What used to be the best-run of the city's centri sociali - and the Roman beacon for hosting the best electronic musicians and DJs in Europe - is now on a decline, and it's not...
Via Levanna 11This is one of the oldest clubs in the Testaccio area, offering a choice of live music and DJs, ranging from jazz to ethnic, Latin American to funky. If you don't feel like...
Via di Monte Testaccio 96This is Rome's most popular venue for small- and medium-scale bands from international alternative music circuits. (Inexplicably, the owners still haven't sorted out the patchy...
Via Casilina Vecchia 42This former factory space in super-hip Ostiense comprises three rooms, often offering three different acts simultaneously. The whole thing faces on to a courtyard, which is...
Via Libetta 3While retaining its vocation for poetry and literature, the Lettere Caffè has bounced back cooler and stronger with new management and a choice of live concerts and DJ sets....
Via San Francesco a Ripa 100-101This friendly, unpretentious venue in the buzzing San Lorenzo neighbourhood hosts an array of events ranging from concerts and DJ acts to theatrical performances. It may open...
Via dei Lucani 22BThis dark-walled club in Ostiense has an authentic underground feel - which is confirmed by the choice of DJs and live bands on the roster. Run by a group of young people with...
Via degli Argonauti 16With the motto of 'we rock, they don't', Traffic has become Rome's hottest live stage for underground and soon-to-be-famous bands. Every night it pumps out alternative tunes...
Via Vacuna 98