Clubs
Flowerpower
Weirdly decorated place with hippie 70's theme. Mostly classic rock. Party lasts well past 4am.
naTo
Jazz, experimental, and indie music. Also shows film and theatre.
Ilses Erika
Small club features indie and electronic music. Student crowd.
Conne Island
Former squat house, now a top venue for punk, rock, ska, and hip-hop concerts.
Moritzbastei & Cafe Barbakane
Very old and big student club bar / cafe. Underground cellars. Live bands or DJs most nights, outdoor films are shown in the summer. Moritzbastei was once a part of the city wall. Students dug it out in the 1970s and turned it into a club.
Bars and pubs
Sixtina
Has the largest number of different brands of absinth in a building from the 16th century. Smoky place.
Tonelli's
Good Food and drink at a low price. Free live music every night at 9pm and a local mainstay. Tuesday is "Guitarnight" with international guests, Wednesdays local jazz talent gathers, Thursdays the Blues Scene meets, changing events Friday to Monday.
Gosenschenke Ohne Bedenken
Includes the city's prettiest beer garden but not many vegetarian options. Try their beer specialty 'Gose'. It's made with coriander and salt, and is very much an acquired taste. It is usually served with a shot of liquor.
Volkshaus
Always a happening place. DJs, football games, and partying all night.
Auerbach's Keller
This pub has been around since medieval times. Opened in 1525, it is among the oldest continuously operated pubs in Germany. The barrel cellar only opened for private parties has been the background to a scene in one of Germany's most famous plays, "Faust" by Goethe. The master of German literature himself used to drink his wine here, and the rooms are frequently the set for a live, around-the-city re-enactment of the play.
Cafã©s
Café Grundmann
Art-deco style. Opened in 1919, refurbished in 1998-2000. Outside the city center.
Riquet
100 years old. Two copper elephant heads guard the entrance. The interior is put under preservation and has been restored to its original glory in the 1990s.
Leipzig has a long and lively coffee house tradition. Although many of the old cafés have disappeared, this tradition lives on. Besides Zum Arabischen Coffee Baum listed under Museums above a number of cafés give you a place to relax and have a cup of coffee during the day.
You can find a lot of pubs, bars, cafés and restaurants and also some smaller dance clubs along the internationalKarl-Liebknecht-Strasse "Karli". The street starts in the south of the inner city and leads you to Südvorstadt and Connewitz student and alternative quarters. Many bars can also be found on Barfussgaesschen Street.