San Antonio Bars and Clubs - Dance Clubs

In the heart of downtown San Antonio, Bonham Exchange fills a historic three-story building with an open mindedness that accepts all individuals regardless of gender, sexual preference, age, race and ethnicity. This local San Antonio gay club, local bar and dance club has hosted a shocking list of entertainers like Tina Turner, The Ramones and Iggy Pop as well as Broadway shows on tour like Les Miz and Fiddler on the Roof. Five separate bars and dance floors make plenty of room to host such big names as well as big party nights. The Bonham Exchange sports nightly events and drink specials that make this multifaceted San Antonio bar fun for anyone to party at or start a night of barhopping in.

The end of San Antonio's Saint Mary's Strip has something spicy to talk about with Carmen's de la Calle Café hosting live music and dancing. The San Antonio club has jazz on Thursday nights, flamenco dancers on Fridays and world music or concerts on Saturdays. A tapas menu has Latin inspired small dishes to help soak up the potent sangria—a Carmen's de la Calle Café house specialty. When bar hopping on the Saint Mary's Strip, Carmen's is a great place to being the night out in San Antonio.

Bringing sexy back to San Antonio, Cielo Lounge is a trendsetting downtown nightclub that is super modern. Booth seating and square tables provide cozy spaces at Cielo Lounge for twenty-somethings to hang out and sip a cocktail surround the main bar at this hot San Antonio nightclub. Black and white décor are part of the stark contrasting in the bar and separate the VIP room at Cielo Lounge and a DJ is usually behind turntables spinning jazz, techno and samba to a well-dressed crowd starting their night of cocktail drinking and bar hopping in San Antonio.

One of the only clubs bringing world famous DJs to San Antonio, Club Antro spins hip-hop, rap, house and trance every night to a full club. Beautiful people from all over San Antonio and the world come to dance and drink to some of the hottest music with an awesome light show. Thursday nights are one of the most popular nights at Club Antro when military and college men get in free until 11pm and ladies get in free all night. The mostly twenty-something crowd fills the dance floor at this San Antonio nightclub and a swanky VIP area, Skin Lounge, provides extra seclusion for those who are willing to pay. Special events each night and some of the best club music in San Antonio continue to bring clubbers to Club Antro.

The club previously known as Sneakers—now Club Kristal—is keeping the tradition of the rock that played on its stage with live rock music during the week, but when the weekend rolls around, a DJ spinning rap and hip-hop takes over and draws an entirely different kind of crowd. A full bar and a disco ball are the most steady parts of the club. Local San Antonio rock bands play from Monday to Thursday nights to an alternative crowd that knows how to enjoy good music. Club Kristal's DJ draws a group that are looking to dance and mingle. Choose the night you go wisely, or just go to them all.

Two levels, two bars and two DJs spinning two different kinds of music mark this San Antonio dance club. Club NV has awesome drink specials every night and on Fridays ladies get in free. The San Antonio club plays some of the best hip-hop, reggaeton and dance music in the area and has some of the hottest girls around. Club NV is a San Antonio nightclub where everyone feels like a VIP all the time and the environment is fun, safe and clean. For club goers who are 18 and over can get in but must be 21 to drink. Every night is one not to miss at Club NV. Yeah, it's that cool.

Four different night life hot spots in one downtown San Antonio club is what makes Club Rive one of the most exciting places on the River Walk. Three rooms host DJs while the Bubble Room has a stage for live entertainment nightly. In a room called TABU a live DJ spins top 40 and international variety as Rive's dancers gyrate on the bar. Over in the Sky Dome another DJ has more top 40 but also gets out the hip-hop and mixes in music videos for the partying crowds. The Hush Lounge is for the San Antonio folks who want a more relaxed environment with a hookah lounge and a third DJ playing techno, house and trance. Bars in every club room at Club Rive and private VIP rooms make sure that everybody has their desires covered at this hot San Antonio Riverwalk dance club.

One of the best places for country music and dancing in San Antonio, Cowboys Dance Hall has plenty of live music, drink specials and fun for all-ages. Cowboys and girls 18 and over can get into the club every night they're open but those who are 21 and over always get specials on entry. Every Friday night a live band plays at Cowboys Dance Hall and the San Antonio bar also features live pro bull riding. The Friday night bull-riding rodeo lets riders earn points and the best compete at the end of the month for money. Some of the bars and clubs in San Antonio have shifted to trendier music, but Cowboys Dance Hall is still an original San Antonio, TX cowboy's bar.

