Entertainment in Irkutsk
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Liverpool
This Fab Four theme pub may be a bit more Wings than Beatles, but it’s one of Irkutsk’s top watering holes, with an intercontinental beer menu and laid-back service. All the meals are imaginatively named after Beatles tracks, but we were assured that ‘In an Octopus’s Garden’ contains no octopus.
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Okhlopkov Drama Theatre
On summer evenings romantic couples and jolly groups of locals stroll the Angara promenade and the grassy areas behind the fine Okhlopkov Drama Theatre, where Russian classics are staged regularly from September to June.
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Chili
Aztec-themed night-spot and all-day bar where you can join Irkutsk’s moneyed youth on beige couches bathed in flamingo neon for a flashy cocktail or outrageously overpriced meals (R250 to R600). Very central.
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Monet
Overpriced and pretentiously dubbed a ‘coffee fashion club’, the Monet’s most intriguing feature is its downstairs oriental lounge illuminated with fragrant candles and big-screen Russian MTV.
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Wiener Café
Alluring coffee house with marble-top tables, Parisian-bar chairs and sepia photos. Reasonably priced pastries and freshly prepared porridge make this a great breakfast retreat.
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Bierhaus
Upmarket Bavarian-style bierstube (beer hall with heavy wooden furniture) serving Newcastle Brown and Guinness as well as German beers and sausages. English menu.
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Circus
Puts on eye-boggling Cirque du Soleil–style performances. Avoid the cheapest front seats where you’ll get poor views and a regular splashing.
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Stratosphera Night Club
Irkutsk’s most central late-night hot-spot, with bowling alley, two-storey disco and three-storey drink prices.
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Ryumochnaya
Get slammed with rough-edged locals at tables that are too chunky to be thrown at anyone…hopefully.
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U Shveyka
This Czech-style cellar pub with staring elk head and yin-yang condiments has a good summer beer terrace.
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Philharmonic Hall
Historic building staging regular children’s shows and musical programs from pop to classical.
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Organ Hall
At the attractive wooden Organ Hall, concerts are held throughout the week.
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Musical Theatre
Pantomimes, ballets and costumed musical-comedy shows in a big concrete auditorium.
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Cheshskaya Pivovarnaya
Irkutsk’s unpretentious microbrewery-pub creates its own Czech Pils.
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Polish Church
Organ concerts are occasionally held in the hall of this neo-Gothic church.
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Poznaya Disko-Bar
Tobacco-fugged dive popular with student drinkers on modest budgets.
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