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Nightlife & the Arts in Barcelona
| Name | Category | Location |
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Agua de Luna
Open Wednesday-Sunday, this seriously hip club with top DJs and... |
Dance Clubs | Eixample |
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Alexandra
Conveniently placed on Rambla Catalunya, the Alexandra runs recent... |
Film | Eixample |
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Antilla BCN Latin Club
This exuberantly Caribbean spot sizzles with salsa, son cubano... |
Dance Clubs | Eixample |
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Apolo
Live music reigns supreme at this hot and happening refuge for... |
Dance Clubs | Raval-Poble Sec |
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Arena Madre
Though frequented by gay and straight customers alike, this mid-Eixample... |
Dance Clubs | Eixample |
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Ateneu Gastronòmic
Across the parking lot from the Town Hall in what was once the... |
Wine Bars | Barri Gòtic |
Auditori de Barcelona 
Minimal, like the inside of a guitar, the Auditori schedules... |
Concerts | Eixample |
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Auditori Winterthur
Behind the L'Illa Diagonal shopping mall, this intimate, 650-seat... |
Concerts | Eixample |
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Bar Almirall
The twisted wooden fronds framing the bar's mirror and Art Nouveau... |
Bars | El Raval |
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Bar Muy Buenas
This Art Nouveau gem just behind the medieval hospital has curvaceous... |
Bars | El Raval |
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Bar Pastis
Near the bottom of the Rambla, just above the Santa Mònica... |
Bars | Rambla |
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Barcelona City Hall
Wednesday-night Pigs & Diamonds parties starring electro... |
Dance Clubs | Eixample |
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Barcelona Guitar Festival
The Barcelona Guitar Festival, held between late March and early... |
Festivals | Barcelona |
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Bikini
This haven for postgraduates offers three ecosystems: Espai BKN... |
Dance Clubs | Eixample |
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Boadas
A small, rather formal saloon near the top of the Rambla, Boadas... |
Bars | Rambla |
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Boliche
In the upper Eixample, not far from a good selection of post-flick... |
Film | Eixample |
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Boyberry
This gay hub combines a wide range of resources, from films and... |
Bars | Eixample |
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Búcaro
This straight-up disco rocks till dawn, especially on weekends... |
Dance Clubs | Eixample |
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Buda Barcelona
The hottest nightspot in the Eixample, Buda Barcelona is a magnet... |
Dance Clubs | Eixample |
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CaixaFòrum
A beautifully restored and converted former textile mill, this... |
Concerts | Montjuïc |
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CaixaFòrum
The building itself, a restored textile factory, is well worth... |
Art Galleries | Montjuïc |
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Cajamadrid
On the last corner of Rambla Catalunya overlooking Plaça... |
Art Galleries | Eixample |
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Caravan
The Raval's hottest disco and DJ scene is in the new Barceló... |
Dance Clubs | El Raval |
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Casablanca
A satisfyingly quirky movie house, the Casablanca plays art-house... |
Film | Eixample |
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Casino Castell de Peralada
An hour north of Barcelona, near Figueres in Catalunya's Empordá... |
Casinos | Peralada |
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Cata 1.81
Wine tasting (la cata) in this contemporary design space comes... |
Wine Bars | Eixample |
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CDLC
The Carpe Diem Lounge Club—in case you are marooned out... |
Dance Clubs | Port Olímpic |
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Centre Cultural Metropolità Tecla Sala
Some of the most avant-garde exhibits and installations that... |
Art Galleries | Hospitalet |
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Col.legi Oficial d'Arquitectes de Catalunya
Architectural exhibits here are always interesting, as is the... |
Art Galleries | Barri Gòtic |
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Costa Breve
Open Thursday-Saturday midnight to dawn, this hip and happening... |
Dance Clubs | Eixample |
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Dry Martini Bar
The namesake drink of this stately and discreet establishment... |
Bars | Eixample |
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El Born
This former codfish emporium is now an intimate haven for drinks... |
Bars | La Ribera |
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El Copetín
Right on Barcelona's best-known cocktail avenue, this bar catering... |
Bars | La Ribera |
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El Dulce Deseo de Lorenzo
A gay chiringuito (beach shack) on a nudist beach at the eastern... |
Bars | Poble Nou |
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El Grec
El Grec, Barcelona's annual summer arts festival, runs from late... |
Festivals | Barcelona |
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El Mercat de les Flors
Near Plaça de Espanya, this theater makes a traditional... |
Dance | Eixample |
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El Tablao de Carmen
Large tour groups come to the city's best flamenco venue to see... |
Dance | Montjuïc |
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Elephant
It could be a catwalk, with models showing off the latest fashions... |
Dance Clubs | Pedralbes |
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The End
This bar is one of the most popular in the area, with a cool... |
