This emblematic jazz club opened in 1979, and for eight years served as the set for the TV programme Jazz Entre Amigos. Stocking what is apparently the...

Set up by Madrid's water company, the Canal Isabel II, in recent years this foundation has become active in all areas of the arts, programming various types...

This rather narrow bar, adorned with pictures of Beny Moré, specialises in Cuban cocktails and sounds, and attracts a lively crowd. From Wednesday through...

This basement bar, going for some 20 years now, was Madrid's first dedicated exclusively to blues. Run by a Swiss-Spanish guy called Albert, who has a large...

This club on the banks of the Manzanares is a major player on the Madrid music scene and is ranked by many as the city's best medium-sized venue. It's...

An old favourite, the larger than life Oba-Oba has been serving up ice-cold Caipirinhas and fabulous samba for over 25 years to its good-time clientele....

The much-cherished Caracol recently reopened after a couple of years with licensing problems. A cosy venue, it is nevertheless big enough to have hosted the...

Founded many years ago by the owner of the legendary Whisky Jazz Club, this is Madrid's longest standing jazz joint. Nowadays, as well as jazz, the...