Barcelona after dark

Cocktail bars, natural wine and vermouth (tardeo), indie/jazz/live music — curated, no tourist clubs

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Barcelona drinks at world-class cocktail bars — Sips and Paradiso have held spots on the World's 50 Best Bars list for years. Alongside them: natural wine and vermouth in the tardeo format, indie and jazz venues; order a craft cocktail on a weekday and skip the line, or sip natural wine in Gràcia and Poble-sec. Tardeo, the afternoon drinking session, starts around 18:00; bars pick up by 23:00.

Bars, vermouth & live music

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Sips / Esencia

Sips
📍 Eixample Esq. · C/ Muntaner 108 · M Universitat / Hospital Clínic
🕐 Weekday early evening (weekends draw crowds). Global fame brings tourist traffic; alternatives: Dr. Stravinsky, Two Schmucks
💰 €€€ · main room is walk-in (expect a line); Esencia needs booking weeks out
No. 1 on World's 50 Best Bars 2023, No. 3 in 2025 (its third time as "best in Europe"). Marc Álvarez (ex-elBulli) and Simone Caporale; a bar with no counter ("liquid democracy")
Order: "Primordial"/"El Krypta"; Esencia is the world's first "liquid" omakase set (~14 seats, ~€65, 10–15 micro-cocktails)
Cocktail bar
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the ranking reshuffles every year; a once-a-season visit
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Paradiso

Paradiso
📍 El Born · C/ Rera Palau 4 · M Barceloneta / Jaume I
🕐 Weekdays before 17:30 (otherwise expect a line). A HIGH tourist-trap factor (TikTok hype); alternative: Dr. Stravinsky
💰 €€€ · no reservations, virtual line via QR code
No. 1 in the world in 2022, No. 4 in 2025. A speakeasy behind a fridge door in a pastrami shop; "molecular theater," a zero-waste Lab
Order: "The Enigma," "The Cloud"; theatrical presentation (smoke, levitating foam)
Cocktail bar (speakeasy)
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Monk

Monk
📍 El Born · C/ dels Abaixadors 10 · M Jaume I
🕐 Wed–Sun ~18:00–02:30 (Fri/Sat until 03:00). Immersive art/speakeasy
💰 €€ · walk-in (virtual line)
A speakeasy disguised as a corner shop (the shelf goods are real); large-scale light installations, a "kryptonite cave," a Thelonious Monk mosaic
Order: Signature cocktails under DJ sets
Cocktail bar (speakeasy)
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✓ open in 2026; Abaixadors 10, 08003; site monkbarcelona.com (monk.bar is a placeholder)
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Dr. Stravinsky

Dr. Stravinsky
📍 El Born · C/ Mirallers 5 · M Jaume I
🕐 Late evening, weekdays. Less trampled than Paradiso — the best alternative to it in Born
💰 €€€ · reservations recommended (small room)
A "lab": they make ~70–80% of ingredients in-house (distillates, fermentation, kombucha); a geeky approach, once on the World's 50 Best
Order: "Dry Martini de Tierra" (a soil distillate), "de Sangre" (with blood); ~70% low/no-ABV options
Cocktail bar
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Two Schmucks

Two Schmucks
📍 El Raval · C/ Joaquín Costa 52 · M Universitat / Sant Antoni
🕐 After 22:00. Curated craft without the pretense — itself an alternative to Sips/Paradiso
💰 €€ · no reservations, walk-in
A "5-star dive bar": punk aesthetics, No. 7 on World's 50 Best 2022; Fat Schmuck opened next door
Order: The menu changes monthly (ask the bartender); "Wasabi Wan Kanobi"
Cocktail bar (dive)
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Bobby Gin

Bobby Gin
📍 Gràcia · C/ Francisco Giner 47 · M Diagonal / Fontana
🕐 Evening. A local Gràcia spot, not touristy
💰 €€–€€€ · walk-in (book ahead on weekends)
The city's first gin bar; 80–200+ gins; bartender Alberto Pizarro (Diageo World Class); its own genre, "Ginfonk"
Order: "Ginfonk" (Mama Djombo); signature G&Ts; a 2-G&T tasting for ~€25
Cocktail bar (gin)
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daily ~16:00–02:00 `[VERIFY]`
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Boadas

