DIY-stylish, low-lit and cheap. Aurora's regulars chat over cañas during the week and bounce around the wee dancefloor downstairs at weekends. The smiling, chatty bar staff...

Big Bang is decked out like a New York jazz club, circa 1930, with the low-lit smokiness and bar stool seating that implies. The diner-style tiled floor leads from the bar to...

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...

City Hall ain't big, but it is popular. The music is mixed, from deep house to electro rock, and there's an older post-(pre-?) work crowd joining the young, tanned and skinny...

Up in the vicinity of Nou Camp, the main attraction of this mammoth two-tier white tent is a 1,000sq m (10,800sq ft) concert space that plays host to national and international...

For a club on La Rambla, Fellini draws a remarkably mixed and local crowd to its two floors of tech-house and the Red Room, where you might find rock, '80s or hip hop. The...

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...

La [2] has excellent sound, an intimate layout and the only hip flamenco night in the city (Mondays from May to September). The music is reliably good, with performances by...

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...