An eclectic club with a miscellaneous crowd, the Alpheus has four big halls for live gigs, music festivals, theatre and cabaret, all followed by a disco. The music changes...

This was Rome's prime serious music venue until the national academy shifted its season to the Auditorium-Parco della Musica. It has since been renovated to reveal a good-sized...

Tickets can be booked online. Guided tours cost €10 (€5 concessions; no credit cards) and take place at intervals throughout the day: times change frequently so call ahead or...

With kitsch Fascist decor but reasonable acoustics, this is the main auditorium for the Istituzione Universitaria dei Concerti season.

This popular, buzzing little venue in San Lorenzo attracts a studenty crowd for live music - mostly ethnic, world music and jazz - almost every night, often followed by a DJ.

Rome's blues heart throbs in this pared-back but welcoming venue, which hosts an array of respected Italian and international artists every evening. The blues menu is...

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...

This 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...

A must for lovers of salsa and the like, this club offers Latin American tunes every night (apart from Saturdays, when it veers towards hip hop and R&B) and live acts almost...

This 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...

This 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...

This 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 portraits of jazz...

While 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....

This 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...