Babylon
Venue Brief
Sandton Joburg LGBTQ+ nightclub — DJ floor, drag nights, inclusive door; queer-and-allied South African weekend crowd.
Venue Details
- Vibe
- DancingLive Shows
- Age guide
- 25-45
- Dress code
- Smart Casual
- Demographic
- Tourists
- Music genre
- TranceCommercial HitsLounge/Chill House
- Price
- $$$$
- Open season
- Year-round
- Clientele
- LocalsAfrican
- Offerings
- Bottle ServiceVIP Booth
- Open times
- Mon ClosedTue ClosedWed ClosedThu ClosedFri 8 PM – 12 AMSat 12 – 6 AM, 8 PM – 12 AMSun 12 – 6 AM Best
- Vibe score
- 6.6 / 10
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About Babylon
Bottle service to a VIP booth is the format the bar works in here, and at a $$ band it stays within reach of a regular Saturday rather than reserved for special occasions. The room runs on trance, commercial hits and lounge-leaning chill house, with live shows breaking up the dancing, and the schedule is unusual: doors from 8pm to midnight on Friday and Saturday, then an overnight stretch from midnight to 6am that carries Saturday into Sunday — the busiest slot of the week. The address on Oxford Road puts it in Illovo, at the Sandton end of Johannesburg, and the crowd skews 25 to 45, mostly locals and other African visitors with tourists filling in. Smart casual covers the door. It runs year-round, holds a four-star average across nearly 400 Google reviews and has picked up a Best Club mention.
