Perugia
A favourite among a 30s and 40s alternative crowd, this bohemian haunt hosts acts from across the musical spectrum (jazz, rock, soul, reggae, electronic)…
Perugia
A favourite among a 30s and 40s alternative crowd, this bohemian haunt hosts acts from across the musical spectrum (jazz, rock, soul, reggae, electronic)…
Temple Bar
A 300-capacity venue and bar in the former working-men's club of Dublin. The emphasis is on keeping away from the mainstream, which means everything from…
Guimarães
Started 52 years ago, this creative cultural association – also a jazz school – is still going strong. Its programme includes classical music concerts,…
Seyðisfjörður
On Wednesday evenings from July to mid-August, the Bláa Kirkjan is the setting for a popular series of jazz, classical- and folk-music concerts; see the…
Newcastle-upon-Tyne
Opened in 1937 as Newcastle's first newsreel cinema, this art deco picture house with plush red-velvet seats still screens newsreels (11.15am daily) as…
Parc Cenedlaethol Bannau Brycheiniog
What happens when Creation Records boss Alan McGee, the man who unleashed Oasis on the world, decides to renovate an 1837 Baptist chapel in your little…
Maastricht
The city's main central theatre offers a wide range of shows and concerts in a building whose 1805 facade was built as the house of General Dibbets, the…
Fairy-Tale Road
Started as a cabaret and culture venue in 1971, Apex offers the perfect combination of art gallery, performance venue and restaurant. The food (served 6pm…
Naples
Dating from 1779, the Teatro Mercadante is home to the city's leading theatre company, the Teatro Stabile Napoli. The company performs a mix of mainly…
Leipzig
Leipzig’s Opernhaus (opera house) has a 300-year-old pedigree, though the building only went up in the 1950s. The program is an eclectic mix of classics…
Paris
A five-screen cinema showing films set in Paris is the centrepiece of the city’s film archive. Created in 1988 to establish an audiovisual archive of the…
Kraków
Awesome live music club and cocktail bar with an eclectic programme of electronica, rock and occasional stand-up comedy nights. The cocktail menu is…
Carcassonne
Concerts, opera and events throughout the year, including many during the Festival de Carcassonne, take place in this extraordinary 5000-capacity…
Frankfurt & Southern Rhineland
Industrial 1920s brick surrounds provide great acoustics at this live music venue, where punk, alternative, metal and rock bands take to the stage…
Staré Město
Now an established venue on the capital's jazz scene, the Blues Sklep (sklep means ‘cellar’) is a typical Old Town basement with dark, Gothic-vaulted…
Brighton & Hove
TOM has emerged as Hove's top venue for alternative theatre, comedy and live music, all performed in front of small crowds seated cafe-style in an…
Barcelona
Set in a former elevator factory, this creative lynchpin hosts emerging and avant-garde musicians, dancers and performing artists. There are two stages …
Limerick City
This 510-seat state-of-the-art theatre is set on a college campus on the southern edge of the city. It stages drama, music and comedy performances by…
Hanover
This spacious art-house cinema is on the top floor of a magnificent expressionist building designed by Fritz Höger, the architect of Hamburg’s Chilehaus…
Monaco
Watch crowd-pleasing blockbusters, mostly in English, beneath the stars at the world's only 3D open-air cinema. Films start at 10pm nightly in June and…
Madrid
Café Berlín has been something of a Madrid jazz stalwart since the 1950s, although a makeover has brought flamenco, R&B, soul, funk and fusion into the…
La Rochelle
La Rochelle's premier concert venue and nightclub, 10km west of the Vieux Port, blasts out everything from hip hop, funk and metal to world music, punk,…
Manchester
This indoor arena about 300m north of Victoria Station hosts concerts and sporting events and has a capacity of 21,000. On 22 May 2017 a suicide bomber…
Vienna
With an interior dating from the 1960s, this cinema seats a whopping 736 people, and is packed during Viennale Film Festival screenings. Its regular…
Baden-Baden
The Baden-Baden Theater is a neo-baroque confection of white-and-red sandstone with a frilly interior that looks like a miniature version of the Opéra…
Bairro Alto, Chiado & Cais do Sodré
Teatro Nacional de São Carlos is worth visiting just to see the sublime gold-and-red interior (email ahead for €5 guided tours), and it has opera, ballet…
Staré Město
Set in the ramshackle shell of an art-deco cinema, the legendary Roxy has nurtured the more independent end of Prague’s club spectrum for almost three…
Venice
Jazz is alive and swinging in Dorsoduro, where the resident VJC Jazz Quartet takes to the stage on Mondays, Wednesday and Saturdays, while the VJC Latin…
Vienna
First established on this site in 1871 and rebuilt in 1888, this grand theatre has a capacity of 1020. It hosts major musicals and theatre productions,…
Chevaux en Fête Animation Équestre
Chantilly
A half-hour dressage show at the Grandes Écuries (Grand Stables) of the Château de Chantilly is included in the combined domain and show pass; other one…
Paris
With a capacity of 250, postindustrial venue Supersonic hosts mostly indie, rock, garage, electro-pop and tribute bands; the first three concerts of the…
Utrecht
Wrapped around Utrecht's original 1970s symphony hall, this 45m-tall, five-venue entertainment centre caters for virtually any musical taste from…
Zürich
Cinema, events hall, bookshop, bistro, bar: Kosmos has many faces. The cinema screens art-house movies, and an extensive events list ranges from readings…
Catania
Queues are the norm at MA, a stylish, high-profile club serving up quality DJ sets, live bands and jam sessions. The space comes with its own restaurant,…
Udine
This ornate, dark-wooded bar is a perfect Udinese compass point – it feels far more like Prague than points south. Regulars take glasses of red to the…
Teatro Nacional São João – Mosteiro de São Bento da Vitória
Miragaia
Few theatre backdrops are more atmospheric than the Mosteiro de São Bento da Vitória, which harbours an offshoot of the Teatro Nacional São João. See the…
Alfama, Castelo & Graça
This low-key restaurant in Graça hosts authentic fado on weekends from about 4pm to 8pm. Decorated with azulejos and photos of prominent fadistas, it’s a…
León
Come here to listen to Papa Quijano, a legendary Latino-rock crooner who has recorded several CDs and accrued quite a fan base. He has run this…
County Clare
High-spirited Irish nights lift the roof of a corn barn in the folk park adjacent to Bunratty Castle. Waitstaff serve Irish classics (stews, poached…
Newcastle United Football Club
Newcastle-upon-Tyne
NUFC is more than just a football team – it's the collective expression of Geordie hope and pride. Buy match tickets online, by phone or at the box office…
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