Bali nightlife for expats and residents: the weekly nights
Living in Bali, you go out on the weekly nights: Desa Kitsuné's Bali-based DJs on Friday, Zumana's Made in Kuta, Savaya's Last Light. The guestlist asks your Island Status; tables go through the concierge.
Updated October 15, 2026 · 4 min read
If you live in Bali, your nightlife is built on the weekly nights rather than the big one-off events: Savaya's Last Light on Monday, Desa Kitsuné's Garden on Tuesday and Friday, Zumana's regular days and its monthly Made in Kuta on a Thursday. The guestlist works the same for residents as for visitors, but it asks where you stand on the island. And once you have a regular spot, a table through the concierge saves you the guesswork.
ZENIA
Zumana
SAVAYA THURSDAY
Savaya Bali
ARTBAT
Zumana
SOUTHERN TRIBE
Savaya Bali
DESA KITSUNE FRIDAY
Desa Kitsuné
ZAMNA
Savaya Bali
The guestlist asks your Island Status
When you register for a night at Savaya, Zumana or Desa Kitsuné, the form asks for your Island Status, with three answers: you live in Bali full time, you are here for a few months, or you are just visiting. Answer it truthfully, like everything else on the form: the venues' terms say false information means you are not added or not accepted.
The rest is the same for everyone:
- One registration per guest, per event. Living here does not carry your name from one week to the next; register for each night on its own page.
- Free to join. Entry is complimentary before the cutoff shown on the night's page and reduced after.
- No guarantee. "Registration on the guest list does not guarantee complimentary entry." Mixed groups and couples are strongly preferred, and management can refuse entry or cap capacity.
- Some nights are ticketed only, with no list at all; this changes night by night.
Step by step: how to register for a Bali guestlist.
The weekly nights worth knowing
When you are on the island for months, the regular formats matter more than the headline dates. These are the venues' usual patterns:
- Monday, Savaya: Last Light. The weekly sunset event at The Cube, on the cliffs of Uluwatu. See Savaya Last Light.
- Tuesday, Desa Kitsuné: guest DJs in the Garden, "rain or shine".
- Sunday to Tuesday, Zumana: the regular days at Sunset Bay, Kuta, with a complimentary guestlist during an afternoon window.
- Friday, Desa Kitsuné: Desa Kitsune Friday.
- Saturday, Zumana: Ritual of the Sun, usually with a guest.
Savaya is open daily; its weekends mostly bring international headliners, and its Fridays rotate, with Southern Tribe once a month and the monthly Full Moon on some Fridays.
Nights built on local talent
Two of the venues' regular nights put the island's own scene forward, in their own words:
- Desa Kitsune Friday: "Celebrating and supporting local talent… DJs are Bali based from international backgrounds."
- Made in Kuta at Zumana: "Zumana's signature monthly Thursday celebration, inspired by the spirit of Kuta. Bringing together local talent, music, food, and culture."
If you live here, these are the nights where you are most likely to hear the DJs who play around the island the rest of the month. Zumana's other Thursdays rotate between ZENÍA, SENJA, Zumana Thursday and some Full Moon nights; see Zumana's weekly nights.
Desa Kitsuné
Clubs · Canggu
Desa Kitsuné is a lifestyle village in the heart of Canggu — desa means village — set in a 5,000 m² garden by the Savaya Group with the French-Japanese brand Maison Kitsuné. Café Kitsuné, the Ina Ré restaurant and a Maison Kitsuné boutique share the grounds, and every Tuesday and Friday the Garden becomes the party, rain or shine: guest DJs on Tuesdays, Bali-based DJs on Fridays. Parties are 21+, smart casual.
Zumana
Beach clubs · Kuta
Zumana is a beach club at Sunset Bay in Kuta, a Savaya Group property designed by Rockwell Group around beachfront daybeds, poolside spaces, bars and an open-air dance floor. Its centrepiece is ZENÍA, "The Eternal Host", a 10-metre sculpture by Daniel Popper made with Balinese artisans from Ubud, and its restaurant is Manuza. Open daily: Zumana Sunday, Monday and Tuesday every week, headliners on Wednesdays and Fridays, Ritual of the Sun on Saturdays. 21+, smart casual.
Beyond the clubs: the regulars' evenings
Not every night out is a party. Residents tend to have a few places they return to:
- The Shady Pig, Berawa: a speakeasy behind an unmarked door, where you need the password; DJs later in the night.
- Ina Ré at Desa Kitsuné: Sunday brunch with its own menu, and Courtyard Saturdays.
- MOI, Berawa: themed nights including Monday Society.
- Riviera Berawa: on Saturdays the evening turns into PRÏVE, with cocktails and DJs.