Boadas
📍 El Raval / off the Rambla · C/ Tallers 1 · M Catalunya
🕐 Early evening (aperitif hour). Right off the Rambla, so it reads as a tourist spot, but the crowd inside is local; a quieter alternative: Caribbean Club
💰 €€ · no reservations, standing room
The city's oldest cocktail bar (1933, its founder trained at El Floridita); art deco, the "throwing" pour technique; Caporale (of Sips) has co-owned it since 2022, No. 85 on World's 50 Best 2025
Order: "Cocktail del Dia," daiquiris, classics — bartender's choice
Cocktail bar (an original from 1933)
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a historic must — once is enough
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Caribbean Club

Caribbean Club
📍 El Raval · C/ Sitges 5 · M Catalunya / Liceu
🕐 Tue–Sat from 17:00 ✓ (closed Sun/Mon; closing time 24:00–02:00 is disputed). A quiet, curated alternative to Boadas two steps away
💰 €€ · walk-in (small room)
A tiny rum-and-tiki bar behind an unmarked door (a brass porthole window), opened in the 1970s by the Boadas family; 200+ rums, styled like a ship's cabin
Order: "Penicillin," daiquiris, El Presidente; Cuban rum-school classics
Cocktail bar (rum/tiki, hidden)
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✓ NO official site (both domains are dead/hijacked); August hours `[unconfirmed]`
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Solange Cocktails & Luxury Spirits

Solange
📍 Eixample Esq. · C/ Aribau 143 · M Universitat / Hospital Clínic
🕐 Weekday evening. Not a tourist address
💰 €€€ · reservations recommended
A menu built around James Bond films (cocktails cast as "heroes" and "villains"); the Pernía family (Tandem); luxury spirits, velvet and gold
Order: "Vesper Martini"; "Le Chiffre" (Zacapa XO, cherry, hibiscus, coffee)
Cocktail bar
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2026 status — `[verify]` (flagged by G)
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The Original Old Fashioned

Old Fashioned
📍 Gràcia · C/ Santa Teresa 1 · M Diagonal
🕐 Weekday evening. Local Gràcia, intimate
💰 €€€ · walk-in / arrive early (~30 seats)
A Roaring Twenties speakeasy, bartenders in tuxedos, theatrical presentation; 100+ bourbons, 80+ gins, ~200 spirits
Order: 15 variations on the Old Fashioned; 30 kinds of gin and tonic
Cocktail bar (speakeasy)
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status 2026 — `[verify]`
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Marlowe Bar

Marlowe; ex-*Gimlet*
📍 El Born · C/ del Rec · M Jaume I
🕐 Weeknight. Curated classic, not touristy
💰 €€ · no reservation
Successor to Gimlet (1979); noir aesthetic, long mahogany bar, quiet off a noisy street
Order: Gimlet, daiquiri; classics made with local ingredients
Cocktail bar (classic)
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`[1 source]`
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Can Cisa — Bar Brutal

Can Sisa — Bar Brutal
📍 El Born · C/ Barra de Ferro 1 · M Jaume I
🕐 Evening, a natural-wine temple, not touristy. Table time capped at ~2h
💰 €€–€€€ · dinner by reservation; drinks walk-in at the bar
Pioneer of Barcelona's vin vivant scene (since 2013); 300–700+ natural and biodynamic labels, a wall of wine "cages," a communal table; an industry epicenter
Order: Skin-contact/orange wine; octopus with pickles, scallops; ask the sommelier
Natural wine + bistro
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address: Barra de Ferro 1 (entrance also from Princesa 14)
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Bar Salvatge

Bar Salvatge
📍 Gràcia · C/ Verdi 50 · M Fontana / Joanic
🕐 Evening (daily 18:00–00:30, confirmed via R1 first-party ✓). Local Gràcia
💰 €–€€ · walk-in
Natural wines from "wild" winemakers: 8 taps/barrels on draft plus bottles; punk aesthetic (hippo logo); biodynamic by the glass (€2–6)
Order: Draft Grenache/Airén pet-nat; cheeses/jamón
Natural wine (on tap)
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also has a spot on Formentera
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Els Sortidors del Parlament

