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Live music in Madrid

Room oriented around a stage.

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Example nights

Real Madrid venues, put together by our planner. Refreshed Jul 20.

Games at Tablao Flamenco 1911 in Centro, then dinner at Matador.

  • 01Tablao Flamenco 1911Centro · $$
  • 02MatadorCentro · $
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Games at La Coquette Blues Bar in Centro, then dinner at Cafe Madrid.

  • 01La Coquette Blues BarCentro · $$
  • 02Cafe MadridCentro · $$
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Games at Wurlitzer Ballroom in Centro, then dinner at James Joyce Irish Pub Madrid in Salamanca.

  • 01Wurlitzer BallroomCentro · $$
  • 02James Joyce Irish Pub MadridSalamanca · $$
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Top 12 venues

  1. 01

    Sala La Riviera

    Arganzuela · $$$

    2,000-capacity hall with excellent sound, multiple bars, clean restrooms, and cloakroom — built for the crush but functional.

  2. 02

    La Coquette Blues Bar

    Centro · $$

    Madrid's only real blues bar. Free entry, three 1.3-hour sets, sunflower seeds with your drink, queue around the block—worth it.

  3. 03

    Wurlitzer Ballroom

    Centro · $$

    Industrial rock & metal space. Cheap drinks, friendly staff, free entry after the bands wrap — check Instagram for lineups.

  4. 04

    Tablao Flamenco 1911

    Centro · $$

    Embellished restaurant offering Andalusian cuisine & live flamenco dancers & musicians.

  5. 05

    SALA VESTA

    Centro · $$

    Mid-size concert hall in Chueca — good sound, decent sightlines, reasonably priced. Smoke machine sometimes a problem.

  6. 06

    Palacio Vistalegre

    Carabanchel · $$$$

    Modern, indoor arena housing 3 major spaces, up to 11,500 capacity, for concerts & cultural events.

  7. 07

    Babylon Club Madrid

    Centro · $$$

    Jazz and big band on a proper stage, every seat with a small table and sightlines. Third-floor dance hall with 1950s bones, reasonable prices, free coat check.

  8. 08

    Blackbird Rock Bar

    Centro · $$

    Live rock and blues most nights, standing room, cheap drinks, staff who actually care. Crowd sings along.

  9. 09

    Recoletos Jazz Madrid

    Salamanca · $$$

    Live jazz, cocktails, small rooms — arrive fed, stay for the set. Pro musicians, weekend open mics, feels like NYC.

  10. 10

    JazzVille

    Retiro · $

  11. 11

    Intruso Bar

    Centro · $$

    Low-lit, beer-soaked stage for rotating blues, jazz, and rap. Biweekly jam sessions where the crowd plays too.

  12. 12

    Café Central

    Centro · $$

    Jazz sets and tapas on a Centro terrace—pay to enter, drinks and beef cheeks stewed in red wine at reasonable prices, crowds actually listening.