Las Vegas
Supper clubs, piano bars, rooftop views and tables with a grown-up crowd.
For couples and friends, roughly 30 to 60-plus
Rooftops, supper clubs and live music. Not the club scene.
Trip plans for grown-ups who want great food, a band worth hearing, a show, a few hands of blackjack and a crowd their own age, all built from places we've checked.
Or open the full planner to set ages, budget, music and bedtime.
Where to go
New Orleans
Traditional jazz, Creole dining rooms and hotel bars with a century of stories.
Nashville
Songwriter rounds, bluegrass, a real jazz room and Southern cooking, away from the pedal taverns.
Chicago
Jazz and blues rooms, architecture on the river and steakhouse dinners.
What "grown-up" means here
A crowd your own age
Piano bars, jazz rooms, speakeasies and supper clubs over bottle-service clubs. Where somewhere gets loud and late, we say so.
Evenings that flow
Dinner, a show and a nightcap in the same neighbourhood, so you spend the night out, not in taxis.
Checked, dated, honest
Every place links to where we verified it and when. No invented reviews, no paid placements, no stale "best of" lists.
Details that matter
Dress codes, age limits, which tables need booking weeks ahead and which are walk-in, noted on every card.
Popular guides
Las Vegas3 Days in Las Vegas: A Grown-Up ItineraryA 3-day Las Vegas itinerary for grown-ups: Bellagio fountains and O, a supper club at Wynn with dueling pianos after, and a downtown night of steak, neon and a speakeasy.Las VegasLas Vegas Nightlife Without the Club SceneGrown-up Las Vegas nightlife that isn't clubbing: piano bars, jazz and blues, speakeasies, tiki bars and rooftop lounges, with notes on dress codes, cover and when to go.New Orleans3 Days in New Orleans: A Grown-Up ItineraryA 3-day New Orleans itinerary for adults: Preservation Hall and French Quarter bars, a Garden District jazz brunch, Frenchmen Street nights and a steamboat at sunset.NashvilleNashville Beyond Broadway: Live Music for Grown-UpsWhere grown-ups hear live music in Nashville: the Bluebird Cafe, the Station Inn, Rudy's Jazz Room, Skull's Rainbow Room, Robert's Western World, the Ryman and the Opry.ChicagoChicago Jazz and Blues for Grown-UpsWhere grown-ups hear jazz and blues in Chicago: the Green Mill, Andy's Jazz Club, Buddy Guy's Legends and Kingston Mines, with notes on cash, reservations and timing.Las VegasThings to Do in Las Vegas for Couples (Who Are Past the Club Phase)Romantic and fun things to do in Las Vegas for couples: dinners with a view, supper clubs, Roman baths, speakeasies, shows for two and desert sunsets.