If you love house musica and want to have fun, you should go to this clubs in Madrid:

commercial and indie

Early
TUPPERWARE, c/Corredera Alto de San Pablo, 26 (Tribunal). Wed-Sun, 9.30pm-3am. Super-kitsch design and a pop and indie vibe gets everyone dancing. 

TOP OF THE POPS, c/Sagasta, 22 (Alonso Martínez, Bilbao) Thurs, 10pm-3am. Resident DJ Maicol Da Lowa and Sara Iñiguez Rubia playing the best 60s psychadelia, 70s glam rock, groove, west coast and soul… and it’s free to get in! 

SUPERSONIC, c/Melendez Valdés, 25 (Argüelles). Thurs-Sat. 9.30am-3am. The best indie in town. Worth seeing what the fuss is about. 

Late
PALACIO GAVIRIA, c/Arenal, 9 (Sol/Ópera). Daily, m-idnight-6am. A palace-cum-disco with different music in every room, and international nights on Thursdays. 

KAPITAL, c/Atocha, 125 (Atocha). Fri-Sat, midnight-6am. This seven-floor macro-club is over the top, and plays everything from house to hip hop to Spanish pop.

dance

Early
CAFÉ LA PALMA, c/La Palma, 61 (Noviciado). Thurs-Sat, m-idnight-4am. Funky bar with all sorts of tricks up its sleeve: breaks, electro, funk and house at the hands of Fernando Gullón, Herman and Matt Correa. Great place to get the night started. 

Danzoo Warm Up, La Terraza de Chamartín, Estación de Chamartín (Chamartín). Fridays, 11.30pm-3am. Start your night right will a little minimal, a little techno, some drum ‘n’ bass and a bit of house. Danzoo Warm Up is back and getting busy every Friday, the idea being to throw back a few before heading into Macumba. With a line up of top-notch djs this month, this is fast shaping up as the place to be. 

AREIA, c/Hortaleza, 92 (Chueca/Alonso Martínez). Every day, 1pm-3am. Great pre-party with house, Brazilian beats and minimal, depending on the night. Funky décor and always crowded.
Late
BLUE, Balcón de Rosales, Paseo del Pintor Rosales (Arguelles, Ventura Rodriguez). Saturdays, 12.30-6am. You just can’t stop Kiko Barba and JL Magoya- when they start spinning their trademark electro and house, the party can officially begin. Now in a new venue, so check it out and you’ll be anything but blue. 

SUPERKLUB, Sala But. c/Barceló, 11, (Metro: Tribunal). Sundays, midnight-6am. Sunday evenings just got better than ever, with Suberklub spilling non-stop house music into your Monday morning as if the weekend was never going to end. 

We Love Sundays, Palacio Gaviria, c/Arenal, 9 (Sol). Sundays, 7pm-close. Shake what you got in this palace-cum-disco and choose from any of the three rooms to get busy, with one for minimal, one for electro-house and one for house. 

CELEBRATE, Sala Wind, c/Montera, 25 (Gran Vía). Thursdays, m-idnight-close. House music with Iván Pica, Juanjo Martín and Javier del Mar and a different weekly theme. 

ELÁSTICO FLEXICLUB, Sala Wind, c/Montera, 25 (entrance in Pl del Carmen) (Gran Vía). Sat, midnight-6am. Resident djs Scream, Smart and Luiliminili spin every Saturday night, plus there’ll be plenty of international guest djs. 

SPACE OF SOUND, Pl Estación de Chamartín (Chamartín). Sun, 10am-7pm. All-day parties on the roof of the station with laser shows, go-gos and more . . . the ultimate party? 

DEEP, Sala Changó, c/Luchana semiesquina c/Covarrubias (Bilbao). Fri, midnight-6am. JL Magoya and Juan Sanchez spinning the best deep house in Madrid, with Stardust as a guest once every month.

DU:OM, Sala Heineken, c/Princesa, 1 (Plaza de España) Fri and Sat, m-idnight-close. Dress to impress and dance the night away to house and progressive house by some truly talented djs: Hugo Serra, Iván Pica and Pombo. 

MONDO, Sala Stella, c/Arlabán, 7 (Sevilla). Thurs and Sat, midnight-6am.
www.web-mondo.com This is a special treat for all you electro, new wave and funk lovers out there. 

OHM, Plaza Callao, 4 (Callao). Fri and Sat, midnight-6am. Great house djs, great people and a great vibe. Don’t miss their parties on Sundays called Weekend which features funky house. 

FREE, Sala Ya’sta, c/Valverde, 10 (Gran Vía). Fri, 1am-6.30am. Old, industrial-like venue to party to techno. 

GOLD, Ventura Rodriguez, 7 (Ventura Rodríguez). Fri and Sat, 1am-close. Non-stop house music at the hands of DJ Panic and Sandro Bianchi. 

L’INFIERNO, La Riviera, Pº Virgen del Puerto, s/n (La Latina/Puerta del Ángel), Sat, 12.30am-close. From the creators of Fun Factory, this unique venue fills up with a friendly crowd and excellent house music. 

