Patrick Miller in Mexico City is the Roma Norte Italo-disco dance club on Merida Street, the two-decade-plus Friday-night institution where dance-off circles, 80s synthpop, robotic lights and a glitter ball draw a mixed crowd from across the city.
Address: Merida 17, Roma Norte, Cuauhtemoc, 06700 Ciudad de Mexico, Mexico City
M.N. Roy in Mexico City sits in a renovated terraced house on Calle Merida in Roma Norte, a temple to electronic music with timber and basalt walls by Picault and Godefroy, programming nu-disco, deep house and techno on a strict-door weekends-only schedule.
Departamento in Mexico City is the first-floor walk-up on Avenida Alvaro Obregon in Roma Norte, a converted apartment that runs as the city's most music-first electronic room, peaking after midnight with minimal techno and deep house on a high-end rig.
Bar Oriente in Mexico City on Calle Durango in Roma Norte runs a vanguardist electronic-music club with a full VOID Acoustics rig, hosting national and international DJs and live acts alongside private karaoke rooms for groups.
Mama Rumba in Mexico City on Calle Queretaro in Roma Norte is the city's long-running Cuban salsa club, with a live band most weekends, salsa classes on the floor and a crowd of dancers from across the metropolitan area.
M.N. Roy in Mexico City sits in a renovated terraced house on Calle Merida in Roma Norte, a temple to electronic music with timber and basalt walls by Picault and Godefroy, programming nu-disco, deep house and techno on a strict-door weekends-only schedule.
Departamento in Mexico City is the first-floor walk-up on Avenida Alvaro Obregon in Roma Norte, a converted apartment that runs as the city's most music-first electronic room, peaking after midnight with minimal techno and deep house on a high-end rig.
Bar Oriente in Mexico City on Calle Durango in Roma Norte runs a vanguardist electronic-music club with a full VOID Acoustics rig, hosting national and international DJs and live acts alongside private karaoke rooms for groups.
Salon Pata Negra in Mexico City on Tamaulipas in Condesa is the upstairs floor of the Spanish-style bar at the corner of Juan Escutia, where salsa, cumbia and reggaeton run live and recorded across a small dance floor most nights of the week.
Mama Rumba in Mexico City on Calle Queretaro in Roma Norte is the city's long-running Cuban salsa club, with a live band most weekends, salsa classes on the floor and a crowd of dancers from across the metropolitan area.
Salon Los Angeles in Mexico City opened in 1937 on Calle Lerdo in Colonia Guerrero and is the city's oldest dance hall, with live bands playing danzon, salsa, cumbia, swing and cha-cha-cha most afternoons and evenings of the week.