People come to the Davenport for the great DJ and dancing downstairs, for the chill lounging upstairs and probably for one of the biggest liquor selections in San Antonio. An eight-page drink menu offers about 40 specialty martinis among the mixed drinks and premium liquors at the Davenport, almost too many to get through in a night... almost. Large windows look onto the San Antonio streets so the young professionals and well-groomed people at the curvy bar have a view of the potential coming through the door. The large dance floor downstairs at the Davenport fills up later in the night and has a full service bar. San Antonio singles who have found their match for the night can wander downstairs to a booth next to the DJ for more privacy.

Gays and lesbians of the younger variety—Electric Co. allows 18 and over people in—dance the night away at this San Antonio dance club and bar. Drink specials every night of the week entice the drinking age crowd to the San Antonio bar and onto the dance floor to shake their money makers. Sunday nights are "Butch Amateur Night" and attracts a large crowd of lesbians to the gay bar. Although the Electric Co. is where most gays go, straights also frequent the club. Any way it's cut, the Electric Co. isn't just the place bills are sent.

The best part about the San Antonio Graham Central Station is that it's like six clubs under one roof. For one cover charge, club hoppers can hop between bars without ever having to leave the building. A retro discotheque called Bell Bottoms, an international music room called Vertigo, a top 40s dance hall called South Beach, a county area dubbed Denim and Diamonds, a karaoke lounge known as Alley Cats and the T-2002 club make up the various areas to drink and be entertained at Graham Central Station. With so many different areas, the San Antonio crowds are mixed but it definitely varies more depending on the specials at the door. College nights bring in a huge crowd, but any night of the week can be a blast at Graham Central Station.

Don't judge a book by its cover or Heat by the outside of its building. Inside of the San Antonio gay bar there is an enormous dance area and four indoor bars. An outside patio allows smokers and those who need a break to enjoy the San Antonio nights. Directly across from San Antonio College, Heat is on Main Street where there are several bars catering to the San Antonio gay community. This is the bar where most end up judging by the crowds that collect on weekends with the house and techno music thumping away. Several times a week there are drag shows where the audience will see some of the prettiest drag queens in all of San Antonio. After a gay bar crawl around San Antonio, Heat is always a good place to end up.

The San Antonio club exploding with the most energy and hottest ladies must be Joe's Volcano. The bar and club has a multi-level dance floor—that's how it has to be done in a volcano—with DJs spinning hip-hop, reggaeton and R&B to a crowd of 21 and over guys and 18 and over ladies. College student, military personnel and ladies night specials are presented on throughout the week at this hot dance club. Joe's Volcano in San Antonio is a bar that is erupting with drink specials every night of the week. Anytime is a good time to head over to the Volcano and dance the night away.

Why have one club when it's so easy to have two? That must have been where the owners were going when they created Mystique Ultra Lounge and then made another level of the club an area called Metropolis. The whole club is multilevel with a huge dance floor and several full bars. The San Antonio crowd is mostly under 30 and if they aren't at the bar they're on the dance floor getting down to the house, top 40 or hip-hop music. A swanky VIP area is about 20 feet above the dance floor and provides a great view of the party at this San Antonio ultra lounge. Modern furniture paired with the state of the art sound system and lighting make the fashionistas and scenesters go crazy for some of the best DJs in Texas.

San Antonio cowboys are rampant at Midnight Rodeo's bar, but they have enough ladies' night specials to bring in plenty of cowgirls as well. Super cheap drink specials help lubricate the dance floor and the ability to get a dance with a partner of one's choosing if the line dancing didn't work in that department. Everyone wears his or her nicest 10-gallon hat and cowboy boots to impress the opposite sex. Drink specials and a buffet make more of a reason to go to San Antonio's Midnight Rodeo if meeting a new special someone wasn't reason enough.

Forget those over-the-top, sweaty, gay dance clubs. This San Antonio establishment puts the gay in Pegasus with plenty of swank. Pegasus still has plenty of room for dancing at the main bar with regular club dance music and this hip San Antonio gay club also offers other rooms for different entertainment. The Flying Horse—how very classic Texas of them—is more of a country area for all the cowboys. For the boys who want to don their leather chaps, The Hawk is the place for them and doubles as a leather shop. What many head to the San Antonio gay bar for is the tropical themed patio out back that offers karaoke every night. The good and the bad—not the ugly—take it upon themselves to entertain the outdoor area with their vocal stylings. It's a good thing the Pegasus is so laid back, otherwise instead of laughing along with some singers they'd be throwing him off stage.