Bars | Eixample |
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Festival de Flamenco de Ciutat Vella
The Festival de Flamenco de Ciutat Vella, organized by the Taller... |
Dance | Barcelona |
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Festival de Música Antiga
The Festival de Música Antiga brings the best early-music... |
Festivals | Barcelona |
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Festival Internacional de Poesia
The Festival Internacional de Poesia, sponsored by the Institut... |
Festivals | Barcelona |
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Filmoteca de Catalunya
This Generalitat cultural resource has VOS films and specializes... |
Film | Eixample |
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Fundació La Caixa
La Caixa's various galleries are all important for seeing local... |
Art Galleries | Eixample |
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George and Dragon
Named for Barcelona's ubiquitous symbols of good and evil, the... |
Bars | Eixample |
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Glaciar
This simple, old-fashioned bar in the southwest corner of Plaça... |
Bars | Rambla |
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Gran Casino de Barcelona
Open daily 1 pm-5 am, this casino under the Hotel Arts has everything... |
Casinos | Port Olímpic |
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Harlem Jazz Club
Good jazz and country singers perform at this small but exciting... |
Music Clubs | Barri Gòtic |
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Harry's
This is Barcelona's version of the Parisian "sank roo-doe-noo"... |
Bars | Eixample |
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international jazz festival
The Palau de la Música Catalana hosts an international... |
Music Clubs | Barcelona |
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International Music Festival
The International Music Festival, in late September, forms part... |
Festivals | Barcelona |
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Jamboree-Jazz and Dance-Club
This pivotal nightspot, another happy fiefdom of the imperial... |
Music Clubs | Rambla |
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Jazz Sí Club
Run by the Barcelona contemporary music school next door, this... |
Music Clubs | El Raval |
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L'Espai de Dansa i Música de la Generalitat de Catalunya
Generally listed as L'Espai, or "The Space," this is one of the... |
Dance | Eixample |
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L'Ovella Negra
With heavy wooden tables, stone floors, and some cozy nooks and... |
Bars | El Raval |
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La Barcelonina de Vins i Esperits
This vast room surrounded by several hundred bottles of wine... |
Wine Bars | Eixample |
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La Cave
With 450 wines from around the world arranged by color and cost... |
Wine Bars | Sarrià |
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La Cova del Drac-Jazzroom
An emblematic jazz venue dating back to Barcelona's very first... |
Music Clubs | Sant Gervasi |
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La Paloma
Wonderfully peculiar and kitschy 1950s furnishings fill this... |
Dance Clubs | El Raval |
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La Puntual Putxinel.lis de Barcelona
The city's dedicated puppet (in Catalan, putxinel.li) theater... |
Theater | Montjuïc |
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La Sede
A simple saloon in the Marià Cubí-Aribau area... |
Bars | Eixample |
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La Taverna del Palau
Behind a glass facade facing the Palau de la Música, this... |
Wine Bars | Sant Pere |
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La Tinaja
Part wine bar, part tapas emporium, this handsome cavern just... |
Wine Bars | Born-Ribera |
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La Vinateria del Call
Just a block and a half from the cathedral cloister in the heart... |
Wine Bars | Barri Gòtic |
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La Vinoteca Torres
Miguel Torres of the Torres wine dynasty has finally given Passeig... |
Wine Bars | Eixample |
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La Vinya del Senyor
Ambitiously named "The Lord's Vineyard," this excellent wine... |
Wine Bars | Born-Ribera |
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Les Gens que J'aime
A Bohemian fantasy from a late-19th-century novel is reproduced... |
Bars | Eixample |
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Loft
An offshoot of Sala Razzmatazz, this funky space dedicated to... |
Dance Clubs | Poble Nou |
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London Bar
The trapeze (often in use) suspended above the bar adds even... |
Bars | El Raval |
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Los Tarantos
This standby spotlights some of Andalusia's best flamenco, and... |
Dance | Barri Gòtic |
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Luz de Gas
This always-wired hub of musical and general nightlife activity... |
Dance Clubs | Eixample |
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Luz de Luna
This torrid Latin specialist puts out compelling Caribbean rhythms... |
Dance Clubs | Born-Ribera |
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Marsella
French poet and playwright Jean Genet was known to have been... |
Bars | El Raval |
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Mercat de les Flors
Near Plaça de Espanya, this is one of the city's most... |
Theater | Montjuïc |
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Metro Disco
Two dance floors offer a choice of disco history or Latin rhythms... |
Dance Clubs | Eixample |
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Michael Collins Irish Pub
This congenial Irish pub near Gaudí's unfinished masterpiece... |
Bars | Eixample |
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Mirablau
This bar is a popular hangout for evening drinks, but it's even... |
Bars | Tibidabo |
