With room for over 200 beer fans, this brewpub is one of four bars owned by Elysian Brewing Company. Visit during the Great Pumpkin Beer Festival in October, when you can choose from as many as 30 house and guest pumpkin brews and watch the tapping of the beer-filled Great Pumpkin.

This classy Belltown bar is all exposed bricks, wooden floors and stylish pendant lighting. The experience is as much about the food as the drinks here, with menu items seemingly as random as the bar's name. Carefully thought-out cocktails, a rotating selection of local ales and attentive service make this one a winner.

Harking back to the speakeasies of the Prohibition era, Tavern Law serves up beautifully crafted cocktails amid leather banquettes and bookshelves laden with dusty tomes. Pick up the wall-mounted telephone and, if you play your cards right, you might gain access through the vault door to the hidden bar within a bar upstairs.

Leading international and local DJs spin dance tunes six nights a week at this stylish spot at the edge of Capitol Hill. You can expect a different genre each night, from reggae to hip hop to top 40 hits. There are three bars, booth seating and a VIP area. It's very much a place to see and be seen.

With dozens of awards under its belt and a glitzy celebrity clientele, this luxurious club is one of Seattle's classiest after-hours venues. Three bars, two VIP areas and six talented resident DJs put Foundation a cut above the average nightclub. Just remember to dress the part – the door staff are famously discriminating.

This is a sophisticated jazz club that often hosts well-known players. Open since 1979, the club's past performers have included the likes of Eartha Kitt, Dizzy Gillespie, Oscar Peterson and Dr John. The intimate venue means you'll have a great view, wherever you're sitting.

A Seattle institution, this great venue has showcased an incredible range of musical acts since opening in 1939, from Duke Ellington to Muddy Waters to Pearl Jam. Over 200 concerts take place here annually, with more recent performers including Kanye West, Death Cab for Cutie and PJ Harvey.

The Crocodile was the original home of Seattle's grunge music scene (think Nirvana, Mudhoney and the Posies) and is still a cutting-edge live music venue. You can expect to hear both established and up-and-coming bands encompassing a wide variety of musical genres, including electronic, rock, folk, metal, punk and hip hop.