Bongo Bar

Great hangout, good music, and delicious food

  • Club
  • Live music
  • Tändsticksområdet
  • Jönköping

Jönköping's perhaps oldest live scene

Experience Bongo Bar in the Tändsticksområdet with a love for food, drink, and music. Here you will find perhaps Jönköping's oldest live music venue.

Bongo Bar is also a place where you can find alternative art exhibitions, local clubs, and concerts. Good music is important, as is the great hangout on their outdoor terrace.

Enjoy Happy Hour at Bongo until 9 PM.

Live music at Bongo

Bongo Bar has always been passionate about live music, and here you will find perhaps Jönköping's oldest live music venue. The list of bands that have played at Bongo over the years is long and will never stop growing. Keep an eye on their channels to see who will be on stage during your visit.

Art at Bongo

Bongo loves art and culture in all its forms. Therefore, some weeks, artists exhibit at Bongo with the opportunity to sell their works. Look at the walls to discover new favourite pieces and artists.

Tändsticksområdet

Discover Tändsticksområdet – a unique historic area with preserved industrial buildings from the city’s matchstick era. Visit the Matchstick Museum to learn how this industry shaped Jönköping and grew into a global enterprise. Today, the area is a vibrant cultural hub, home to art, crafts, shops, restaurants, bars, a gaming center, and a cultural center featuring a cinema, café, live stages, music, dance, and theatre.

Good to know

  • Accessibility: Cobbled streets
  • Parking: The area is car-free. Opposite the Culture House (Kulturhuset) in the Matchstick Area there is a small car park with about 20 spaces. On the other side of Västra Storgatan, about 50 metres away, there is the June car park, where there are usually plenty of spaces.

How to get here

The Matchstick Area is located in the western part of central Jönköping with walking distance to Jönköping’s main travel centre.

You can get to Matchstick Area. by bus, lines 2, 4, 11, 17 and 112 stop at the bus stop called Tändsticksområdet.

Timetables and tickets, visit jlt.se External link, opens in new window.

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