Adelaide Hall
Adelaide Hall is a live music venue in the heart of the Entertainment District but at 10 p.m. on Thursday, Friday and Saturday nights it transforms into Mr. Goodtime. It's a Twin-Peaks-esque transformation where the club with a red carpet leading up to it turns into a roadhouse-style dive bar complete with neon, tall cans, and live music.
The whole building is a towering party empire that also encompasses Dublin Calling, Rock 'n' Horse Saloon and The Porch above it, part of a knot of megabars dominating this late night party district. This basement bar is the kind of place where you might find yourself ending a long night.
Everything centres around a sunken dance floor. Two bars sling tall cans of Coors, and there are seating areas positioned conveniently for dance breaks but this space is mostly dominated by rails and ledges meant purely for leaning and setting drinks on.
Should fashion inspiration suddenly strike you, grab a free pair of shades from a wall on the way in.
Cover is $8, and a live house band also called Mr. GoodTime plays the entire night until 2 a.m.
It’s a sort of live karaoke vibe with a female-fronted band of xx playing oldie after oldie (think Sweet Home Alabama, Wagon Wheel and Signed, Sealed Delivered) until it’s practically impossible not to sing along.
If you’re the kind of person who needs to release the dance beast in you at the end of the night, you won’t be out of place here.
In true dive bar fashion you won’t find any tulip glasses or tasting flights here, just tall boys of straight up brands that average around $6.75.
Electric Blue ($8.75) is one of two down and dirty cocktails not on any menu that reflect the bar’s house party meets dive vibe, a potent mix of Malibu, blue curacao, pineapple, lime, lemon, and powerful basil honey on the rocks.
Complimentary popcorn is available in case you need something to soak up all that alcohol.
And if you stick around til midnight, there just might be a slice of free pizza in it for you.
The vibe is meant to be that of an industrial party or surprise show, where everything is quick, dirty and spontaneous.
One thing’s for sure, no one’s afraid to let it all out late at night on the weekend at one more addition to Toronto’s eccentric party scene.
Hector Vasquez
Latest Videos
Adelaide Hall
Adelaide Hall
9 Upcoming Events
-
January 3
Built from the bar up in the city of Boston, Dalton & the Sheriffs's Something From Nothing Tour is the perfect night out: equal parts hard-to-describe and hard-to-forget. In 2023, the band booked the 5,000-capacity LeaderBank Pavilion on June 24th, before launching a residency atthe Citizens House of Blues where they playing seven headlining shows from August to December. In 2022, they w…
-
February 21
In this election year - with the country in turmoil – there’s only one comedian who can kill the mood even further...
Nish Kumar - one of The Guardian and The Telegraph’s 50 Best Comedians of the 21st Century - is back on tour with his brand new politically-charged stand-up show, Nish, Don’t Kill My Vibe.
Expect jokes about climate collapse, income inequality and the…
-
February 25
Fink, AKA Fin Greenall, is a singer-songwriter from Cornwall, UK, currently based in Berlin. Known for his seven studio albums for Ninja Tune, the hit single "Looking Too Closely" and relentless international touring with his band mates Tim Thornton and Guy Whittaker, Greenall's music has been featured in The Walking Dead, True Detective, Better Call Saul and Ava DuVernay's epic…
-
March 5
"One of my biggest inspirations, Kobe Bryant, used to say don't be bitter, be better,” says Andy Frasco. "So, I've always tried to be better every year. I'm not trying to stay still, I want to get better at every-thing in life. I'm not just plateauing. I'm going to keep fighting to be the best songwriter I can be. Because if you're not evolving, you're …
-
March 6
MARO
MARO is a multi-instrumentalist, songwriter & producer from Lisbon, Portugal. Graduating from Berklee College of Music (Boston) in 2017, the Portuguese artist officially debuted her career in 2018, having released five albums + an EP. She later joined Jacob Collier on his 2019 DJESSE World Tour, as a part of the band. In those years, MARO has opened for a lot of artists including Jess…
-
March 17
There seems to be an aura in the air when the five members of The Main Squeeze enter a room. A multicultural five-piece from Los Angeles, CA, The Main Squeeze have built a cult following in the States on the road – putting rubber to pavement and playing over 1,000 shows together over the past nine years. For a group of men with completely different backgrounds, tastes, religions, and opinio…
-
March 19
Cari Cari is Stephanie Widmer (Vocals, Drums & Didgeridoo) and Alexander Koeck (Vocals, Guitars). The duo lived in London, Hamburg and Madrid before releasing their debut album “Anaana”. They were called “the lovechild of The Kills and The xx” (IndieShuffle, US) “with the raw grit of a Cat Power record” (BestBefore, AUS) and “a pinch of Ennio Morricon…
-
March 27
Diamond Cafe is your favourite artists favourite new artist who was notably named a ‘Pop Funk Prodigy` and an artist to watch by Pitchfork. Diamond`s music goes down as smooth as an old fashioned. His smooth vocals, sexy bass lines and silky guitar riffs, bring the past and future of music together. Over the past couple of years Diamond has gained notable champions in the industry and has b…
-
July 19
WA rock band Great Gable are no strangers to traversing the globe. However, their new record, Small Fry, is a distinctly home state affair. Their first recording stint at home in Perth since 2018, and their first time at Blackbird Studios with Dave Parkin, lead singer Alex Whiteman, guitarist Matt Preen, bassist Christopher Bye, and drummer Madi Hanley have produced a record that shows the rest o…
