Madrid Entertainment

Madrid is one of the world’s best cities for having fun, with so much to all within walking distance of the city centre. The city is brimming with art galleries of every taste, dozens of theatres, and museums devoted to every subject. The cinemas are concentrated along the Gran Vía east of the Plaza de España, and there are lots of bars and clubs that put on a traditional tablao where you can watch flamenco dancing in its different forms.

Madrileños love their nightlife. Nightclubs are everywhere. Many don’t open until midnight and only fill up at 03:00. The city is rich with pop concerts, poetry readings, ballet and contemporary dance theater from world-renowned companies. Annual events include world-class bonanzas of everything from film, contemporary art, to jazz, salsa, rock and African music.

The streets best known for their vibrant social scenes include Huertas, Moratín, Segovia, Victoria, and the areas around the Plaza Santa Ana and the Plaza de Anton Martín. The adventurous may want to explore the bar district around the Plaza Dos de Mayo, in the Malasaña area, where trendy, smoke-filled hangouts line both sides of Calle San Vicente Ferrer. A few blocks east are the haunts of Chueca, where tattoo studios and street chic boutiques break up the endless alleys of gay and lesbian bars, techno discos, and after hour’s clubs.

Nightlife

many consider Madrid to be the nightlife capital of Europe. The streets in the city centre bustle until the small hours of the morning. Madrid has a plethora of bars, all-night dance clubs and a whirl of flamenco, jazz, salsa and rock venues. And there's plenty of old-fashioned entertainment for opera, theatre and dance buffs too. The city is a paradise every night of the week. In the vicinity of the Plaza de Santa Barbara, the Glorieta de Bilbao and Alonso Martinez, a large number of popular bars, pubs, fast-food restaurants and ice cream parlours are concentrated. On hot summer nights, you can have a drink at one of the many beautiful open-air terraces around the Paseo de la Castellana and the Parque del Oeste.

The region between Puerta del Sol and Plaza de Santa Ana, especially Calle Huertas, is ideal if you don’t have a car, as the many pubs, taverns, theatre-cafés and fashionable bars here are close one another and can be reached on foot.

Alonso Martinez is the name of subway station in the heart of a very lively area. Try the Alonso Martinez locals around Plaza de Santa Barbara, and close to Bilbao, you’ll find, among others, Pacha, Madrid’s most famous discotheque.

Theatre and music

gypsy dancing and singing, or Andalusian flamenco, has many fans in Madrid. In addition to the theatres that specialise in flamenco and the cabarets and nightclubs that always have a flamenco number in their floor-shows, there are certain special clubs where real connoisseurs go. These include the Casa Patas, Corral de la Morería, Café de Chinitas, Corral de la Pacheca and Las Carboneras.

Festivals

Madrid has a huge assortment of festivals and events throughout the year, which are characterized by lively Spanish festivity and partying. Some of the most significant include:

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