Els Sortidors del Parlament
📍 Sant Antoni · C/ Parlament 53 · M Sant Antoni
🕐 Evening. A bodega on the "wine street," Parlament
💰 €–€€ · walk-in (busy in the evening)
Former auto shop turned trendy bodega: natural wines at shop prices plus a ~€5 corkage fee, barrel tables, vintage decor
Order: Pick-your-own natural wine; tinned seafood, tapas, house vermouth
Natural wine / bodega
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`[1 source]`
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L'Ànima del Vi

L'Ànima del Vi
📍 El Born · C/ dels Vigatans 8 · M Jaume I
🕐 Tue–Sat 19:00–24:00 (Sun/Mon closed) ✓. A favorite with the bohemian crowd
💰 €€ · reservation recommended
The city's natural-wine pioneer (10+ years, Frenchman Benoît Valée): the first to introduce Barcelona to unfiltered wine; stone arches, rustic
Order: Xarel·lo pet-nat (Julia Bernet); French natural wines; terrines
Natural wine (pioneer)
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✓ open as of 2026; Vigatans 8, 08003; site lanimadelvi.com is down; "natural wine" descriptor `[VERIFY]`
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Bar Torpedo

Bar Torpedo
📍 Eixample · Aribau 143 + Diputació 301 (TorpedoS) · M Universitat
🕐 Until ~01:30 (Thu–Sat until 03:00). Local hipster vibe
💰 €–€€ · no reservation
A project by chef Rafa Peña (Gresca): vintage green interior; the natural wine's acidity cuts through the richness of the comfort food
Order: Patty melt, pastrami/callos sandwich, quail plus a funky wine (Trepat)
Natural wine + gourmet fast food
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✓ open as of 2026; 2 locations: Aribau 143 + Diputació 301; Rafa Peña's involvement not confirmed first-party
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Monocrom bistró & vins

Monocrom
📍 Sarrià-Sant Gervasi · Pl. de Cardona · M Gràcia (FGC)
🕐 A quiet dinner Tue–Thu. Grown-up format, no tourists
💰 €€–€€€ · reservation recommended
A wine bistro away from the center: 150+ organic wines, Catalan cooking (pasta, pigeon, deconstructed escalivada)
Order: House-made pasta, pigeon, plus rare biodynamic wines
Natural wine / bistro
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`[1 source]`
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Contracorrent Bar

Contracorrent
📍 Fort Pienc · near Arc de Triomf · M Arc de Triomf
🕐 Evening. Cross-reference with food (Section B)
💰 €€ · reservation recommended
An Italian couple (chef Nicola plus sommelier Anna): seasonality from their own garden (chicory just 2 weeks a year); a chalkboard menu; a second venue, Contracorrent Bistró, in Gràcia
Order: 30-day aged beef tartare; squid; ensaladilla with chicken skin plus La Bufarella
Natural wine (seasonal)
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`[1 source]`
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Petnat

Petnat
📍 El Born · M Jaume I
🕐 Sun 17:00 / Thu. Funky/casual
💰 € · no reservation
A natural-wine tapas bar: Sunday "Resaca Party" (tacos plus michelada for ~€9, Mexican music); Thursday blind tastings
Order: Tacos plus michelada (Sun); skin-contact wine
Natural wine / tapas
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`[1 source]`
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Morro Fi

Morro Fi
📍 Eixample (Nova Esq.) · C/ Consell de Cent 171 (+ Londres 23) · M Urgell
🕐 Hora del vermut — midday / early evening
💰 € · no reservation
A leader of the vermouth revival (from a 2007 blog to a bar with its own vermouth in 2012); tiny industrial spaces, house-made tinned seafood
Order: House vermouth with ice and citrus; gilda, marinated mussels on chips, bomba
Vermouth bar
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`[1 source]`
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Bar Calders

Bar Calders
📍 Sant Antoni · C/ Parlament 25 · M Sant Antoni / Poble Sec
🕐 Sunday vermouth / early evening (terrace full by 19:30). Hipster, but a neighborhood spot
💰 € (~€20/person) · terrace — go early or reserve
Pioneer of the Sant Antoni vermouth wave (2011, named after the poet Pere Calders); a terrace on a pedestrian passage, one of the most sought-after in the neighborhood
Order: House vermouth with chips and 3 sauces; anchovies, mussels, rosé cava for €3
Vermouth bar / tapas
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`[threshold]`: terrace full → La Confiteria
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La Confiteria

