Where to party in Sydney this weekend

This subterranean William street club has a long legacy of day and night parties to rival any of its Continental counterparts. The Berlin-inspired den regularly host nights with Motorik and local selectors. Also the later you head here, the better. 

Sydney’s much loved mid-sized live music venue doubles up as an awesome after-party when gigs conclude. The Gallery bar is usually free, while ticketed events go off in the main bar.

The multi-level heritage-listed Abercrombie is Sydney's biggest party palace, with three venues all under the one roof. On the ground floor is the Abercrombie’s incredible performance and club space, public bar and beer garden. Venture upstairs to Casa Rosa, a playful, late-night Italo-disco cocktail lounge and rooftop terrazza with DJs. If you’re feeling fancy, sidle into the adjoining terraces for the aperitivo wine bar and shop, Lil Sis, also open until the early hours.

This hot spot on the 'Pink Mile' of Oxford Street promises pumping tunes and seven nights of drag performances every week, with lines often sprawling down the street. Upstairs on Friday and Saturday nights in the former Midnight Shift club, dance parties Fame Fridays and Déjà Vu kick off after drag and dine experience Premiere packs up. 

The basement at Erskineville's LGBTQIA+ haven has got enough sweat and grind about it to make it feel like it deserves to be underground. And the best part is the music. It’s loud, and proud and so early '00s awful that it’s intoxicating. The basement also hosts regular parties from some of Sydney’s best queer collectives. Between underground affairs, you can have a sip and a bop while drag queens and other fab performers twirl in the ground floor bar.

ARQ is one of the Pink Mile’s most notorious nightclubs, known for its stellar line-ups of drag, music, DJs and heaps more. If you’re in the mood for late-night boogies on podiums and deep and meaningful chats with new friends in Trash Alley (if you know, you know), head over to ARQ.

This six-storey building in the heart of the Cross is home to two club floors. Friday and Saturdays once again see DJs and dancefloors lighting up under the soft red glow of the famous Coke sign. 

The dancefloor on Level One kicks off at the tail end of the week at this Taylor Square stalwart. In the basement of the popular gay bar you'll also find a boutique bar and club known as Undergound.

Harry’s snack game is strong – and what better way to work of fried chicken wings than with a post-dinner dance off. The lounge upstairs goes off with DJs from 10pm on Friday and Saturday nights.