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Aficionados rate this attractive venue as the best place for traditional Spanish Flamenco acts (see Casa PATAS).

Worth seeing for the decorative tiles alone, this tapas bar near Huertas really gets going after 10pm and is a popular hang-out with the young crowd. In the summer you may need to cool off on the terrace. Full to bursting at weekends.

Sophisticated jazz lovers home in on this Art-Deco café at the top of Huertas. There’s a small admission charge, depending on the artists (see Café Central).

Eclectic live music nightly – anything from blues or jazz to Celtic – and beer on tap. No cover charge, but be warned that there’s a steep mark-up on drinks (see Populart).

The live salsa music, played Thursdays to Saturdays inclusive, is the main draw of this noisy Cuban restaurant (see La Negra Tomasa).

Dance until 6am at this fashionable club to the sounds of DJs or live music in a range of different styles (Thu–Sun).

Popular Flamenco haunt where anything can happen (even amateur jamming) as there is no regular programme. Not worth arriving much before 11pm, when things start to heat up. Great fun, but not for purists.

This lively cellar venue (the name means “the jaws of the wolf”) has a great atmosphere. They dance to anything here – acid jazz, hip-hop, rock ‘n’ roll, you name it.

No longer the renowned Flamenco bar of old, this lively disco, on a corner of buzzing Plaza de Santa Ana, is generally packed to the rafters at weekends (see Villa Rosa).

On the fringes of the Lavapiés district, this café-bar is an ideal place to relax with a drink while chatting with friends and listening to good music. Cosy ambience.