Barcelona Hotels

L'Auditori

Designed by Rafael Moneo, Barcelona's exclusive new concert hall can accommodate 2340 people and is the home of the Barcelona process and Catalonia Symphony Orchestra. Next concerts are part of a new World evening with music by Dvorak, Adams and Varese (10-12 October), and performances of Mahler fifth (24-26 October). This is not a good place for restaurants and nightlife, take the shuttle bus back to the Plaça de Catalunya, after the concert, and again in the Gothic quarter of Barcelona Hotels, perhaps call for Irati ( C / CardenalCasa-17), for a few Basque tapas.
• C / Lepant 150 (93247 9300, the United Kingdom, 0034 93326 2946,http://www.auditori.org).
VIII World Music Festival

For the 3-26 October at Caixa Forum (see above), this year's program includes Rokia Traore of Mali, and musicians from Iran, Kurdistan, Portugal, Tunisia. Palestine and Angola.
• Avinguda Marquès de Comillas, 6-8 (902 223040, http://www.fundacio.lacaixa.es). From£ 3

International Jazz Festival in Barcelona

Running from October to late December, the feast with big Barcelona concerts with artists from the region of the Auditori and the Palau de la Musica Catalana, as well as the associations, including the enormous Razzmatazz (C / Almogàvers 122) , and Luz de Gas (C / Muntaner 246), a former music room drop gilt and velvet. Information from the organizers of the festival, the project (93481 7040, http://www.the-project.net). From £ 5

Tickets
Book your ticket in advance, for many concerts and shows in Tel reception (902 101212, http://www.telentrada.com) or Servicaixa (902 332211, http://www.servicaixa.com).

Bars & Clubs

Barcelona Red Laid-Back in the cocktail lounge non-tourist area, the district of Poble Sec, with carpets, walls and furniture in various Barcelona shades of red. The music is a blend of jazz, soul and dance, with DJs on weekends. Beverages, the red theme, as well as specialties of the house, with vodka, liqueur and cream ripe lime. C / Poeta Cabanyes 21 (93442 4985). Open 11pm-3.

Café Royale Up Bar-lined avenue in the Gothic quarter of Hotels in Barcelona, this chicplace is a good choice for an after-dinner drink, if you still hear talk aboutthemselves. It is much more alive than the night door and R & B, jazz and Latin music. C / Nou de Zurbano, 3 (93412 1433). Open 6pm-3.
Ginger more relaxed style bar in the heart of the Gothic decor in 30's and leather sofas. A bar specializes in wine and sparkling wine, with a wide bandwidth of glass and other bar serves cocktails. Good tapas. C / Palma de Sant Just 1 (93310 5309). Open 6pm-3.

Tinta Roja execution of a dancer Argentine tango, with live music, dance and Argentine beverages and snacks to candles bizarre cabaret club with velvet sofas. C / dels Creu Molers 17 (93443 3243). Open 8pm-3.

Club Danzatoria

Club held on two floors, with white futurist, New York mood. Ifall is well, you can use an addition on the large terrace overlooking the beach. Marina Village - from the hotel Arts (93268 7430, http://www.clubdanzatoria.com). Open midnight-6. £ 10 including beverages.