La Confiteria
📍 El Raval · C/ Sant Pau 128 · M Paral·lel
🕐 Sunday vermouth / early evening before a show on Paral·lel
💰 €€ · walk-in (busy on weekends)
A former confectionery (1912) with untouched Modernista decor (a protected building)
Order: Vermut de la casa (Sun); classics — Aviation, Penicillin, G&T
Vermouth bar / cocktail bar
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`[1 source]`; cross-reference with A (Modernisme)
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1881 per Sagardi — Terrassa de les Indianes

1881 by Sagardi
📍 Port Vell · atop the Museu d'Història de Catalunya (Palau de Mar), Pl. de Pau Vila 3, 4th floor · M Barceloneta
🕐 At sunset. Curated, its museum status keeps the standard up
💰 €€€ · reservation recommended
NOT a hotel rooftop ✓ — a terrace atop the Museum of the History of Catalonia, open to the public (booking's open, not just for guests); a view over a forest of yacht masts and Montjuïc; resident DJ sets, decor inspired by Indianes fabrics
Order: Cocktails, cava; Mediterranean small plates
Azotea (rooftop)
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✓ fills the rooftop gap (public, not a hotel); Pl. de Pau Vila 3
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The Pulitzer Terrace / Visit Up

Terraza Pulitzer
📍 Eixample · C/ Bergara (near Pl. Catalunya) · M Catalunya
🕐 Wed (acoustic) / Thu–Sat (DJ); ⚠️ summer season
💰 €€ · walk-in
The Hotel Pulitzer's green rooftop, but with a curated local program, Buenas Tardes Pulitzer (May–Oct): Wed — acoustic sets (Visit Up), Thu–Sat 19:00–22:00 — DJs from the indie/electro scene (Miqui Puig and others)
Order: Cocktail of the day / vermouth plus chicken croquettes
Azotea (rooftop)
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`[1 source]`; a hotel, but a curated program
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Trópico @ Hotel Brummell

Trópico / Brummell
📍 Poble Sec · C/ Nou de la Rambla 174 · M Paral·lel
🕐 Warm evenings, sunset
💰 €€–€€€ · reserve in season
A design boutique hotel (2015, "tropical modernism"): a rooftop with a plunge pool, a neighborhood vibe (not a touristy terrace)
Order: Poolside cocktails, Mediterranean small plates
Azotea (rooftop)
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`[1 source]`; access for non-guests — `[verify]`
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Heliogàbal

Heliogàbal
📍 Gràcia · C/ Ramón y Cajal 80 · M Joanic / Fontana
🕐 3 evenings a week (check the lineup). About as intimate as it gets, not touristy
💰 € (~€5–10) · go early (few seats)
An association since 1995 (30 years in 2025), a box room seating ~66: a forge of the Catalan underground; indie/folk/jazz plus poetry readings; the line between artist and audience blurs
Order: Indie singer-songwriters, jazz jams, poetry; "concerts vermut" (daytime shows) `⚠️`
Indie live (micro)
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shut down after a neighbor complaint — running again now
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23 Robadors

23 Robadors
📍 El Raval · C/ d'En Robador 23 · M Liceu
🕐 Wed (jam) / Sun (flamenco), gritty
💰 € (entry ~€5–8) · pay at the door
A stone-walled dive in the grittiest part of El Raval (since 2004, saved by crowdfunding): jazz jam Wed, flamenco Sun — an alternative to the tourist tablaos
Order: Jazz jam (Wed), flamenco (Sun/Sat); funk/rock/hip-hop `⚠️`
Indie live / jazz dive
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the jam is led by Balcazar/Villar/Falanga
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Jazz Sí Club (Taller de Músics)

Jazz Sí Club
📍 El Raval · C/ Requesens 2 · M Sant Antoni
🕐 Whatever the night's genre is. A living school scene
💰 € (~€10 with a drink) · pay at the door
A small room attached to the Taller de Músics jazz school (since ~1992): concerts/jams every night, a different genre each time, cheap
Order: Mon jazz, Wed student jam, Thu Cuban, Fri/Sat flamenco `⚠️`
Indie live / jazz school
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financial trouble — check current status
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Marula Café

Marula Café
📍 Barri Gòtic · C/ Escudellers 49 · M Liceu / Drassanes
🕐 Late night (until 5–6:00). Escudellers is a tourist strip, but the room itself is a dance floor; go late
💰 €€ (entry ~€7–15) · tickets/at the door
A dance floor for funk/soul/disco/afrobeat plus live jams; vinyl, a mature 25+ crowd; red velvet (~400 capacity)
Order: Funk/soul/boogie/afrobeat; Thu — funk jams
Concert club / funk-soul
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Milano Cocktail Bar / Jazz Club

