San Cristóbal de las Casas Entertainment

  1. Bar Revolución

    There's a great atmosphere at Bar Revolución, with travelers and locals doing their best to converse and listen to the two nightly bands simultaneously.

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  2. Barfly

    Stained glass lamps light the bar and a graffiti-style mural splashes across the wall in this dark and funky club. It's a popular space for local musicians, with electronica on Saturdays and reggae, funk and salsa bands otherwise.

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  3. Blue

    This very popular venue rocks on a little later than other places in town. There's always a resident band playing and billiards table waiting to be played.

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  4. Café La Selva

    Courtyard coffee where the aroma of roasted highland-grown coffee beans is strong.

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  5. Cafetería Maya

    The patio has a permanent photo exhibition on the Zapatista movement.

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  6. DaDa Club

    There's never a cover, and live jazz bands wail nightly starting around . Earthy and intimate and dressed up in red, this new club is cozy and inviting.

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  7. El Circo

    A slightly hipper venue across the street from Bar Revolución. A reggae-rock band normally plays in the front bar, while the larger electro-pop dance room in the back opens Thursday to Saturday. Both are usually packed.

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  8. Kinoki

    Art space and cooperatively-run café, with two smaller private cinema rooms available as well.

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  9. La Pera

    An artsy but relaxed (and not too sceney) cafe-gallery-bar, La Pera often stages live music late in the week. It could be blues, jazz, trova (troubadour-type folk music) or something completely different.

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  11. La Viña de Bacco

    San Cristóbal's first wine bar was so successful that it quickly outgrew its first dollhouse-size location. Now located on the main drag, it's still a cozy place to chat, pouring a large selection of Mexican options (among others) starting at a reasonable around $15 per glass.

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  12. Latino's

    Latino's is a bright restaurant-dance spot where the city's salseros gather to groove. A salsa/merengue/cumbia band plays Thursday to Saturday, so get wiggling.

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  13. Los Amigos

    A popular but reasonably unraucous cantina, the two-for-one beers and tasty botanas (free snacks) keep it hopping and fun, as do the wander-in mariachi bands.

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  14. Madre Tierra

    A San Cristóbal institution, Madre Tierra's smoky Bar Upstairs presents live reggae and skabands.

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