Pubs/clubs/nightlife

Café Freeport

This cosy, if rather tastelessly, as some say, decorated neon bar boasts with an extremely broad clientele and the longest opening hours in town. It’s open Sunday –Thursday 5am–1am, Friday and Saturday 5am–2am).

Captain Cook

Captain Cook represents an always crowded smoky pub in the hub of the town. The venue offers English TV football matches and English-speaking staff.

Au Château

This popular music bar serves a great variety of home-brewed beers – pale, dark and red, anything you can think of.

Dolce Vita

Only a few bars in Lausanne boasts with such an outstanding lively atmosphere like Dolce Vita. Its regular programme covers all musical genres from jazz all the way to disco and techno.

Lecaféthéâtre

This venue offers live entertainment such as karaoke, vaudeville and music hall; long opening hours.

VO Le Jazz Café

Even if the name indicates something else, the venue is especially orientated on disco and electronic music. Many famous DJs appear in the club very often.

Opera/classical music/dance/ballet

Both present-time and classical dance as well as theatre and music are all represented in the town of Lausanne. The Théâtre de Beaulieu, situated on 10 Avenue des Bergières, is the venue where complete classical music performances take place.

Another famous highly presented place is Béjart Ballet performing both ballet and opera. For dance lovers, it’s worthy to mention the arts centre at Rue Sevelinis - the seat of present-day dance, with incessant seasons of mise en scenes all year round. In addition, the Cathedral hosts every Friday evening from June to September organ recitals and extra concerts on Easter and Christmas.

Cinema-goers will definitely appreciate a wide variety of cinemas showing a wide variety of movies both in original language and dubbed. The Cinématheque Suisse, located in Montbenon Park, features an unceasingly changing programme of all-genre films.

Other similar venues in the town include Théâtre de Vidy, 5 Avenue É-Jacques-Dalcroze, L’Atelier Volant, 12 Rue des Côtes-de-Montbenon, Le Lapin Vert, 2 Ruelle du Lapin-Vert or Théâtre de l’Arsenic, 57 Rue de Genève.