Moscow Entertainment

  1. 16 Tons

    This club is widely believed to be the hottest live music venue in the capital, attracting top local and foreign bands, who almost always play to a packed house. The brassy English pub-restaurant downstairs has an excellent house-brewed bitter.

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  2. Club Forte

    Nightly concerts range from swing-jazz to Latin-jazz to golden oldies. The atmosphere is more formal than some of the other places, attracting a sort of pseudo-intellectual crowd. Thursdays and Fridays are reserved for the local band Arsenal, which plays rather bland big band. Book ahead.

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  3. Jazztown

    Moscow's newest jazz venue is this flashy club, hosting Russian and international acts on most nights. The gigantic club includes a restaurant and a casino. The 'jazzcothèque' makes for a fun night out, if you don't mind the Las Vegas atmosphere.

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  4. Kitaysky Lyotchik Dzhao-Da

    If you're looking for a place where you can fill your stomach before shaking your hips, zoom into Kitaysky Lyotchik Dzhao-Da (Chinese Pilot). This little club is in a basement close by Kitai Gorod metro and is one of the best club/restaurants around. Live bands and DJs from around Europe and Russia play all sorts of music.

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  5. Moscow International House Of Music

    A graceful, glass, modern building, this new venue opened in 2003. It has three halls, including Svetlanov Hall, which holds the largest organ in Russia. Needless to say, organ concerts held here are impressive. This is the usual venue for performances of the National Philharmonic of Russia, a privately financed and highly lauded classical music organisation. Founded in 1991, the symphony is directed and conducted by the esteemed Vladimir Spivakov.

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  7. Proekt OGI

    Proekt OGI is a vaguely hippy, but definitely hip place, for student types; enter through the unmarked door in the corner of the courtyard and descend into the underground - literally and figuratively. Live music plays most nights.

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  8. Sixteen Tons

    Sixteen Tons is widely believed to be the hottest live music venue in the capital, attracting top local and foreign bands, who almost always play to a packed house. The brassy English pub-restaurant downstairs has an excellent house-brewed bitter.

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  9. Tabula Rasa

    A great venue for international bands (indie and rock mainly) with a cosy interior complete with pool table and fireplace.

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  10. Tchaikovsky Concert Hall

    Home of the famous State Philharmonic ( Moskovsky Gosudarstvenny Akademichesky Filharmonia ), the capital's oldest symphony orchestra since 1921.

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  11. Woodstock

    Comfy couches and busy billiard tables lend this club a low-key, loungey atmosphere. Weekends feature live music, usually blues and rock.

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