Bad thing, stick in cabaret (9)
I believe the answer is:
nightclub
'cabaret' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'bad thing stick' is the wordplay.
'bad' indicates an anagram.
'stick' becomes 'club' (club is a kind of stick**).
'thing' is an anagram of 'night'.
'night'+'club'='NIGHTCLUB'
'in' is the link.
(Other definitions for nightclub that I've seen before include "Social venue" , "disco" , "Entertainment venue" , "Place open late for entertainment, food and drink" , "Entertainment centre" .)