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Miramelindo
Famed for caipirinhas and a Brazil-meets-South Pacific stylistic... |
Bars | La Ribera |
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Monvínic
"Wineworld" in Catalan, this sleek designer space offers 3,500... |
Wine Bars | Eixample |
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Nao Colón/Club Bamboo
Across from the Estació de França, this hot spot... |
Music Clubs | Born-Ribera |
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New Chaps
This off-Gaixample jeans and leather bar has steer horns mounted... |
Bars | Eixample |
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Nick Havanna
Open Thursday-Saturday only, this mid-Eixample uproar is a favorite... |
Bars | Eixample |
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Ommsession Club
The Hotel Omm attracts an army of the thirty-five to fortysomething... |
Dance Clubs | Born-Ribera |
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Opiniao
In the upper reaches of Barcelona's Sant Gervasi district, this... |
Bars | Bonanova |
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Otto Zutz
Just off Via Augusta, above the Diagonal, this nightclub and... |
Dance Clubs | Eixample |
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Pachá
First famous in Ibiza as the wildest club in Europe, Pachá... |
Dance Clubs | Les Corts |
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Palacio del Flamenco
This Eixample address showcases some of the city's best flamenco... |
Dance | Eixample |
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Palau Sant Jordi
Arata Isozaki's huge venue hosts massively attended pop concerts... |
Concerts | Montjuïc |
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Pisamorena
Serving dinner and copas (wine by the glass), this little restaurant... |
Dance | Montjuïc |
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Punto BCN
A musical bar with billiards tables, this mid-Eixample hub is... |
Bars | Eixample |
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Rat King Retro Lounge
Wired with rockabilly and swing music and oozing bourbon on the... |
Dance Clubs | Eixample |
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Renoir Floridablanca
A quick walk from the Rambla, this downtown theater just across... |
Film | Eixample |
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Renoir Les Corts
Convenient to Sarrià and Sant Gervasi dwellers, this cinema... |
Film | Diagonal/Les Corts |
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Rex
Not far from Plaça Espanya on the Gran Via, the Rex has... |
Film | Eixample |
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Sala B
Music described as "humana" (suggesting no teeth-rattling techno)... |
Dance Clubs | Sarrià-Sant Gervasi |
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Sala Beckett
Tucked away in upper Gràcia two blocks east of Plaça... |
Theater | Gràcia |
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Sala Muntaner
Next to the central university in the bottom of the Eixample... |
Theater | Eixample |
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Sala Razzmatazz
Razzmatazz stages weeknight concerts featuring international... |
Dance Clubs | Poble Nou |
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Salero
This café-restaurant-bar always packs in rows and ranks... |
Bars | Eixample |
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Saló de Cent
Check for occasional free ceremonies and performances that allow... |
Concerts | Barri Gòtic |
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Salsabor
Popular with Barcelona's Latin Kings and Queens Cultural Association... |
Dance Clubs | Eixample |
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Salsitas
Both restaurant and Latin dance club, this red-hot joint just... |
Dance Clubs | El Raval |
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Sherlock Holmes
Above Via Augusta sits a corner of Barcelona that will forever... |
Bars | Eixample |
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Shôko
The hottest of the glitzerati spots below the Hotel Arts and... |
Dance Clubs | Port Olímpic-Barceloneta |
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Soniquete
A minuscule flamenco purists' haven tucked between the post office... |
Dance | Barri Gòtic |
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Space Barcelona
Touted as the most daring club in Barcelona's gay scene, this... |
Dance Clubs | Sants-Plaça Espanya |
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Teatre Lliure
Gràcia's branch of the Fundació Teatre Lliure stages... |
Theater | Gràcia |
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Teatre Nacional de Catalunya
Near Plaça de les Glòries, at the eastern end of... |
Theater | Eixample |
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Teatre Tívoli
One of the city's most beloved traditional theater and dance... |
Dance | Eixample |
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Terrabacus 24
A sleek new tapas idea: combine an extensive wine list offering... |
Wine Bars | Eixample |
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TiriTiTran
This colmado flamenco (an antique term for a place where flamenco... |
Dance | Eixample |
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Universal
From early evening to late night, the Universal has been the... |
Bars | Eixample |
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Up and Down
Locally pronounced "Pen-dow," this has been a classic for well-heeled... |
Dance Clubs | Les Corts-Diagonal |
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Velodrom
High ceilings, billiards, designer tapas by Carles Abellán... |
Bars | Eixample |
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Verdi
Gràcia's movie center and a great favorite for the pre... |
Film | Gràcia |
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Xampú Xampany
One of Barcelona's few authentic xampanyerias, specializing in... |
Wine Bars | Eixample |
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Zacarías
Folk, rock, blues, and a wide variety of musical attractions... |
Music Clubs | Eixample |
