Must-see entertainment in Europe

  • Marla

    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)…

  • Workman's Club

    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…

  • Convívio Associação

    Guimarães

    Started 52 years ago, this creative cultural association – also a jazz school – is still going strong. Its programme includes classical music concerts,…

  • Blue Church Summer 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…

  • Tyneside Cinema

    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…

  • Tabernacle

    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…

  • Theater aan het Vrijthof

    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…

  • Apex

    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…

  • Teatro Mercadante

    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…

  • Oper Leipzig

    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…

  • Forum des Images

    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…

  • Szpitalna 1

    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…

  • Grand Théâtre

    Carcassonne

    Concerts, opera and events throughout the year, including many during the Festival de Carcassonne, take place in this extraordinary 5000-capacity…

  • Garage

    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…

  • Blues Sklep

    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…

  • The Old Market

    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…

  • Hiroshima

    Barcelona

    Set in a former elevator factory, this creative lynchpin hosts emerging and avant-garde musicians, dancers and performing artists. There are two stages …

  • Lime Tree Theatre

    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…

  • Hochhaus-Lichtspiele

    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 Open-Air Cinema

    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…

  • Café Berlin

    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 Sirène

    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,…

  • MEN Arena

    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…

  • Gartenbaukino

    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 Theater

    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…

  • Teatro Nacional de São Carlos

    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…

  • Roxy

    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 Club

    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…

  • Roncher

    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…

  • Supersonic

    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…

  • TivoliVredenburg

    Utrecht

    Wrapped around Utrecht's original 1970s symphony hall, this 45m-tall, five-venue entertainment centre caters for virtually any musical taste from…

  • Kosmos

    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…

  • MA Catania

    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,…

  • Caffè Caucigh

    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…

  • Tasca do Jaime

    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…

  • La Lola

    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…

  • Irish Evening at Bunratty

    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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