The best nightlife events in Barcelona
Parties for every day of the week...
Nasty Mondays at Sala Apolo
L'Orgie • Club Astoria
- Critics choice
Saturdays until 26 January: 11pm
Club Astoria. París, 193. 93 414 63 62. www.clubastoriabcn.com.
Club Astoria packs ’em in on Saturdays for a sizzling party in with a inimitable ambience, where you’re surrounded by the theatrical – actors, acrobats, singers and dancers will have your head turning all night. An ‘Ibiza-style’ night out.
- Club Astoria • París, 193.
- Saturdays until 26 January: 11pm
Cupcake • Sala Apolo
- Critics choice
Thursdays: 00.30
Sala Apolo. Nou de la Rambla, 113. 93 441 40 01. www.sala-apolo.com. €13.
Cupcake is a one-of-a-kind way to live it up on Thursday nights with ’80s music and modern pop with ’80s roots, brought to you by resident DJs Bulma Beato, DJ Purpur and Siria J. Don your ’80s gear, be heavy-handed with the hairspray, and sew those shoulder pads back in to groove to Madonna, Michael Jackson and George Michael in a scene that looks like you got there in a DeLorean time machine.
- Sala Apolo • Nou de la Rambla, 113.
- Thursdays: 00.30
Plástico • Sidecar Factory Club
- Critics choice
Wednesdays: 00.30
Sidecar Factory Club. Pl. Reial, 7. 93 302 15 86. www.sidecarfactoryclub.com. €7.
What began as a little bar in the Raval, Plástico is now one of the hottest Wednesday-night spots in Barcelona. From the hands of Jordi Gelpi and Josep Xortó (leader of the band Stand Up Against Heart Crime), the session brings in noted guests such as musician and drummer Arnau Obiols or fashion photographer Gerard Estadella as DJ.
- Sidecar Factory Club • Pl. Reial, 7.
- Wednesdays: 00.30
Flamenco Royale • Café Royale
- Critics choice
- Free
Tuesdays: 10pm
Café Royale. Nou de Zurbano, 3. 93 318 89 56. Free.
Right next to Plaça Reial is this eccentric club that draws a mixed crowd and offers up a little something different every night of the week. Tuesdays are dedicated to flamenco – live shows by exceptional musicians who know their craft. Starting at midnight, DJ Jacoviche and Diego Areito take over the programme.
- Café Royale • Nou de Zurbano, 3.
- Tuesdays: 10pm
Galactic Cabaret • El Molino
- Critics choice
Saturdays: midnight
El Molino. Vila i Vilà, 99. www.elmolinobcn.com. €15.
Every Saturday El Molino turns into a giant cabaret where you can dance and drink while simultaneously being entertained with various shows as the club owners attempt to bring El Paral.lel back to the forefront of Barcelona nightlife.
- El Molino • Vila i Vilà, 99.
- Saturdays: midnight
Crappy Tuesdays • Sala Apolo
- Critics choice
Tuesdays: midnight
Sala Apolo. Nou de la Rambla, 113. 93 441 40 01. www.sala-apolo.com. €11.
For the Tuesday zombies who didn’t get enough at Apolo the night before with Nasty Mondays. Like the night before, you’ll find a young, trendy skater crowd. DJ Legoteque guides you through this party, which is a bit more indie and electro pop than its weekly predecesor.
- Sala Apolo • Nou de la Rambla, 113.
- Tuesdays: midnight
Pigs & Diamonds • City Hall
- Critics choice
- Free
Wednesdays: 00.30
City Hall. Rambla de Catalunya, 2-4. 93 238 07 22. http://cityhallbarcelona.com. Free.
Like every Wednesday for the last few years, City Hall presents this sesión dedicated to rock, the ’80s and ’90s, and modern rhythms. And if you go early you can have a good look round this centrally located club, usually a temple of electronical, which still looks like the old Teatro Barcelona, with light bulbs, stage and velvet curtains.
- City Hall • Rambla de Catalunya, 2-4.
- Wednesdays: 00.30
Nasty Mondays • Sala Apolo
- Critics choice
Mondays: midnight
Sala Apolo. Nou de la Rambla, 113. 93 441 40 01. www.sala-apolo.com. €13.
Nasty Mondays is a reason to dance, sing and shout every Monday. It’s a party that has everything to do with the skateboarding/surfing/snowboard scene, where rock, pop, indie, garaje and electro rock rule – from Led Zeppelin and Mötley Crüe to The Killers to Daft Punk and Joy Division, and even a bit of Johnny Cash thrown in to the mix.
- Sala Apolo • Nou de la Rambla, 113.
- Mondays: midnight
Raw Rebels • Sidecar Factory Club
- Critics choice
Tuesdays: 00.30
Sidecar Factory Club. Pl. Reial, 7. 93 302 15 86. www.sidecarfactoryclub.com. €5.
Tuesdays at Sidecar is Raw Rebels night, where you can dance to the best beats of the ’40s, ’50s and ’60s, with DJs domestic and foreign playing swing, rockabilly, R&B, soul, surf, fuzz sound and ’60s garaje. If you’re a fan of films like Dragstrip Riot or Rebel Without a Cause, toupees, tattoos, pin-ups and guitar riffs heavy on the reverb, this is your party.
- Sidecar Factory Club • Pl. Reial, 7.
- Tuesdays: 00.30
Room Paradise • Hotel Omm
- Critics choice
- Free
Thursdays: 11.30pm
Hotel Omm. Rosselló, 265. 934 45 40 00. www.hotelomm.es. Free.
Hotel Omm brings you the best house music every Thursday night. The goal is to bring the craziest nights on Ibiza to the shores of Barcelona, courtesy of DJs such as Franco de Mulero, a regular in Pachá on the white island.
- Hotel Omm. Rosselló, 265.
- Thursdays: 11.30pm
