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Read on for our guide to the week's coolest events and most interesting venues. If you manage to tick off all ten, head back to our home page for daily...
Music & Nightlife
Your guide to the best live music, concerts and clubs in Accra
Nightlife
Cocktail Class
In July, 2016, in New Orleans, Tapatheo stepped onto the mat in front of the world’s best mixologists and made the best cocktail of his life. It was the 14th...
Music
From highlife to hiplife - a guide to Ghanaian music
Step into many of the nightclubs in Ghana's cities and more often than not you'll be confronted with the throbbing beats and visceral energy of hiplife. A...
Music
Global beats
Homegrown talent...
“Each song sort of breathed itself into being,” says Jahwi, the Accra musician whose debut full-length album, Ancient Soul Cries, gives as...
Bars and pubs
Palm Wine
Sounds, er, interesting. What is it?
It is interesting. It’s naturally fermenting juice tapped from chopped-down palm trees.
Sounds, er, interesting and a...
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The best upcoming gigs in Accra
Music
+233 Jazz Bar & Grill
Formerly Bassline Jazz Club, +233 (named after the Ghanaian dialling code) is an intelligently designed club that has live bands six days a week. Inside,...
Music
From highlife to hiplife - a guide to Ghanaian music
Accra is one of Africa's leading musical cities - and the spiritual home of a style that's been taking over the world in recent years: African highlife
Music
Labadi Beach
Reggae DJs play on Wednesday night near an open bar that is stocked with local and imported beers. There are occasional live bands, as well as acrobats and...
The best places to party in Accra
Bars and pubs
Republic Bar & Grill
We’ll still keep recommending this bar as it remains one of the most happening bars in Accra right now, thanks to its relaxed, music-forward approach to the...
Restaurants
Bella Roma
Fresh and bold Mediterranean flavours reign at this friendly Italian eatery. It’s recently been expanded, and diners have a choice between an indoor restaurant...
Bars and pubs
Firefly Lounge Bar
Firefly is a confident nightspot – the industrial chic of its whitewashed brickwork, dim lighting and edgy beats attracts a preened international clientele. A...
Clubs
Rockstone’s Office
This bar is owned by ‘Godfather of Hiplife’ Reggie Rockstone. Reggie has succeeded in creating a kind of hip hop casual environment, so alongside the white...
Bars and pubs
Champs Sports Bar & Grill
Champs is back! After a brief flirt with being called The Lexington, the bar has become Champs again. It now offers an international menu, wide coverage of all...
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Latest music interviews
Music
The life and grimes of British-Ghanaian star Lethal Bizzle
Born to Ghanaian parents, UK grime/hip hop pioneer Lethal Bizzle talks to Time Out Accra about early memories, Ghanaian highlife and jollof rice...
Music
Meet M.anifest – Ghana's hiplife ambassador
Time Out talks to the prolific Ghanaian rapper about his work, his influences and his high-profile collaborations He's collaborated with the likes of former...
Music
Interview: Ebo Taylor
The modern buzz that continues to develop around Ghanaian music-makers is largely as a result of the scene’s more urgent, contemporary sounds – the part-spiky,...
The best nightlife in Accra
Bars and pubs
Accra's best cocktail bars
From the earthy cocktails at the Republic street bar, to the superlative Dirty Martini at urban Grill, drinking in this party town is always fun
Hotels
Accra's best hotel bars
Far from being the dead spaces that many hotel bars are around the world, in Accra they are some of the most vibrant places to have a drink, or a quiet...
Bars and pubs
Best bars to watch sport
The English Premier League is by far the biggest spectator sport in Ghana and it can be found shown in high end restaurants to local eateries – but this is...
Music
The best live venues in Accra
In our Rate Your City campaign, one of the most important categories was the live music venues. They are essential venues for keeping live music and Ghana's...
Bars and pubs
Accra's best terrace and rooftop bars
If you want to party al fresco - here's where you go
Bars and pubs
Best bars for a party
Some bars are for relaxing in, some bars are for watching sport, these are for partying all night long in.