Across from the San Antonio College campus, Petticoat Junction is a notoriously chic lesbian bar hangout. Dartboard, pool tables and nudie-girl playing cards may give the appearance of a typical male club, but in fact it's quite the opposite. Several dance floors allow plenty of space to get to the bar then head to the floor. Lesbian and transgendered folks are all accepted at the club and on Tuesday nights Petticoat Junction even hosts the Gay Dart League. Drink specials are offered several nights a week and Fridays get crazy when a weekly drag show is put on at this San Antonio gay club. College students and San Antonio locals mix for the cheap drinks and country, dance and tejano music every night at Petticoat Junction.

Featuring three levels of dancing and drinking, Polly Esther's Culture Club in San Antonio has nightly events and drink specials that will save even the biggest player a couple cents. Thursday nights are ladies' nights where only one level, Club Expo, is open but ladies get in free before 11pm and for a minimal cover charge after. Every night this San Antonio dance club plays the best of the '70s, '80s, '90s and today's best dance hits to a packed bar with different levels open depending on the night. When the "Purple Rain Dance Floor" is open, the drink menu for the '70s themed bar and dance floor includes The Brady Punch to get all those reliving the era in the mood to dance. Some of the prettiest faces in San Antonio head to the Culture Club, across from the River Walk to experience the past eras of fantastic dance music.

Being located south of the San Antonio International Airport and near Trinity University make Rebar a hot bar and dance club for students and travelers alike. Local San Antonio and touring bands come through Rebar to play great live music and drink at the full bar. For others, the Internet access or the fine Mexican food draws them to the bar. After some dancing, the front or back patios at Rebar are great places to hang out and enjoy the night. The back patio is far more enjoyable, though, because it has a bar and all the amazing drinks that are offered inside. Rebar is a great place to head in San Antonio for the drink specials, live music and a fun atmosphere.

By day the Republic of Texas Restaurant serves up "Tex-Mex-Southwestern" right on the San Antonio River Walk. By night the restaurant shifts to a nightclub with a wood dance floor and DJ playing all types of music that makes people want to dance. A full service bar has friendly bartenders and offers drink specials throughout the week. On Thursday and Sunday nights, the Republic of Texas Restaurant has some of the liveliest karaoke on the River Walk. The 30 and over crowd converges from all over San Antonio and know how to party hardy at the bar.

Einsten, Che Guevara, Bob Marley and Ghandi line the walls of the appropriately named Revolution Room in San Antonio as if there was an impending revolution in the works. The chill blue lights behind the bar don't seem to threaten revolution and neither does the downstairs dance area, The Red Room. A live DJ spins music for the basement dance area decorated with red hues and lights, hence, The Red Room. San Antonio twenty-somethings and singles in their thirties can hang around at the bar, dance downstairs or get a game of pool in on one of the tables. The Revolution Room manages to be a cool San Antonio bar while still being laid back.

Every night at the Saint is a party with "showgirls" hosting the show. Saturday nights get crazy at this gay bar and dance club with a male and female strip contest that college students can get into for free with ID until midnight. The San Antonio gay bar has drink specials and jello shots every night for super low prices which ends up making the night that much more fun. Most people prefer to roam the club and dance instead of sitting at a bar stool, a good thing for those that need to make their way to the bar for a drink. When there isn't a drag show on at this San Antonio gay bar, sexy men in Speedos do a little dance on the stage for everyone's viewing pleasure.

A mere hop, skip and step from San Antonio College, the Silver Dollar Saloon is a completely cowboy gay bar. The club plays country and Latin music to an all male crowd two-steppin' together or playing pool. Great drink specials make the Silver Dollar Saloon's bar all the better to visit and the friendly environment will make for an enjoyable experience. The bartenders are friendly and great fun to talk to about San Antonio, the gay scene and even the Silver Dollar Saloon itself.

The river-level dining room at Steers and Beers serves up American Texas cuisine on "cow hide" tablecloths while upstairs the San Antonio crowd gets to boogieing down. The full upstairs bar at Steers & Beers compliments karaoke and dancing that will make anyone forget they're in modern day San Antonio and send them back to the old west. Everything on the menu is paired with a wine selection—the Lone Star Nachos go with a Beringer White Zinfandel—that gives the restaurant unexpected classiness. The farmhouse and old west Texas décor make Steers and Beers a great San Antonio restaurant, bar and dance hall that anyone in the whole family can enjoy.