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Live island-style music or karaoke in winter.

As its name suggests, this sizzling spot is just a collection of ramshackle boards on the beach. Bomba’s legendary full moon parties are not to be missed if you like huge crowds and don’t mind the sale of, shall we say, less-than-legal substances that happens nearby.

This hotel’s Beach Bar has a variety of music every night in winter (seeCaneel Bay Resort, St. John).

Jazz at the Sunday brunch, various bands on Wednesday and Fridays.

While you can spend hours at the gaming tables in the Divi, the only casino in the USVI, it is also one of the hottest nightspots around with live music almost every night. The casino stays open until at least 4am all week.

The island’s younger folks gather in droves at this popular nightspot, where the music is very loud, the drinks come with names such as Jaws, and the decor is straight out of the jungle. The late night Little Bites menu offers delicious munchies such as a lava bowl of guacamole.

Sitting in the parking lot of a shopping center, this hot spot shakes, rattles, and rolls till the wee hours. Drinks sport whimsical names such as Revenge of Godzilla. Like its sister spot in St. John, St. Thomas’ Duffy’s too has an interesting Little Bites menu.

On Fridays and Saturdays, this posh restaurant becomes a late-night club (seeEpernay).

Yachties of all ages gather to hear the famous Foxy Callwood play calypso and more on his guitar, as well as music by local bands. A big party spot, this open-air bar is famous for hosting various regattas (seeFoxy’s Wooden Boat Regatta, Jost Van Dyke). If you arrive early, enjoy a lobster dinner (seeFoxy’s, Jost Van Dyke).

Fred’s brings out black and white residents, and visitors of all ethnic origins, no matter what their age, to dance away the night to reggae and other sounds. The place doesn’t look like much, but it can get hopping on Wednesday and Friday nights.