6 Best Nightlife in The Seacoast, New Hampshire

Downtown's early 1900s YMCA building has been converted into this gorgeous, high-ceilinged music venue with brick walls, color artwork, and a snug mezzanine. An impressive lineup of jazz and blues bands perform here, and full dinner service from a Southern-accented menu is available before each show.

This cool music club and pub in beautifully restored 1835 former Methodist church on a hilly bluff in historic Newmarket presents first-rate rock, reggae, folk, jazz, and blues.

After a day of fun at the beach, head a few miles inland to this working farm on 12 acres and its sustainable brewery that crafts first-rate ales using as much local ingredients as possible—some of the hops are grown on-site. On sunny days, sample Throwback's beers in the tented beer garden, and any time of year, you can sip and dine on farm-to-table pub fare, from cheese plates to Korean beef bowls. You can also buy seasonal produce at the farmstand.

In a stylish light-filled storefront space in downtown Dover with a large redbrick side patio, sip some of the state’s most inventive craft beers, from saisons to stouts. Globally inspired street tacos (Korean beef, Nashville chicken) are offered too.

Combine an old-school indie bookstore with a funky café–cocktail bar, set it inside a restored 1817 customhouse, and you've got this endearing hangout that's popular with everyone from college students to artists to tourists. Live music, comedy, and readings are offered, too.