Entertainment in Northern Chile
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Teatro de los Sueños
For a peek inside Antofagasta’s underground art scene, visit the funky art cooperative Teatro de los Sueños, which has occasional live shows and does ‘art actions’ to protest everything from feminocide (a real problem in Chile) to littering (another real problem). The dream train at the end of the alley leads the way.
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Soho Discotheque
Some of the hippest bars and discos are strung along Playa Chinchorro, including Soho Discotheque and the attached pub Drake, both of which get a variety of DJs as well as live salsa and rock bands.
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Coffee Berry
A top spot to watch the world go by, this pint-sized coffee shop serves up all manner of fresh coffee concoctions, each with your choice of syrups, sprinkles and creams. They even make their own chocolates to go with them.
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Café del Patio
Intimate café-cum-wine-bar in a sheltered patio with a mellow atmosphere. In summer some of Santiago's best jazz musicians perform here; the local bands that play the rest of the year are also worth hearing.
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Drake
Some of the hippest bars and discos are also strung along Playa Chinchorro, including Soho Discotheque and the attached pub Drake, both of which get a variety of DJs as well as live salsa and rock bands.
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Kamikaze
A hopping seafront bar and discoteca (disco) with a macabre WWII theme at the foot of El Morro; although it sometimes opens early for live gigs, the action usually starts after midnight.
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Taberna Barracuda
English pub meets US sports bar, popular with all ages; the two-for-one happy hour (8pm to 10pm) makes expensive drinks (CH$2000) more reasonable. Food, including tapas, is also available.
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Café Pub Real
In cosmopolitan Ovalle, this cheery venue is where the cool young things knock back espressos, cold Cristal or cakes and take their turns on the pool table. Occasionally hosts live music.
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Altillo Pub
This buzzing pub has candlelit tables, a lengthy drinks and snacks menu and comfy chairs perfect for some serious 21 de Mayo people-watching. Don’t eat here if you’re in a hurry though.
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Kamikaze
Copiapó’s most popular pub-club has a grisly WWII theme with a plane nose-diving into the roof. It has live music and serves bar snacks, fajitas and pizza to keep energy levels up.
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Kamikaze
Huge pub-club with bamboo bars and two floors playing everything from Cuban Pachanga to cheesy ’90s pop en español (Spanish-language pop).
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Nightclubs
Nightclubs sparkle along the seafront, past the lighthouse and all the way to Barrio Inglés Coquimbo; they're especially hot during summer.
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El Quijote
This musty, character-rich bar has its walls smothered with pictures of Latin American literary and leftist heroes. Also serves up OK meals.
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Pub Restaurant Caos
This long thin pub, with ’80s music videos blaring, is one of your better nightlife spots. It sometimes has live music on the weekends.
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Boicot
Stay out late drinking on the interior patio, or head over at midday for a cheap fixed lunch (CH$1500) at this popular student bar.
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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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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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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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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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Cine Mundo
Cine Mundo is a cinema 800m north of the train station showing recent movies.
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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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Coffee Express
Oversized glass-and-plastic coated coffee shop serving some of La Serena’s best java.
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Splash
A long-running youth-driven club that will have you living la vida loca.
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Vieja Habana
Has salsa classes to get those gringo hips ‘shaking like a polaroid picture.’
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