This beautiful bacaro-style bar was once the place where fruit and veg were weighed for the local market. These days, crowds of students cram inside or hang out at the back,...

This music bar has been putting on jazz, blues, soul and rock gigs for years and is very active on the local scene. Popular Jazz Buffet nights take place in the week with funky...

Owned by siblings Andrea and Giorgia, Angiò is the finest stopping point along one of Venice's most tourist-trafficked spots - the lagoon-front riva degli Schiavoni. Tables...

The first venue in the Venice region to specialise in hardcore techno; it plays host to big-name DJs and attracts well-heeled clubbers.

Just off St Mark's square, the Ateneo puts on the Four Seasons and other Vivaldi works played by the St Mark's Chamber Orchestra.

The evening management of this classic cafÈ right by the campanile in St Mark's square is trying to bring Venetians of all ages back to their piazza by organising art...

Venice's most central late-night watering hole, Bacaro Jazz is a place to mingle with fellow tourists or foreign students rather than meet the locals. It hots up during happy...

The lofty Gothic Frari is one of the best venues in Venice for catching high-standard performances of sacred music. It has regular seasons in the autumn and spring; organ...

This pub-style boozer bulges with students and an older international set well into the small hours. Chill out to the occasional DJ set or live gig.

Warm and intimate Café Noir is a winter favourite among the university and twentysomething crowd, who while away their days over panini and hot chocolate. As it livens up...

Only the exposed bricks of the original 16th-century palazzo's walls will remind you you're in Venice: this cool, contemporary restaurant and lounge bar is more New York or...

The huge terrace of the Dogado Lounge, above the Billa supermarket on strada Nuova, is a great place to stop off for a drink or bite to eat during the day. But this...

Expats, locals and tourists of all ages prop up the bar in Venice's oldest Irish pub. Party-pooping neighbours have put a stop to regular live music nights, but local bands...

The foundation draws on its impressive archives to organise music seminars, workshops, masterclasses and concerts of rare or neglected music. Concerts are held at the...