Le Bukowski on Calle Egia in San Sebastian has been the city's underground music club since 1988, programming rock, funk, soul and electronica concerts plus DJ sessions Tuesday through Saturday.
Tip: Closed Sunday; concerts run from 21:30 most nights and the DJ floor stays open to 04:00 Friday and Saturday. Egia sits a 10 minute walk from Gros.
Address: Calle Egia 18, 20012 Donostia, San Sebastián
Dabadaba on Calle Mundaiz in San Sebastian is the Egia concert hall and club booking indie rock, electronic, hip hop and DJ-led nights for a younger Tabakalera-adjacent crowd.
Tip: Programming runs Wednesday through Saturday from 22:00; check the dabadabass.com calendar for the headliner. The room is small, ticketed gigs sell out fast.
Dabadaba on Calle Mundaiz in San Sebastian is the Egia concert hall and club booking indie rock, electronic, hip hop and DJ-led nights for a younger Tabakalera-adjacent crowd.
Tip: Programming runs Wednesday through Saturday from 22:00; check the dabadabass.com calendar for the headliner. The room is small, ticketed gigs sell out fast.
Altxerri Bar and Jazz on Calle Reina Regente in San Sebastian has run the basement jazz cellar under the Altxerri Gallery for over two decades, with live music nightly at the foot of the Old Town.
Tip: Doors at 19:30, live music from 20:00 to 22:00, bar open until 02:00; the room is small so arrive before the set. Reservations through altxerri.com help.
Etxekalte Jazz Club on Calle Mari in San Sebastian is the Parte Vieja legacy jazz bar across two floors, with the upstairs pub running late and the downstairs cellar staging live jazz and DJ sets.
Tip: Two rooms across two floors; the cellar is the live-music space, upstairs is the late drink. Harbour-edge perch for the post-pintxos stop off 31 de Agosto.
BE! Club on Paseo de Salamanca in San Sebastian is the 1984 jazz-and-blues room formerly Be Bop, rebranded in 2016 as a late-night piano bar with live music seven nights a week.
Tip: Open daily from 15:00; Friday and Saturday close at 06:30. The river-side perch beside the Bretxa market is the post-pintxos pour for Centro.
Eiger Edaritegia on Calle General Jauregi in San Sebastian is the Old Town rock-and-roll bar lined with vintage gig posters and old cassettes, programming live electric-guitar nights and DJ sets.
Tip: Small room, walk-in only; the bar fills with locals once the tourist crawl thins. Cash flows fastest for the back-bar queue; drinks are unpretentious.
The Rooftop by Lasala Plaza in San Sebastian sits on the seventh floor of the Lasala Plaza Hotel above the Old Town port, the only elevated spot with 360 views of La Concha bay and the harbour.
Tip: Terrace open daily 10:00 to 24:00 year-round; cocktail-and-snack service from Ander Gonzalez's La Jarana team runs Easter to October weekends only.