The Arts Club Lounge has a fabulous location under the Granville Bridge by the water on the edge of False Creek. The crowd is a mix of tourists and art school students from neighboring Emily Carr College. A live band plays on Friday and Saturday evenings. Most other times, if the sun's out, the waterfront patio is packed.

Located under the Granville Street Bridge and next to the Arts Club Theatre, Backstage’s breezy outdoor patio is filled with quieter folk enjoying the lights of False Creek; the indoor lounge, tended by sometimes absent-minded servers, offers up live music over nachos and beer Crowd Theatregoers grabbing a pre- or post-show drink On stage It could be you (weekly open-mike nights) or it... more

The unofficial campus pub of neighboring Emily Carr art school, here's where students toting portfolios share space with theatergoers toting programs. Granville Island's best value patio serves pubby food and beer brewed right across the road, and the vibe is always weekend casual. Mondays are open mic, and the monthly programming goes from cover bands to crooners to all out rock, but the dance... more