Entertainment in Bali
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Napi Orti
This upstairs place is your best bet for a late night drink. Get boozy under the hazy gaze of Jim Morrison and Sid Vicious.
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Jazz Café
Always popular, Jazz Café has a relaxed vibe in a garden of coconut palms and ferns. It offers good Asian fusion food (mains 35,000Rp to 60,000Rp) and live jazz in various forms, blues and more, Tuesday to Saturday from 7.30pm. The cocktail list is long. It provides transport around Ubud.
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Kantin 21
Funky open-air place where you can watch traffic by day and groove to acoustic guitar or garage-band rock by night. There's a long drinks list (jugs of Long Island iced tea for 75,000Rp), fresh juices and a few local snacks.
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Dance Performances
In a week in Ubud, you can see Kecak, Legong and Barong dances, Mahabharata and Ramayana ballets, wayang kulit puppets and gamelan orchestras. Ubud Tourist Information has performance information and sells tickets (usually Rp50000). For performances outside Ubud, transport is often included in the price. Tickets are also sold at many hotels, and by street vendors who hang around outside Ubud Palace - all charge the same price as the tourist office.
Vendors sell drinks at the performances, which typically last about one to 1½ hours. Before the show, you might notice the musicians checking out the size of the crowd - ticket sales fund the troupes. Also watch for potential…
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Hard Rock Cafe
A merchandising outlet disguised as a nightclub, the sprawling Hard Rock fronts the beach and is a magnet for local yuppies. It gets going after 23:00, when a (usually) slick band plays classic rock covers. It's also a venue for occasional overseas artists such as Deviate from the Philippines.
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Fuel
This is one of the few places in Kuta in which Seminyak residents will deign to be seen. It's hip and urban, with warm red-and-black decor, white trim and art installations. It has DJs every night and a chill-out lounge upstairs with a terrace overlooking the street. Fuel picks up around 22:00.
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Triple 9
It's almost too appropriate: an oldies bar with sleepy crooners from the 1950s lilting out from the sound system. This attractive open-sided cafe boasts that you can hear conversations and, yes, you can. Or be a grump and use the wi-fi (every table has a power point).
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Kalimantan
Aka Borneo Bob's, this veteran boozer is one of many casual joints on this street. Enjoy cheap drinks under the palms in the large, casual garden or squint at live American football on the satellite TV.
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Legend
A popular spot in the heart of Legian, the Legend draws crowds nightly for shows that include Elvis impersonators, drag queens and live music with everything from pop to country. Go fill up the tiny dance floor with some big moves.
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Ozigo
Ubud’s late-night action – such as it is – is right here at this small and friendly club up by Naughty Nuri’s. DJs are in residence nightly with edgy mixes plus lots of dance competitions and prizes. Call for pick-up – as it were.
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Circle K
Don't laugh. The reliable chain of convenience stores has an outlet right here on the beach where you can get a Bintang inside and sit at the provided tables outside. And there's no shortage of salty snacks for purchase.
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Café Billiard
It’s expat heaven! Play billiards and toss down cheap draughts of Heineken until your pension cheque is gone! It’s a merry place where you lose your hat on the way home and wake up wishing to be asleep.
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Bhineka Jaya Cafe
Home to Bali's Coffee Co, this storefront sells locally grown beans and makes a mean espresso, which you can enjoy at the two tiny tables while watching the bustle of Denpasar's old main drag.
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Scooby Doo Bar & Cafe
Although probably not licensed to use the name of popular pooch, Scooby's serves up a long list of snacks and drinks right on the sand to a big crowd every night. There are sofas for lounging.
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Poco Lounge
Movies are shown at various times, and cover bands perform at this popular bar-cafe. Classic travellers' fare is served at tables open to street life in front and the river in back.
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Street Cafe
A street bar that verges on stylish, with a modern, airy vibe and a choice of loungers, stools or tables. Instead of watching sport on TV, groove to the live piano music here most nights. Sink your teeth into a menu of steaks (average 65,000Rp).
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Kantin
Funky open-air place where you can watch traffic by day and groove to acoustic guitar by night. There's a long drinks list, fresh juices and coffee and a few local snacks.
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Lebong Café
Get up, stand up, stand up for your…reggae. Ubud’s nightly sidewalk roll-up stays in abeyance here at least until midnight. It has live reggae and rock most nights.
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Yayasan Budaya Den Bukit Lovina
The Yayasan Budaya Den Bukit Lovina organises Kecak dances on Tuesday nights from good local troupes as well as legong and bull races other days.
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Pashaa
A small but high-concept club near the centre, where noted DJs from around the island mix it up and bikini-clad dancers seem utterly tireless.
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Volcano Club
There's nothing fancy about this big tropical disco in Anturan, where local and visiting partiers mix it up to local DJs until all hours.
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Lazer Sport Bar
Adjoining the Zoo Restaurant & Bar, there are tables under two big trees and live rock many nights (sweaty stuff on TV too).
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Poco Evolution Bar
At various times movies are shown and cover bands perform at this popular bar-café. Classic travellers' fare is served.
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Kainalu
Spread over two levels right on the sand, it has a pool table, serves up surfer classics and has chairs for sunbathing.
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AngKaSa
This cute little bar-café with a Japanese accent has papaya-coloured walls to go with papaya drinks on the menu.
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