Entertainment in Málaga
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El Gato Lounge
If it's a louder ambience you're looking for, you'll find the pink party at the mega clubs and gay bars in Torremolinos. That's right, the 'in crowd' goes to Torremolinos for fun!! What had turned into a decayed symbol of a better past is now making a comeback. New bars, restaurants and clubs are opening and the area is becoming one of the major gay holiday destinations in Spain.
La Nogalera (close to Torremolinos train station) is the centre of BLGT - bi, lesbian, gay and transgendered - tourism in the province. Here, the variety of bars, pubs, clubs and discos guarantees a good time. Check out the new and trendy El Gato Lounge, where cool cats chill over a beer and a bi…
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Tetería El Harén
A large teahouse that rambles over several floors with lots of private nooks. Live music Thursday to Saturday evenings.
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Onda Pasadena
With jazz on Tuesday and flamenco on Thursday, has regular live music, mostly rock, but not always.
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El Jardín
A beautiful Viennese-style cafe next to palm-filled gardens behind the cathedral, full of ancient malagueños plus the odd inebriated Picasso lookalike. Art-nouveau flourishes and old photographs evoke a pleasant ambience, but not great food. Instead, come for wine or coffee and listen to some young-at-heart septuagenarian pound away on the upright piano.
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Kelipe
Málaga’s substantial flamenco heritage has its nexus to the northwest of Plaza de la Merced. Kelipe, a flamenco centre which puts on muy puro performances Thursday to Saturday at 9.30pm; entry of €15 includes one drink and tapa – reserve ahead. Kelipe also runs intensive weekend courses in guitar and dance.
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Sala Tantra Buddha Bar
This place is worth taking a peep at even if you don't hang about. It's decorated with all the little details associated with Buddha - statues, silk screens etc. This type of décor replicates the Parisian prototype and is a fad in Spain at present - an odd theme for a drinking den! There's a small dance floor too.
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Bodegas El Pimpi
A Málaga institution with a warren of charming rooms and mini-patios, El Pimpi attracts a boiterous crowd of all nationalities and generations with its sweet wine and traditional music. Look out for the flamenco (last Monday of the month) and the signed photo of a young-looking Tony Blair.
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Puerto Oscura
An elegant and intimate cocktail lounge with plush velvet seats and secret alcoves - a great way to start the evening. It stays open until the early hours on busy summer nights and sometimes puts on live music acts. Relatively smart clothes are the order of the day. Nonsmokers beware!
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Passion
The weekend is for partying at Passion, one of Torremolinos' hottest clubs, which boasts two floors, three different atmospheres (depending on your mood), international DJs, live performances, swimming pool, go-go dancers and singers…
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Calle de Brusellas
This is a retro Belgian bar that woos a bohemian crowd. During the day it caters to the coffee scene with pavement tables, then at night the dark little bar comes to life. Good tapas include a generous helping of fresh Greek feta salad.
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La Vidriera
Each table in the long upper room of this bar is fitted with its own tap for pulling long cold glasses of Alhambra beer. A range of raciones is available for soaking up the amber liquid, from around €4 to €12.
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Bullfights
The main season at Málaga's bullring takes place during the Feria de Málaga in August. The festival has an 11-day programme of fights, the longest of its kind in the province. Tickets vary, depending on where you sit.
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Albéniz Multicines
The home of the large Cinemateca Municipal (Municipal Cinema), showing international films with Spanish subtitles most nights. Posters and the Sur newspaper list the current movies at Málaga's cinemas.
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Antigua Casa de Guardia
This venerable old tavern has been serving Málaga's sweet dessert wines since 1840. Try the dark brown, sherry-like seco complemented by a simple plate of prawns.
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La Botellita
Just off Plaza de la Merced, Botellita is chock-a-block with miniature bottles of spirits. Spanish music attracts a young and invariably tipsy crowd.
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Palladium
Palladium is one of the areas most popular gay venues with multiple floors, international DJs and live performances. It's one of the hottest around.
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Liceo
A grand old mansion turned young music bar, which buzzes with a student crowd after midnight. Go up the winding staircase and discover more rooms.
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Warhol
A stylish haunt for gay clubbers who want an upmarket atmosphere in which to enjoy the funky house beats mixed by dreadlocked DJs.
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Flor de Lis
Flor de Lis is ideal for tapas, afternoon coffee or the first drink of the evening for a gay and gay-friendly crowd.
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ZZ-Pub
ZZ-Pub With rock on Thursdays, this place is central and has regular live music, mainly rock, but not exclusively.
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White
A favourite dance haunt (hip-hop, funky) of northern European language students.
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Mondo Tiki
Unwind to the soothing sounds of lounge in gay and gay-friendly Mondo Tiki .
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Ánfora
Ánfora, primarily a girls' bar with local clientele and loud pop music.
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Teatro Cervantes
The palatial Cervantes has a fine program of music, theatre and dance.
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