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The Soundstage Club is located in Downtown Disney, rubbing shoulders with other clubs at Pleasure Island. Come here to dance to rhythm and blues, reggae, soul and hip-hop tracks. It’s owned by BET Holdings, Black Entertainment Television, so you can expect that the crowd will be young, trendy, and pretty cool.

The bar at this eaterie is often packed with an upscale crowd more interested in the score with each other than that of the sports matches on TV. Live jazz-funk groups play out back.

Before it evolved into a chain of mega-clubs, the original HOB concept was closer to this casual roadhouse place, which offers bayou-inspired eats, cold beer, and live blues bands on a low stage. Though they get little promotion, the bands booked here are excellent. And even if dinner prices are inflated (à la everything at Disney), the cover charge is zero. (see HOB Blues Bar).

Live outdoor reggae music is the big draw here, and the bands are often excellent.

The trendy grill at Brio is wildly popular, but a lot of people come just to hang out at the bar here. Cocktails flow fast and furious for a crowd of well-heeled locals.

Everything from house to retro-progressive is played at this multi-floored, Egyptian-themed club. There’s also a rooftop reggae lounge.

Who could have guessed ancient Egypt would make such a splendid theme for a dance club? In between the Sphinx paintings and columns in this multi-level space, clubbers dance to alternative house, disco, retro-progressive music, and more. Upstairs, an excellent rooftop lounge known as the Reggae Bar features reggae and other downtempo beats. When there’s a line stretching down the block, duck into Knock Knock next door and have a drink.

While most of O-Town grooves to house, techno and electronica, the sizeable Caribbean Beach Club jams to the earthier vibes. Expect Latin, disco, calypso, soca, and reggae sounds, which pack in an ethnically diverse crowd.