Entertainment in Varadero
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Club Mambo
Cuba’s ’50s mambo craze lives on at this quality live music venue – arguably one of Varadero’s hippest and best. Situated next to Club Amigo Varadero in the eastern part of town, the CUC$10 entry includes all your drinks. A DJ spins when the band takes a break, but this place is all about live music. There’s a pool table if you don’t feel like dancing.
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Casa de la Música
Aping its two popular Havana namesakes, this place has quality live acts and a definitive Cuban feel. It’s in town and attracts a local crowd who pay in pesos.
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Cabaret Continental
There’s a coolness to the kitsch at the retro Hotel Internacional, which stages a shamelessly over-the-top Tropicana-style floor show (Tuesday to Sunday) that is, arguably, second only to ‘the one’ (in Havana). Book dinner at 8pm, catch the singers and dancers strutting their stuff, and stay after midnight for the tie-loosening disco. Enquire at your hotel tour desk about advance bookings. This place is popular.
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Cabaret Cueva del Pirata
A kilometer east of the Hotel Sol Elite Palmeras, Cabaret Cueva del Pirata presents scantily clad dancers in a Cuban-style floor show with a buccaneer twist (eye patches, swashbuckling moves etc). This cabaret is inside a natural cave and once the show is over, the disco begins. Most hotel tour desks can arrange return hotel transfers. It’s a popular place, attracting a young crowd.
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Casa de la Cultura Los Corales
A place where the locals still hold sway. You can catch ‘filin’ (feeling) matinees here, where singers pour their heart into Neil Sedaka–style crooning. There are also instructors available for Cuban music; or take dance lessons for around CUC$2 an hour.
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Calle 62
Set in the transition zone between old and new Varadero, this simple snack bar attracts clientele from both ends. It’s good for a cheese sandwich during the day, and the ambience becomes feistier after dark with live music going on until midnight.
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Bar Benny
A tribute to Benny Moré, this place has a jazz-den energy, with black-and-white photos of the legendary musician lining the walls and his velvety voice oozing from the sound system. Post-beach cocktails and olives are recommended.
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Habana Café
Done up like Planet Hollywood meets the Tropicana, this place has a talented floor show followed by disco dancing. Expect the 35 plus set and a preponderance of guayabera shirts.
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Bar Mirador
On the top floor of the Dupont Mansion, Bar Mirador is Varadero’s ultimate romantic hangout where ‘happy hour’ conveniently coincides with sunset cocktails.
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Discoteca La Bamba
Varadero’s most modern video disco is at Hotel Tuxpán, in eastern Varadero. It plays mostly Latin music and is considered ‘hot.’
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Discoteca Havana Club
Near the Centro Comercial Copey, this is another tourist disco that welcomes Cubans. Expect big, boisterous crowds and plenty of male posturing.
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Cabaret Mediterráneo
A professional two-hour show in an open-air location beneath thatched roofs nightly at 10pm. On a good night, it’s worth the money.
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Discoteca La Salsa
Above the reception desk at SuperClub Paradiso-Puntarena, at the western end of Varadero, this club attracts a foreign crowd.
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Cabaret Anfiteatro Varadero
This cabaret has a gala open-air floor show. Used mostly for special occasions, it doesn’t open every week.
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La Descarga Karaoke Bar
You can check the mic, one, two, at this karaoke place in the strip mall next to the Hotel Kawama.
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Disco La Red
When people actually turn out, good local atmosphere is to be had at this place.
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Bar Dragón
Connected to the Lai-Lai mansion-restaurant, this is good for a drink or three.
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