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I'll be in Madrid Mar 12-16 and I'm totally addicted to the Spanish guitar.
Anyone know where I can hear some great live performances with really good spanish guitar musicians . . . it could be a totally casual place/experience . . . or something more formal/professional.
Please share your ideas!
:-)
Thanking you in advance,
-JLR
Try the deflamenco Website for more formal shows
http://www.deflamenco.com/agenda/events.jsp?accion=p
There are two magazines available at kiosks everywhere in Madrid that list nightlife. One is called In Madrid (in English). The other one is called La Guia de Ocio (in Spanish).
Pedmar’s above recommendation of La Solea on Cava Baja is good. However, it has closed and moved to number 46 on calle Monteleón and is now called “Monteleón”.
Meson de la Guitarra on the west side of Plaza Mayor (Cava San Miguel number 13) is good on weekends starting at midnight. At that time, it becomes an after-hours club for local performers who have finished their last show for the evening. A great place for spontaneous, authentic flamenco guitar, song, and dance. No cover charge.
There is good flamenco music at Cardamomo on calle Echegaray number 15. No cover charge. http://www.cardamomo.net/
.......you'll find a great place to enjoy a pint or two. Up at the end of this street I stumbled onto a great little Irish pub, for those of you who are into that type of thing. It's called The Quiet Man, and the street is called Calle Valverde which runs north away from Gran Via, not far from the Gran Via metro stop. There was another, livelier Irish pub in the Sol area, on Principe, between Plaza Santa Ana and the Puerta del Sol.
Spanish in general, and Madrileños in particular, are ‘nomadic drinkers’; they will very often hit 8 or 10 bars in a quiet night out. With bars open 24-hours, however, the atmosphere is more one of a relaxed ‘migration’ than a frantic pub-crawl.
For real Spanish flavour the tiny, tobacco-stained, barrel-lined dive of La Venencia (Echegaray, 7) is Madrid’s homage to Jerez (sherry) and is worth a visit to try some of the many tipples on offer.
While every Spaniard is a wine and sherry aficionado, of sorts, beer remains totally undistinguished. A bar is unlikely to have more than one brand of beer on tap (Mahou, San Mig or, if the place is really cosmopolitan, Andalusian Cruzcampo or Heineken) and it is unusual for a local to have any preference at all. Typically he will simply ask for una caña, which is small enough so that it will never get warm at the bottom and leaves just enough time for a conversation and a tapa before moving on.
Every Spanish waiter will be au fait with more than twenty different coffee mixes and can guarantee just the right hue in your con leche, cortado, corto-de-leche, corto-de-café, sombra, semi-cortado…without the aid of a colour chart.
As you wander the old and charming district of La Latina, you might want to consider a rest in the peaceful and romantic garden of the Anglona Palace. I would definitely recommend it!
At the bottom of La Plaza de La Paja (Calle de Segovia, 13) you will find the door which gives you access to a hanging, intimate and withdrawn garden, which belongs to the Palacio de Anglona. The garden is only open during the daytime and offers you a peaceful and well-deserved rest.
There are some good shops on c/ Fuencarral going from Gran Via. Amongst them Diesel and many shops with fashion shoes. On the parallel street there are second hand shops with designer stuff, quite expensive.
It's a 4 floor club. The first floor is huge and plays Techno but, I would prefer to call it house. It's where you'll find all the people. This floor has the most extravagant lights and two giant steel structures that lower 10 feet above your head shooting lights right into your face. This club is usually more vibrant in the winter(when the spainards are away from the beach) Hired male/female dancers dance upon several platforms virtually naked and often hang and swing from these platforms unassisted.
On the second floor you'll find Salsa. If you're looking for traditional spain it's here.
The third floor has a huge tv screen and constantly plays movies while people drink and sit on large couches. The fourth floor is decorated in a paradise/beachside atmosphere and is a great place to get away from the noise and heat of the dancefloor. Dress to impress. You can't overdress for this place.
Shirt & tie and nice slacks and shoes are a minimal. Most people are in suits. Blue jeans will get you laughed at before and after they turn you away.
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