Jazz is increasingly popular in Rome, and new venues pop up every year. But the pioneer of them all, the jazz club in Rome, is still the Alexanderplatz. It...
Via Ostia 9This popular, buzzing little venue in San Lorenzo attracts a studenty crowd for live music - mostly ethnic, world music and jazz - almost every night, often...
Via dei Messapi 8Rome's blues heart throbs in this pared-back but welcoming venue, which hosts an array of respected Italian and international artists every evening. The...
Vicolo San Francesco a Ripa 18This 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...
Via di Monte Testaccio 96This cosy venue oozes jazz culture from every pore. On the ground floor, sip a glass of whisky from one of Rome's widest selections while admiring old...
Via Gregoriana 54While retaining its vocation for poetry and literature, the Lettere Caffè has bounced back cooler and stronger with new management and a choice of live...
Via San Francesco a Ripa 100-101Some might be put off by the makeover that has turned this interesting space (a cellar with red-brick vaults) into an impractical venue with a small dance...
Via Pietro Micca 7ARestored and reopened in 2000, this shrine to Italy's comic heritage - with a school for comic writing and acting, and a video and research library - also...
Via G Pepe 41-45A swish, vibrant club with a stage for live acts, The Place caters for a thirty- and forty-something crowd by serving up Italian - and a sprinkling of...
Via Alberico II 27