Clarendon Guesthouse
The Clarendon Guesthouse, 68 Lurline St, (http://www.clarendonguest...). Has a licensed entertainment restaurant which features live music, comedy and theatre.
Carrington Piano Bar
The Carrington Piano Bar, also known as the Saloon Bar. The most upmarket of the pubs, it contains rather less drunken young people than the others on the average Friday or Saturday night. Sometimes has live piano music. It also has an excellent restaurant upstairs.
Carrington Main Bar
The Carrington Main Bar is the 'default', stock-standard Katoomba pub, generally known as the 'Carrington' or just the 'Carro'. It's located just opposite the train station and taxi stand. Poker machines, beer, pies, more beer. It has a recently-renovated nightclub upstairs with a separate entrance fee called 'Baroque', which features live music on many nights.
Hotel Gearin
The Hotel Gearin is another beery pub on the opposite side of the railway line to the Carro. It was previously very rough, with the occasional brawl, but its new owner, the actor Jack Thompson, has been working to take it upmarket with live music and so on.
Traditional pubs, less heavy on live entertainment than the Clarendon, cluster around Katoomba railway station. The nightlife is this area is not fantastic - by 9PM on a Friday night the streets are almost empty - but those looking for a drink should try:
All live music venues in Katoomba publish advertisements listing their upcoming attractions in the entertainment section of the Blue Mountains Gazette, which is published on Wednesdays and can be bought at newsagencies.