Dance clubs, live music, rooftop bars, speakeasies, LGBTQ+ venues, listening bars and late-night dives in Valencia.
Dance clubs, live music, rooftop bars, speakeasies, LGBTQ+ nightlife, listening bars and late-night dives across Valencia, with where to go and what is worth the late night.
Marina Beach Club in Valencia's marina is the city's biggest beachfront club, with three pools, two restaurants and international house DJ residencies through the summer season.
Tip: Open daily summer noon to 06:00. Doors fill from 23:00; smart casual.
El Loco Club in Valencia's Extramurs is one of Spain's longest-running indie-rock-and-electronic clubs, programming live concerts and DJ sets in a 500-cap room since 1989.
Tip: Doors at 23:00 most nights. Check the concert calendar for live music.
La3 Club near the City of Arts and Sciences in Valencia is a 1,500-cap electronic club programming techno and house residencies, plus international touring DJs on Saturdays.
Tip: Doors at 00:30. Strict no-sportswear policy. Tickets via the website skip the queue.
MYA in Valencia's marina is a 3,000-cap mega-club with three rooms, programming commercial, reggaeton and electronic across the weekend.
Tip: Open Fri-Sat from 23:30. The Italian-style reggaeton room is the busiest.
Akuarela Playa on Valencia's Malvarrosa beach is a beachfront dance club with a sand terrace, international house DJ residencies and a strong summer programme.
Tip: Doors at 00:00 summer. The beach terrace is the draw; reserve a table ahead.
High Cube in Valencia's marina is a 2,500-cap electronic club with a strong techno and progressive-house programme, plus an outdoor terrace for summer nights.
Tip: Doors at 00:00 Sat. The outdoor terrace opens in summer; tickets via Resident Advisor.
Umbracle Terraza is the open-air summer venue at the City of Arts and Sciences in Valencia, a 4,000-cap outdoor garden club with international house DJ residencies.
Tip: Open May to October Fri and Sat. The outdoor garden is the draw; long queues from 01:00.
16 Toneladas in Valencia's Extramurs is a 700-cap concert and live-music venue, programming Spanish indie, rock, hip-hop and international touring acts.
Tip: Check the concert calendar; tickets through the website. Doors at 21:00 most nights.
Jimmy Glass on Carrer del Baix in Valencia's Carmen is the city's leading jazz club, with nightly live sets from local and international jazz musicians since 1999.
Tip: Nightly sets at 22:30 and 00:30. Reserve through the website; the room is small.
Radio City on Carrer de Santa Teresa in Valencia's Carmen is a long-running cultural-club venue with live flamenco, jazz, world music and electronic sets in a tile-bar room.
Tip: Tuesday flamenco night is the local fixture. Doors at 22:30.
Black Note Club on Carrer de Polo y Peyrolon in Valencia is a soul, funk and Latin live-music venue with nightly sets from local and Spanish touring acts.
Tip: Doors at 22:30. The Sunday-night flamenco-fusion session is the long-running fixture.
La Fabrica de Hielo in Valencia's Cabanyal is a former ice-factory converted into a 600-cap cultural centre, with live music, exhibitions and DJ sets every weekend.
Tip: Check the cultural calendar. Concerts run year-round, with outdoor summer events.
Matisse Club on Carrer de Ramon Villarroya in Valencia is a small live-music and DJ venue with rock, indie and electronic nights, plus a long-running Tuesday-night singer-songwriter session.
Tip: Doors at 23:00 Wed to Sat. The singer-songwriter Tuesday is the older-crowd night.
Ateneo Sky Bar on Placa de l'Ajuntament in Valencia is a rooftop bar atop the Ateneo Mercantil building, with city-skyline views and a cocktail and tapas carte.
Tip: Reserve through the website for sundown. The terrace is small; arrive by 19:30.
Vincci Palace Rooftop on Carrer de la Pau in Valencia is the hotel's terrace bar with old-town rooftop views, a sundown cocktail carte and a small tapas program.
Tip: Open daily May to October. Hotel guests get priority; book non-guests through the website.
Hotel Balandret rooftop on Passeig de Neptu in Valencia is a small beachfront terrace bar with Malvarrosa-beach views, a tight cocktail list and a sundown crowd.
Tip: Open May to October. Hotel guests free; non-guests order a cocktail at the bar.
Melia Valencia's Sky Bar is a 24th-floor rooftop bar at the city's tallest hotel, with 360-degree city views, sunset cocktails and a small tapas carte.
Tip: Open daily May to October. Reserve through the website; the lift queue gets long.
Death in Venice in Valencia's Russafa is a low-lit cocktail speakeasy with a strong classic-cocktail and Italian-aperitivo list, plus a vinyl-led music programme.
Tip: Walk down the unmarked stairs. The negroni and the boulevardier are the house orders.
Deseo 54 on Carrer de Pepita in Valencia's Extramurs is the city's leading LGBTQ club, with drag shows, themed nights and an international house DJ programme.
Tip: Doors at 00:00 Fri and Sat. Drag shows Fri at 03:00.
La Goulue on Carrer dels Cavallers in Valencia's Carmen is a long-running LGBTQ bar with a relaxed wine-and-cocktail vibe, popular as a pre-club gathering spot.
Tip: Open Wed to Sun from 19:00. The Friday cocktail night is the local pre-Deseo move.
Venial in Valencia's Carmen is an LGBTQ dance bar with daily drag and DJ nights, a small dance floor and a long-running local following.
Tip: Doors at 22:00 most nights. The Saturday drag show is the headline event.
San Tommaso in Valencia's Russafa is an Italian aperitivo and listening bar with a negroni-led list, a small aperitivo board and an Italian-Spanish vinyl programme.
Tip: Closed Monday. The negroni flight runs three variants.
Cafe de las Horas in Valencia's old town is a baroque-decor late-night cocktail and agua-de-valencia bar, with a candle-lit theatrical room open until 02:00.
Tip: Open daily through the day; the room is most atmospheric at dusk. No reservations.
Bar Negrito on Placa del Negret in Valencia's Carmen is a classic vermut and wine bar with a small plaza terrace, open late on weekends with a working-class dive vibe.
Tip: Plaza terrace from sundown. Cash preferred.
The Shamrock on Plaza Negret in Valencia's Carmen is a classic Irish pub with Guinness on tap, a young expat-and-Erasmus crowd and live football on the screen.
Tip: Open daily until 02:30. The Sunday Premier-League afternoon is the local fixture.
Fox Congo on Carrer dels Cavallers in Valencia's Carmen is a long-running cocktail dive with a 250-cocktail menu, low-lit room and a 03:00 closing time.
Tip: Open daily 19:00 to 03:30. The mojito and the negroni are the house orders.
Ghecko on Placa del Negret in Valencia's Carmen is a corner bar with a small terrace, a classic Spanish-cocktail list and a young crowd that runs late on weekends.
Tip: Open daily 17:00 to 02:30. The vermut hour is the local move.