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.
Address: Tamaulipas 30, Condesa, Cuauhtemoc, 06140 Ciudad de Mexico, Mexico City
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.
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.
Salon Tenampa in Mexico City sits on Plaza Garibaldi at number 12, the 1925 mariachi cantina founded by Juan I. Hernandez where Mariachi Cocula first played and Pedro Infante filmed scenes, with strolling bands still moving table to table nightly.
Pasaguero in Mexico City on Calle Motolinia in Centro Historico is the narrow indie bar and music venue that programs rock, salsa, hip-hop and trap on a small stage from around 21:00, with mezcal and craft beer at the bar.
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.
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.