Madrid Music:
Andalusia has flamenco, Catalunya has the rumba, Galicia has the bagpipes and Madrid has... the chotis?
Strangely, Madrid's typical music and dance is Scottish in origin, named as such for the German scottisch. The chotis came into fashion in during the 19th century and stuck in the working-class barrios of Lavapiés and La Latina. See more about it in Madrid festivals.
These days, music in Madrid is as varied as any major world capital. Along with Barcelona, it attracts acts big and small from all over Spain and the world.
You can find out about most concerts in any newspaper or the Guía del Ocio, a weekly entertainment guide. Besides, most free walls in the city center are plastered with posters announcing major and minor concerts. If a big-name group is passing through, you'll be hard-pressed to miss the news.
You can buy tickets for most concerts at FNAC, a large department store on c/ Preciados, just off Puerta del Sol, or at any El Corte Inglés.
Online, www.ticktackticket.com is the main Spanish website for concert listings and purchases.
Madrid concerts:
There are dozens of Madrid concert venues, so we've listed some of the most prominent. The categories below are orientative; few locales limit themselves to just one genre.
JAZZ
Café
Central
Plaza del Ángel, 10
Neighborhood: Huertas
Metro:
Antón Martín (line 1) or Sol (line 1, 2, 3)
Tel + 34 91 369 41 43
Café
Populart
c/ Huertas, 22
Neighborhood: Huertas
Metro: Antón Martín (line 1) or Sol (line 1, 2, 3)
Tel +34 91 429 48 07
Clamores
c/ Alburquerque 14
Neighborhood: Just north of Malasaña
Metro: Bilbao (lines 1, 4)
Tel + 34 91 455 79 38
Tempo Club
Duque de Osuna, 8
Neighborhood: Plaza de España
Metro: Plaza de España (line 3, 6, 10)
Tel +34 91 547 75 18
CLASSICAL & OPERA
Auditorio Nacional de
Música
c/ Príncipe de Vergara, 146
Neighborhood: Salamanca
Metro: Río Rosas (line 1) or República Argentina (line 6)
Tel +34 91 337 01 00
Teatro Real
Plaza de Isabel II
Neighborhood: Plaza Mayor
Metro: Opera (line 2, 5)
Tel +34 91 516 06 60
Fundación Juan March
c/ Castelló, 77
Neighborhood: Salamanca
Metro : Nuñez de Balboa (line 5, 9)
Tel 91 435 42 40
ROCK
El
Sol
c/ Jardines 3
Neighborhood: Puerta del Sol
Metro: Sol (line 1, 2, 3) or Gran Vía (line 1, 5)
Tel +34 91 532 64 90
Gruta 77
Corner of c/ Nicolás Morales and c/ Cuclillo 6
Neighborhood: Southern outskirts of Madrid
Metro: Oporto (line 5)
Tel +34 91 471 23 70
Sala
Siroco
c/ San Dimas, 3
Neighborhood: Malasaña
Metro: Noviciado (line 2) or San Bernardo (line 2, 4)
Tel +34 91 593 30 70
LATIN & OTHER
Oba-Oba
(Brazilian)
c/ Jacometrezo, 4
Neighborhood: Puerta del Sol
Metro: Callao (line 3, 5)
Copérnico (Eclectic)
c/ Fernandez de los Ríos, 67
Neighborhood: Moncloa
Metro: Moncloa (line 3, 6)
Tel +34 91 559 59 22
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