Entertainment in Almaty
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Soho
Expats and local friends and colleagues pack Soho every night for tankards of beer, international food and crowded dancing to the excellent resident rock/blues band. It's got a sort of urban/global theme, with lots of pictures of New York mixed in with flags for every nationality - one place that never lacks atmosphere.
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Cuba
This Mexican/Russian restaurant is Almaty's Latin music hotspot with live bands whipping up a great atmosphere from 22:00 to 01:00 Thursday and midnight to 03:00 Friday and Saturday. For Friday and Saturday you need to book a table by about 18:00.
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Da Freak
The best electronic club in town, Freak has two dance floors, the country's top DJs and sometimes guests from Moscow or Western Europe. The clientele is mostly a cool, 20ish, local crowd but there's a smattering of international 20s-to-35s in there too. The entrance is round the back of the Zhuldyz restaurant in Panfilov Park.
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Crystal
An 'elite' New York-style club popular with the Range Rover crowd, Crystal has DJs playing mostly European and American house and R&B (in separate rooms). The entrance is on Timiryazev. Downstairs is Nice Bar (292 38 25; Volodarskogo 29), with sink-into sofas and velvet-curtained private alcoves.
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Tinkoff
This trendy, modern, three-floor bar/restaurant brews its own draught beer in six varieties, and the open roof terrace is great in summer. The 2nd-floor, with ceiling-to-floor windows, serves sausages, shashlyk and pizzas (around T800 to around T1600) and has occasional live music.
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Mostafterpartyclub
This late club is big with a nouveau-riche and expat crowd. There's deep tech and tribal on the big dance floor, plus an oriental-style hookah room and a lounge-bar also with DJs. On Fridays and Saturdays retro 80s sessions start at 23:00; the afterparty begins at 03:00.
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Abay State Opera & Ballet Theatre
Almaty's top cultural venue; three or four performances a week at 18:30. Classics like Swan Lake, La Bohème, Aida and Carmen are a few of the regular shows. Also look out for Kazakh operas such as Abay and Abylay Khan.
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Petroleum
Upstairs from Gas, this flashy DJ dance club pumps out hip hop and techno to an older crowd including foreign business chaps and local working girls. This is a place where you may want to dress up.
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San Siro
Almaty's temple of TV football - they have different soccer matches on different screens and can even show you a programme of upcoming games. They serve a good range of food too.
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Shtab
Tiny local beer bar opposite Hotel Ambassador, with half a dozen tables and a big selection of local and foreign draft beers including Kazakhstan's best, Shymkentskoe.
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Dublin Pub
A smaller, wood-panelled Irish pub on a quiet street near Respublika alanghy. It has assorted international food and the terrace is nice in summer.
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Stereo
Successful new club on a lane between Abay and Kurmanghazy: house/chill-out in one room with Soviet-style décor, soul/funk/R&B in the other.
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Members Bar
Cocktail-lounge-style jazz music. Resident artist at the time of writing, Geraldine Hunt, puts on a fine show from 23:00 Tuesday to Saturday.
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Guinness Pub
Popular pub near the Hotel Kazakhstan, with the famous Irish stout on tap, as well as pool tables, food and live music most nights.
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Real Club
This is consistently the most popular gay club but it changes locations a lot. Has shows at 02:00 Friday and Saturday nights.
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Mad Murphy's
This Irish pub is the most consistently popular expat haunt for a stout, pub grub, darts, pool and football on big screens.
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Vogue
Fashionable pre-club bar with décor inspired by Vogue magazine - old-gold drapes, grapefruit-toned couches.
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Gas
Another popular electronic haunt with DJs; no sportswear in this shiny glass-and-steel environment.
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Nice Bar
Downstairs in Crystal is Nice Bar, with sink-into sofas and velvet-curtained private alcoves.
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XXX
Friendly, mostly lesbian club out in the west of the city, 6km beyond the Central Stadium.
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State Philharmonia
A range of performances including symphony, chamber, jazz, organ and traditional music.
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Auezov Kazakh Drama Theatre
Elegant example of Soviet architecture with almost nightly drama performances.
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Kinoteatr Tsezar
The Kinoteatr Tsezar shows arthouse movies for much of the year.
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