Entertainment in Chile
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Centro Cultural Teatro del Puente
Experimental theater companies and the occasional Chilean indie band perform in this space between Pío Nono and Purísima bridges.
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La Taberna
This seedy-looking bar in a 130-year-old house hosts regular acts, including Chilean folk music on weekend nights from midnight.
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La Feria
Euphoric house and techno, an up-for-it crowd and banging DJs mean this is still the place to go for a fix of electronic music.
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Barlovento
Hipster headquarters in Viña is this industrial-looking concrete-and-steel bar, which has a reputation for spot-on cocktails.
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Emporio Racconto
Occasional live music and a homey ‘pub- tatmosphere’ make this nightspot popular with Antofagasta’s bold and beautiful set.
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Café Journal
Electronic music is the order of the evening at this boomingly popular club, which now has three heaving dance floors.
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El Rancho
El Rancho attracts a local crowd and plays a variety of music, including rock en español.
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Canta Luna
Pelluco’s most diverse option, with a Salsateca in the cavernous downstairs and live music upstairs.
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Talcuba
Rub shoulders with the university crowd in this darkly lit small tavern that plays contemporary rock and pop.
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Cine Mundo
Cine Mundo shows big-name movies; catch northbound colectivos signed ‘Mall.’
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Cine El Roble
A two-screen complex theater inside Plaza El Roble shopping mall that shows the latest blockbusters.
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Disco Morena
A spacious place that keeps on thumping long after the rest of the city has turned in for the night.
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Arte-Bar
Hosts live music (bossa nova, classic rock) and literary readings in intimate, mellow surroundings.
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Pub Oveja Negra
Hip students and older rockers love this laid-back bar, where live bands often perform on weekends.
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Yo y Soledad
Fight off those lonely bugs at the town’s most happening spot. This sprawling pub gets going late.
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Café Ikabarú
Ultra-high-leg ‘80s bikinis have given Café Ikabarú a decidedly racy reputation.
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Baron Rojo
Ultra-high-leg ‘80s bikinis have given Baron Rojo a decidedly racy reputation.
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Cine Mundo
Cine Mundo is a cinema 800m north of the train station showing recent movies.
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Café Caribe
Micro-mini dresses are the almost matronly attire of servers at Café Caribe.
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Café Haití
Micro-mini dresses are the almost matronly attire of servers at Café Haití.
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Barrabás
For live music or DJs, a happy youthful crowd and deep lounge areas where you can cozy up.
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Universidad del Bío Bío centro de extension
Movies are regularly screened here, with the occasional folk music performance thrown in.
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Coffee Express
Oversized glass-and-plastic coated coffee shop serving some of La Serena’s best java.
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Aché Havana
Twist, turn and pirouette with the best of them at this pulsating salsa nightclub.
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Splash
A long-running youth-driven club that will have you living la vida loca.
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