For when one more is the plan: the Darwin bars that stay open late.
Last checked 14 November 2026. No bar paid to be included.
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Retro small bar
A small, kitsch bar tucked in an arcade: disco balls, vintage Esquire posters, a dim red interior and a giant painted pair of blue eyes. Order the strong ginger beer.
📍 Air Raid Arcade, Shop 18/35 Cavenagh Street, Darwin City NT 0800
Party bar
Darwin's backpacker party bar, with frozen mango daiquiris, cocktail specials and live music, about ten minutes' walk from the Waterfront.
📍 12 Cavenagh Street, Darwin City NT 0800
Irish pub
An Irish pub known to locals as Shags, with Guinness on tap, nightly specials, live music and a dance floor at weekends.
📍 1/69 Mitchell Street, Darwin
🕒 Daily 10am to 2am (OpenStreetMap; check before you go)
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Start with Babylon Bar, The Cavenagh and Shenannigans. Our full list has 3 bars.
This guide is written by the team at M.AD Agency. We run Cocktail Week, the ten-day cocktail festival held town by town across the UK and Ireland. Now we're bringing it to Australia. Since 2022 we have taken it to more than 20 towns and cities and worked with hundreds of bars. We put this guide together from our own research and trusted local guides, including Australian Traveller and Norther.
No bar paid to be included and nobody can buy a place. We check the guide regularly as bars open, change and close.
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