The Shady Pig
Bars · Berawa
The Shady Pig is a speakeasy on Jalan Pantai Berawa and the original bar of The Shady Family, the group behind The Shady Fox, The Shady Flamingo and The Shady Bunny. The theme is 1920s Birmingham bootleggers: the bar hides behind an unmarked door, and you need the password to get in. Cocktails lean experimental, using distillation, barrel ageing and fermentation, from the Shelby to a barrel-aged Negroni. Small plates, pinchos and sandwiches come with the drinks, and DJs take over later in the night.
Ina Ré
Restaurants · Canggu
Ina Ré is the restaurant of Desa Kitsuné, the lifestyle village on Jalan Munduk Catu in Canggu. Chilean executive chef Cristian Encina brings together Mediterranean flavours and Latin American street food: paellas to share, ceviches, tacos, empanadas and wood-fired meats such as the Stockyard tomahawk. The space draws on Balinese arts and crafts, with handmade materials, weavings and traditional motifs, and includes private dining rooms for groups. Sunday brunch has its own menu, and so do Courtyard Saturdays.
Moi
Restaurants · Berawa
MOI Canggu is a Mediterranean restaurant on Jalan Pantai Berawa, inspired by the Aegean and by Bodrum, home of its sister address MOI Bodrum. The kitchen works with fire and Mediterranean flavours, for dinners meant to be lingered over, and the cocktails draw on sun-warmed botanicals. After sunset the mood shifts and the evening turns into a party. Themed nights include Monday Society and Bazaar MOI, an Eastern Mediterranean dinner spectacle with dancers and costumes.
Riviera Berawa
Restaurants · Berawa
Riviera Bistro is a Mediterranean restaurant and wine bar on Jalan Pemelisan Agung in Berawa, the original venue of Riviera Group, which also runs Riviera Trattoria in Pererenan and Riviera Cafe in Cemagi. The kitchen works with fresh pasta and local ingredients, with dishes such as tagliatelle in a Wagyu beef and pork ragù or cacio e pepe risotto with tuna battuta. Expect an extensive wine list, aperitifs at the bar and candlelit tables; on Saturdays the evening turns into PRÏVE, with cocktails and DJs.
A table for regulars
A table is the only reserved space at Savaya, Zumana and Desa Kitsuné, and the venue sets the minimum spend for each night. If you go out often, the simplest routine is to tell the concierge your usual nights, your group and your preferences once: FirstBali books the table with the venue each time you ask, and it is yours once the venue confirms. Each night's flyer on /events also has a Table button that opens the venue's own table map for that night.
For birthdays, visitors staying with you or a night with colleagues, the same applies: FirstBali arranges the table, the dinner before and a car with driver home.
Living here, still going home safely
Knowing the roads does not change the rule: do not ride after drinking. Official UK travel advice reports "a large increase in moped and motorbike accidents – some fatal – in Bali". Leave the scooter at home on a night out and take a car; more in Bali night-out safety.
SAVAYA THURSDAY
Savaya Bali
ZENIA
Zumana
SOUTHERN TRIBE
Savaya Bali
DESA KITSUNE FRIDAY
Desa Kitsuné
ARTBAT
Zumana
ZAMNA
Savaya Bali
Read next: Bali guestlist by day, Desa Kitsuné on Tuesday and Friday, Bali nightlife Monday to Thursday and the real Bali guestlist.
Questions we get asked
＋What does Island Status mean on a Bali guestlist?
It is a question on the guestlist form at Savaya, Zumana and Desa Kitsuné: whether you live in Bali full time, are here for a few months, or are just visiting. Answer truthfully; false information can mean you are not accepted.
＋Do Bali residents get free entry to clubs?
The venues publish no separate resident entry. Residents use the same guestlist as visitors: free to join, complimentary entry before the night's cutoff, reduced after, and no guarantee of entry.
＋Where do expats go out in Bali during the week?
The regular weekly nights: Last Light at Savaya on Monday, Desa Kitsuné's Garden on Tuesday and Friday, Zumana's regular days at Sunset Bay, and bars such as The Shady Pig in Berawa.
＋Which Bali parties feature local DJs?
Desa Kitsune Friday, which celebrates local talent with Bali-based DJs, and Made in Kuta, Zumana's monthly Thursday bringing together local talent, music, food and culture.
＋Can I have a regular table at a Bali club?
Tell the FirstBali concierge your usual nights and group; FirstBali books the table with the venue each time you ask. The venue sets the minimum spend per night, and the table is yours once the venue confirms.
＋Do I have to register for the guestlist every week?
Yes. Each guest registers for each event, on that night's page; a registration never carries over to another date.
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Want us to arrange it?
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