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,...

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...

Bikini lost some muscle in recent years, with the big-name stars it once booked replaced by little-knowns and ageing rockers. In 2010, however, programming...

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,...

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

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

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...

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...

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

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...

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...

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...

The entrance to Sala Monasterio is easily missed; go in through the bar at street level and descend to this low-ceilinged, bare-brick cavern to hear all...

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...