delicious fare to vanquish that hangover.
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Conne Island
This former squatter's haunt has morphed into the city's top venue for punk, indie, ska, rock and hip hop concerts. It's in the southern suburb of Connewitz; take tram 9 to Koburger Brücke.
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Dark Flower
This sweaty and cavernous cellar is the darling of the Goth crowd, although electro, rock and '80s also make it onto the turntable.
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Flower Power
It's party time any time at this wackily decorated haunt (check out the old pinball machines). The action doesn't reach a crescendo until and the music tends to be older than the crowd.
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Gewandhausorchester
Led by Ricardo Chailly since 2005, this is one of Europe's finest and oldest orchestras, with a tradition harking back to 1743 - Mendelssohn was one of its conductors. It performs primarily at the Neues Gewandhaus as well as in the Thomaskirche.
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Ilses Erika
The livingroom look makes this small but legendary club feel warm and welcoming. Musicwise, expect indie, electronic and whatever the mostly student-age crowd has on their ipod.
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Krystallpalast
This company puts on the finest variety shows in town, with snake women, flamenco, trapeze acts and more.
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Luise
Empty tables are a rare sight at this perennial favourite, where a mostly not-so-very-young crowd has a good time from morning till the wee hours.
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McCormacks
The high-octane vibe, foamy pints of Guinness and lovely flower-filled beer garden make this one of the best Irish pubs in town.
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Milchbar
The colourful lighting makes everyone look good in this youthful bar where live DJs spin house music nightly after . They've got cocktails and great milk shakes in case you feel like laying off the booze.
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Moritz-Bastei
This classic student club occupies a warren of historical cellars below the old city fortifications. It has live bands or DJs most nights, and the neat Cafe Barbakane and runs films outside in summer.
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naTo
The mother of Leipzig's alternative music pub-clubs, with jazz, experimental and indie sounds alongside films and theatre. Take trams 10 or 11.
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New Orleans
A low-key mixed place with a modern interior, some Cajun flavour and flirt-friendly table telephones.
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Oper Leipzig
Leipzig's Opernhaus (opera house) has a 300-year tradition, and has had Henri Maier at the helm since 2002. The programme is an eclectic mix of classics, contemporary works like Angels in America and newly commissioned operas such as The Black Monk based on a Chekhov novel. Best of all, the Gewandhausorchester provides the music.
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Prager Frühling
Prager Frühling 'Prague Spring' might sound a bit militant, but this is actually an excellent arthouse cinema, which sometimes shows offbeat foreign films in the original. It's above Ilses Erika.
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Rosa Linde
Nice, intimate bar, café and information centre for men and women.
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Schauspielhaus
The repertory at Leipzig's largest theatre ranges from classics infused with modern elements to new plays by up-and-coming writers.
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Sixtina
At some point in the last few years the word 'absinthe' has ceased to mean 'bad idea', and the result is places like Sixtina, wholly dedicated to the deadly green fairy. We blame the parents.
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Spizz
Classic brass instruments dangle above the stage at this city slicker, where you might catch some cool jazz. It has three levels, a good range of wines and beers and slow service (due to sheer weight of numbers).
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Theater Neue Szene
The Schauspielhaus also operates this intimate stage where works by contemporary playwrights, often with a critical bent, are the bread and butter.
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Thomanerchor
This famous boys' choir performs Bach motets and cantatas at on Friday and on Saturday, and also sings during Sunday services at and at the Thomaskirche. Special concerts take place throughout the year.
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Werk II
This large cultural centre in an old factory is great for catching up-and-coming bands or alternative film and theatre. It's also in Connewitz; take tram 9 to Connewitzer Kreuz.
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