Entertainment in La Paz
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Peña Marka Tambo
A less expensive - and some claim more traditional - peña. The food is okay, but the music is better.
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Teatro Municipal Alberto Saavedra Pérez
The Teatro Municipal Alberto Saavedra Pérez has an ambitious program of folklore shows, folk-music concerts and foreign theatrical presentations. It’s a great old restored building with a round auditorium, elaborate balconies and a vast ceiling mural.
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Peña Huari
The city's best-known peña is aimed at tourists and Bolivian business people. The attached restaurant specializes in Bolivian cuisine, including llama steak, Lake Titicaca trout, charque kan (jerky) and salads. The show starts at 20:00.
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El Calicanto
Housed in an old colonial home two blocks from Plaza Murillo, it consists of the café El Molino, which does coffee and lunches, a bar with a nightly peña, and the Restaurant Las Tres Parrillas (with reasonably priced and excellent food).
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Mongo’s
Mongo’s is La Paz’s long-standing hip, hot (it gets crowded) and happening spot that seems to stand the test of time for both tourists and locals alike. There’s after-dinner music, and live salsa music on Tuesdays.
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Cinemateca Boliviana
Your best chance of catching a quality art film is at the cutting-edge Cinemateca Boliviana, which shows an excellent selection of new art-house Bolivian and subtitled foreign films regularly.
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La Casa del Corregidor
Housed in a beautiful colonial building, this upmarket peña (folk music) is called Rincon Colonial de La Paz, and offers a regular, but enjoyable peña experience.
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Traffic
Has lost some pizzazz in recent times, but still popular for cocktails, live music – from world music to disco – and all the attitude and dancing you can muster. You can linger until late.
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La Choperia
Opposite the Mormon church, its rustic interior, retro photographs from the '20s and '30s, Western pop music and pitchers/jugs of beer make it a favorite with middle-class locals.
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Dead Stroke
An upbeat and marginally sleazy billiards bar with cable TV. It attracts lots of night owls with pool, snooker, darts, chess and dominoes, and also serves standard bar meals.
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Thelonious Jazz Bar
Bebop fans love this charmingly low-key bar for its live and often impromptu performances and great atmosphere. A flier on the wall promotes forthcoming sessions.
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Forum
The longstanding and popular granddaddy of La Paz's discos appeals to the young and restless, and offers a different musical theme each night of the week.
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Diesel Nacional
The postmodern place to escape reality for an overpriced drink with the rich kids. It doesn’t really get going until late.
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Cafe Sol y Luna
A low-key, Dutch-run hangout offering cocktails, good coffee and tasty international meals. It has three cozy levels with a book exchange and an extensive guidebook reference library (many current Lonely Planet titles), talks, salsa nights, live music and other activities.
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Ram Jam
A trendy hot spot with the lot: great food and drinks, mood lighting and live music. There are vegetarian options, English breakfasts and micro-brewed beer. They are proud of the reputation: ‘come for a meal and stay until far too late…’
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