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Barcelona Fringe Festival 2026
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Barcelona nightlife – the bars, clubs, parties and late nights that make this city unforgettable.

Casa Bonay’s lobby bar – gothic flowers, Eric Stephenson cocktails, vinyl DJs.

Ian Schrager’s Born hotel, where the leafy rooftop bar draws the sunset crowd.

Electro music, great cocktails and a fun vibe combine at this bar-slash-gallery.

This diminutive wine bar is revered as one of the city’s very best.

Good music, strong cocktails and lots of locals at this Raval dive bar.

A tiny Raval cocktail bar with no menu – tell Javier and Eduard what you like.

The credible, comfortable electronic club Barcelona had been waiting for.

This charmingly grimy Raval bar is famous for its absinthe, and said to be Barcelona’s oldest.

Among the flurry of one of La Rambla’s many Gòtic tributaries, Sub Rosa would be everyone’s regular watering hole, if only there was enough space.

Founded by Javier de las Muelas, Gimlet was the first of what is now a global empire of cocktail bars.

Named for the 17°C wine is best served at – Catalan bottles by the glass, in Born.

This expat-owned bar sits in part of a 450-year-old Modernist palace.

A dive bar with cheap drinks and a mixed crowd of locals.

Revered Danish craft beer bar Kælderkold now has a younger sister.

A cocktail bar with a warm atmosphere, excellent soundtrack and great drinks.

This tiny nightclub packs a mighty electronic punch.

This self-dubbed “cocktail bar and book collection” is the latest gem to appear in Les Corts.

This UK-style brewery is one of Barcelona’s most central stops for quality brews.

The space is an embodiment of the founders’ passion for American craft beer and food.

You’ll find one of Barcelona’s best music venues in the basement of a Greek restaurant.

A brewery and a beautiful bar where you can quaff your way through the Belgian-Catalan inspired brews.

This tiny cocktail bar was inspired by the American tradition of Kentucky bourbon and rye whiskey.

This “five-star dive bar” is the result of Moe and AJ’s dedication and love for cocktail shaking.

Founded in 1943, this is one of the city’s premier live music venues and nightclubs.

Friday nights feature forward-thinking electronic music.

Big Bang Bar has long been a mecca for local musicians and traveling tunesmiths looking to share music on an intimate stage.

Urban art, a soul kitchen plus live concerts and DJs.

This hidden cocktail bar in Gràcia offers coffee in the morning, vermouth in the afternoon and a killer cocktail by night.

Paradiso serves up unusual and creative cocktails.

Sants’ pioneering craft-beer bar – house brews on a hidden village square.