Milano
📍 Eixample · Ronda Universitat 35 · M Catalunya / Universitat
🕐 Evening (show). A bit polished/touristy, but curated; for something rougher: 23 Robadors
💰 €€ (min. ~€15 for the first drink) · reserve for the show
A 1940s-style basement speakeasy: cocktails plus live jazz/blues every night; a grand piano, a stage (~105 seats)
Order: Classic cocktails plus live jazz/blues nightly `⚠️`
Cocktails plus live jazz
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`[1 source]`
Must

Sala Apolo + La [2]

Sala Apolo
📍 Poble Sec · Nou de la Rambla 113 · M Paral·lel
🕐 Mon (Nasty) / Fri-Sat (Nitsa). A curated institution, not a tourist club
💰 €€ (~€15–18) · tickets online
A hall (a former 1940s dance hall) plus the smaller La [2]: concerts and club nights every night; Nasty Mondays (Mon, indie/80s/punk, since 2005) and Nitsa (techno)
Order: Nasty Mondays (Mon); Caníbal Sound System (Wed, reggae/bass); Nitsa (Fri/Sat, techno) `⚠️`
Concert club / indie
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check the current lineup
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Razzmatazz

Razzmatazz
📍 Poblenou · C/ Almogàvers 122 (also entrance at Pamplona 88) · M Marina / Bogatell
🕐 Fri-Sat (5 rooms). Big, but curated
💰 €€ (~€15–22) · tickets online
5 rooms under one roof (Razz Club — indie/new wave, The Loft — techno, Lolita, Pop Bar, Rex); since 2000 (25 years in 2025) — a benchmark of the scene; Spanish debuts for Arctic Monkeys, Franz Ferdinand
Order: Indie rock/alt/electro (concerts plus club nights) `⚠️`
Concert club / indie-electro
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✓ 2 entrances, 1 building (Almogàvers 122 / Pamplona 88, room access is from Pamplona); 5 rooms ✓ (now labeled "Sala 1–5"; the classic names Razz Club/Loft/Lolita/Pop Bar/Rex are outdated)
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Club Sauvage (ex-*Sidecar*)

Club Sauvage
📍 Barri Gòtic · Plaça Reial 7 · M Liceu
🕐 Weekend nights. The punk spirit's gone (old-timers complain), but the sound's better
💰 €€ · tickets online; cocktail bar from 21:00, club Tue–Sun from 23:59
On the site of Sidecar (1982, closed 31.01.2024 after 42 years → reopened July 2024): "the same space, but with better sound/soundproofing"; a broad live club plus a cocktail bar
Order: Concerts (britpop/electropunk/folk) plus DJs; cocktail bar `⚠️`
Concert club / live
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✓ Sidecar → Club Sauvage (sidecar.es → redirects to clubsauvage.com); R1 is outdated
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Sala Salamandra

Salamandra
📍 L'Hospitalet · Av. del Carrilet 235 · M Rambla Just Oliveras (L1) / FGC
🕐 Concert nights. Out of the center (L'Hospitalet, metro L1) — a local spot
💰 €€ (~€20–40) · tickets online
A metropolitan concert hall (since 1996, ~800 capacity): indie/rock/urban/mestizaje/electro; Manu Chao, Love of Lesbian; organizes Let's Festival (March)
Order: Concerts by national/indie bands; club nights (ZOCO) `⚠️`
Concert club
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Salamandra 2 is closed
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Sala Bikini

Sala Bikini
📍 Les Corts · Av. Diagonal 547, 08029 (beneath L'Illa; access via tunnel) · M Maria Cristina
🕐 Fri/Sat. More mainstream, but curated touring acts
💰 €€ · tickets online
A venue (since 1953): concerts plus club nights; several spaces (Latin; disco/rock/pop/funk/house), the Dry Bikini cocktail room (~800 capacity)
Order: Pop/rock/indie/electro/Latin; international touring acts (Little Big) `⚠️`
Concert club / indie
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✓ Diagonal 547, 08029 (Deu i Mata 105 is the mall side; "513" is an error)