4 editor picks in Barcelona.
4 listening bars in Barcelona our editors have drunk at, sorted by score. All Barcelona nightlife.
Big Bang Bar on Carrer d'en Botella in Raval has run more than 20 years as a tiny live-and-listen room, with nightly jazz, jam sessions, open mics, blues, flamenco and cabaret in a small two-floor room.
TipFriday and Saturday 21:00-00:30 is the jazz concert plus jam session slot. The open-mic Tuesday is the local favorite; arrive early for a stool.
Soda Acústic on Carrer de les Guilleries in Gràcia is the listening-leaning small-room bar booking experimental jazz, manouche, Balkan, Mediterranean and Latin acts five nights a week plus a Thursday jam.
TipThursday jam session is free and runs deep with young Gràcia jazz musicians. Weekend bookings sell out; reserve a seat ahead.
El Paraigua in the Gothic Quarter is the brick-vaulted cellar of an old convent fitted out with the 1902 modernist decor of a closed umbrella shop, programming flamenco on Fridays and jazz on Saturdays.
TipCellar concerts most weekend nights at 22:00; the street-level cocktail-and-tapas bar is the warm-up. Reservations recommended.
Marula Café on Carrer dels Escudellers in the Gothic Quarter mixes a listening-and-dancing room booking funk, soul, ska, cumbia, jazz and Afro-Latin jam sessions for a 400-capacity floor seven nights a week.
TipLive jazz and funk jam sessions are the calling card; floor opens for dancing after the band leaves. Weekends busy from 01:00.
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