Caradura in Mexico City on Avenida Nuevo Leon in Condesa is the underground rock room with black curtains and red lights, programming local outfits and visiting international acts like Phantogram and Denver on a small stage almost every night.
Address: Avenida Nuevo Leon 73, Condesa, Cuauhtemoc, 06140 Ciudad de Mexico, Mexico City
Foro Indie Rocks! in Mexico City on Calle Zacatecas in Roma Norte opened in 2011 as the venue arm of the Indie Rocks! magazine, programming emerging Mexican and international indie acts in a 600-capacity room near Metro Hospital General.
Multiforo Cultural Alicia in Mexico City on Avenida Cuauhtemoc in Roma Norte is the long-running countercultural rock space founded by Ignacio Pineda, the alternative source for the city's ska, surf and rockabilly scenes with four bands a night minimum.
Pulqueria Los Insurgentes in Mexico City on Avenida Insurgentes Sur in Roma Norte is the four-floor pulqueria where flavoured pulques run alongside jazz on Wednesdays, salsa weekends and a rooftop terrace stage for emerging local bands.
Toledo Rooftop in Mexico City sits on Avenida Chapultepec in Juarez with one of the city's clearest panoramas of the Reforma skyline, programming curated house DJs, guest-chef Mediterranean-Asian menus and late-week sessions through 02:00.
Terraza Catedral in Mexico City sits on the sixth floor of Hostel Mundo Joven Catedral on Republica de Guatemala, with sightlines onto the Zocalo and the Cathedral towers, programming Mexican bar snacks, DJ sets and jazz nights nightly.
Cityzen in Mexico City sits on the 38th floor of the Sofitel Reforma on Paseo de la Reforma facing the Angel de la Independencia, with the city's highest cocktail terrace, a contemporary kitchen and DJ-led weekends.