Bikini lost some muscle in recent years, with the big-name stars it once booked replaced by little-knowns and ageing rockers. However, it showed a few signs of new life in...

Looking a tad jaded, Bucaro's white leather sofas and pouffes still manage to pull a crowd of glamour pusses, who stalk their prey from the mezzanine. There's chill-out and...

With an interior designed by local tastemaker Silvia Prada, a fashionable postcode and a menu of delicate finger foods, Mix attracts a professional, stylish crowd who enjoy...

Loved by habitués of the Gràcia arts scene, this low-key bar and performance venue is filled to bursting with neighbourhood cutie pies in cool T-shirts who just really adore...

Every night, the cave-like Jamboree hosts jazz, Latin or blues gigs by mainly Spanish groups - on Mondays, in particular, the outrageously popular What the Fuck (WTF) jazz jam...

KGB is a cavern-like space that was, in its heyday, the rock 'n' roll disco barn capital of the city and 'un after' where Sidecar heads would bolt at 6am on the weekend. It...

In July, the gorgeous and hallucinatory roof terrace of Gaudí's La Pedrera becomes a jazz club with a view. Spend a fine Friday or Saturday evening engaged in the apex of...

Formerly a strip club, this place was recently reborn as the city's hottest, biggest, newest, most over-hyped nightspot. Its former incarnation hasn't been forgotten - the...

This lovingly renovated old music hall, garnished with chandeliers and classical friezes, is a mainstay on the live music scene and one classy joint. In between visits from...

This monstrous club's five distinct spaces form the night-time playground of seemingly all young Barcelona. There's indie rock in Razz Club, tech-house in The Loft, techno pop...

Sala Apolo, one of Barcelona's most popular clubs, is a 1940s dancehall, with all that implies for atmosphere (good) and acoustics (bad). Live acts range from Toots & the...

The latest from Berlin's minimal electro scene reaches Barcelona via this uptown concert hall. After the live shows by local rock stars or international indie success stories,...

Sessions in this packed, eclectic club run from soul and funk to world and house music, and the crowd varies according to the music: Thursday's is young and beer-swilling...

If you're willing to travel 30 minutes on the metro to L'Hospitalet, do it for a night at this 500-person, venue-cum-nightclub, which regularly hosts the best local artists,...