Club entertainment in Rome
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Max’s Bar
Max is a gay Rome institution, and its unthreatening, welcoming vibe, backed by a hip-wiggling soundtrack of commercial house, is what has endeared it to so many men for so long.
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Goa
Goa is Rome’s serious super-club, with international names (recent guests include 2ManyDJs), a dressed-to-the-nines crowd prancing like peacocks, and heavies on the door. The night to pick, though, is Thursday, when top Italian DJ Claudio Coccoluto ushers in the best of Europe’s electronic music DJs. Goa also hosts a lesbian night, Venus Rising (www.venusrising.it), on the last Sunday of the month.
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Fanfulla 101
Hidden behind an unmarked workshop door, this is an underground cultural centre, a book-lined old hall that’s all vintage chic and left-leaning punters. The look is bohemian, arty beards are plentiful, and drinks are dirt cheap. There are regular live indie, jazz, reggae and rock gigs, plus jam sessions, particularly from Monday to Thursday. Tuesday is the night for art-house films, documentaries and poetry readings.
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Akab
This eclectic former workshop has an underground cellar, an upper floor, a garden and a classically whimsical door policy. On Saturday the two levels get jiggy with R&B and house, while Friday nights Akab goes back to its roots with live music, usually local cover bands. Tuesdays it’s L’Etrika, a must for house and electronica fans, with some big names. Entrance is €15 (one free drink).
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La Maison
Chandeliers and long, low banquettes provide a sexy backdrop for a see-and-be-seen crowd, who flirt and frolic to a soundtrack of poppy tunes and commercial house. It’s smooth, mainstream and exclusive, yet more fun than you might expect. Entrance is free, if you can get past the door police, but drinks are €10 to €15 a throw. It gets busy by 2am.
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Metaverso
The smallest, friendliest place on the Monte Testaccio strip, cellar-club Metaverso packs in a cool, alternative crowd, and plays mostly hip-hop and electronica, with the occasional foray into out-there stuff like acid house. Projections of old movies in the arched interior make it doubly hip. Admission is around €5 and drinks are cheap.
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Skyline
Gay bar-club Skyline is a popular spot for cruising and carousing, and the bright-walled warren gets very busy. There are bar areas, a video room, bustling dark areas and cubicles. Mondays is the popular ‘naked party’ night, and the second Saturday of the month is ‘sexy night’ when anything goes.
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Distillerie Clandestine
One of Rome’s umbrella venues, this funky place hauls in the hipsters. As well as a restaurant, there’s a ship-shaped American bar with what look like light sabres suspended above it, a designer club that focuses on dance and house, and even a so-last-century smoking room.
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Galleria dei Serpenti
A kooky, hidden-away place in Monti, this is a hip gallery-club that hosts some nights to remember, from the monthly mod mashup the Right Track (vinyltastic, featuring northern soul and boogaloo) to in-the-know electronica sessions. Check listings to see what’s coming up.
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Piper Club
Keeping Rome in the groove since 1965, Piper has worked through its midlife crisis and is starting to rediscover its mojo as the life and soul. As well as hosting some unfeasibly funky nights, it attracts big-name gigs (think Peaches, Babyshambles, the Fratellis).
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Supperclub
Is it a bar? Is it a restaurant? Is it a cabaret joint? No, it's the Supperclub! Resembling its cousin in Amsterdam, but with less reefer, here you recline on white divans, eat a violin-serenaded dinner, and then strut your designer-clad stuff in the disco.
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Rising Love
For those who like their electronica, techno, funky groove and house, this white industrial space will tick all your boxes. Guest DJs such as DJ Falcon (Daft Punk), plus local talent, get the crowd rocking, and there are regular one-off nights.
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Alpheus
Alpheus has four halls hosting an eclectic array of sounds – from Argentine tango to Goldie – with plenty of live gigs. Saturday is the popular ‘Gorgeous, I am’ gay night, with lots of go-go dancers and guest DJs.
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Caffè Letterario
Garage-turned-cultural centre Caffè Letterario combines designer looks, bookshop, gallery, performance space and lounge bar. There are regular live gigs from indie folk to Indian dance. Check the website for upcoming events.
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Hangar
A gay landmark for more than 20 years, Hangar is friendly and welcoming, and attracts locals and out-of-towners, especially at weekends and on Monday nights for the weekly porn screenings. Feeling frisky? Head to the dark room.
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Dimmidisí
Fronted by lavish murals, this intimate, small-scale white-walled loft of a club is devoted to new music: jazz, soul, dub, electronica and breakbeat. There are regular DJs and it’s a good place to see live bands.
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Esc Atelier Occupato
The ‘occupied studio’, having been evicted from its previous squat, now has a brand-new home, with 500 capacity, hosting gigs such as French hip hop artist Keny Arcana. Admission and drinks are cheap.
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Qube
Rome's multilevel clubbing giant has retro, live disco and death rock on Thursdays; gay night Muccassassina (www.muccassassina.com in Italian) on Fridays; and hip-hop, disco revival and electro on Saturdays.
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Rashomon
Rashomon is sweaty, not posey, and where to head when you want to dance your ass off. Shake it to a music-lovers’ feast of electro-rock, electronica, indie and new wave, plus occasional live acts
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Lian Club
Brick-arched Lian Club is an intimate place to see up-and-coming local bands and is friendly, relaxed and fun. Entrance is usually €5 (free if you’ve eaten here) and drinks are cheap too.
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L’Alibi
L’Alibi attracts a mixed gay and straight crowd. Spread over three floors, including a huge summer roof terrace, this sultry, cavernous club plays soulful commercial house to shake your ass to.
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Conte Staccio
With an under-the-stars terrace, Contestaccio is a laidback cocktail bar with an arched white interior that hosts DJs and regular live gigs. Admission is usually free in the week.
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La Saponeria
Formerly a soap factory, nowadays La Saponeria lathers up the punters with guest DJs spinning everything from nu-house to nu-funk, minimal techno, dance, hip-hop and R&B.
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