RADIO CLUB, Sala Virtual, c/Ballesta, 12, (Gran Via, Callao), Saturdays, m-idnight-6.30am. Serious minimal music from djs Sowing Paranoia and Rule.

funky stuff, rap, reggae,
hip hop, r&b, drum’n’bass

Early
SOUL TRAIN, c/Pelayo, 59 (Tribunal). Sat, 6-11pm. Hip hop, reggae, soul and r&b. Get down there early to get in. 

COSTELLO, c/Caballero de Gracia, 10 (Gran Vía). Daily, 6pm-3.30am. Everything from funk and electronic jazz to pop, rare groove and rock music. 

LA BOCA DEL LOBO, c/Echegaray, 11 (Sevilla). Weds-Sat, 10.30pm-3.30am. www.labocadellobo.com Rock, funk, electronic jazz and rare groove served up four nights in addition to live music. 

COPOLACLUB, c/San Hermenegildo, 7, (San Bernardo, Noviciado). Wednesday-Sunday, 11pm-3.30am. www.copolaclub.com Funky disco-bar with jazz, soul, pop and chill house upstairs and electronica and techno downstairs. Test out your dj skills on weeknights. 

EL JUGLAR, c/Lavapiés, 37 (Lavapiés). Daily, m-idnight-3am. Get your daily dose of funk, house, reggae and breaks at this neighbourhood hotspot. 

ESPIRAL POP, c/San Andrés, 23 (Tribunal/Bilbao). Thurs-Sun, 11pm-3am. Electro pop and pop get going at this funky café with featured djs. 

Late
MARULA CAFÉ, c/Caños Viejos 3 (La Latina). Tues-Sun, 10.30pm-close. Come and get your funk on at the palace of funk, also known as Marula Café.
BARBARELLA CLUB, Sala Nasti, c/San Vicente Ferrer, 33 (Tribunal/Noviciado). Fridays, 1am-6am or 10pm-6am. A mythical venue for pop music and live concerts with an alternative and friendly crowd. 

INDEPENDENCE CLUB, Sala Bogui, c/Barquillo, 29 (Chueca/Alonso Martínez). Fri-Sat, 1.30-6am.. New and very cool spot where you can hear Franz Ferdinand, Flaming Lips, Arctic Monkeys, Oasis, and everyone in between. 

EL JUNCO, Plaza Santa Bárbara, 10 (Alonso Martínez). Daily, 10pm-6am. Late-night funk and electronic jazz. 

OCHO Y MEDIO, c/Mesonero Romanos, 13, Esq. Gran Vía, 34 (Callao). Fri, 1am-6am. Popular night featuring electro-disco, bastard-pop, punk-rock, new wave and post-punk. 

NEU!CLUB, Sala Galileo Galilei, c/Galileo, 100 (Islas Filipinas). Sat, 9.30pm-5.30am. Electronica, bluegrass, motown, 60s, rock, pop etc. during the musical, cultural and audiovisual nights and live music and dj sessions. 

SOULFOOD, Marula Café, c/Caños Viejos, 3 (La Latina). Fri, midnight-6am. Jazz, hip-hop and soul until dawn in this modern yet retro venue. 

VEKTRUM, Sala Bash, Pl Callao, 4 (Callao). Thurs, midnight-6am. Start the weekend early dancing to trip-hop, acid jazz, electro and drum ‘n’ bass.

SPECIAL NIGHTS
Goa, Kings and Queens, Sala Fabrik, Avda. de la Industria, 82, Crta. Fuenlabrada-Moraleja de En medio km 3,500, Humanes de Madrid, Sunday, February 3, 12pm-midnight. Carnaval is here once again and what better way to celebrate than at the Goa? Fabrik is rolling out the red carpet with an open invitation to come and be a king for a day. There’ll be music from Shindoe, Ink and Needle, Pan-pot and Chateau Flight, among others, and the spacious sala will be decked out like a palace. 

X Ciclo de Música Jamaicana y Raggae, Siroco, c/San Dimas, 3 (Noviciado). Thursday, February 7, 12.30am-6am. Small, intimate and fun, fun, fun — that’s the perpetual plan at Siroco. But now’s the time to get down and dirty to the hottest reggae music in town. Feel the Jamaican vibes until the wee hours of the morning in this little basement venue, as Jah Williams and Gudlak provide the punters with the reggae rhythms that make it impossible not to shake that booty until dawn. 

Bart Skils, Mondo, Sala Stella, c/Arlaban, 7 (Sevilla). Saturday, February 8, 1am-close. Isn’t it about that time to put a little Bart Skils in your life? If you’re a techno fan then indeed it is. He is one of Holland’s hottest djs. Spinning an award-worthy mix of everything from rhythmic deep techno to minimal electronica, this Dutch sensation has been tearing it up on decks all the world over. From Mazza Club to Dance Valley to Awakenings and now to Mondo, it’s hats off to Mr Skils.

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