I'm comming into Costa Rica @ the end of August in search of fine music. I'll be traveling for about 10, and am interested in seeing ANY & EVERY TYPE OF MUSIC that the locale cradles. If anyone is going to concerts, raves, any event, or knows artists to check out while I am there, your efforts will be MUCH APPRECIATED by afellow audiogypsy.
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jardin
Hi, in Alajuela and San Jose are a lot of places of live music all weekends.
Cinthya
www.jardintropicalbandb.com
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jboza
El Observatorio in San Jose they have live music almost every friday, any type, from tropical salsa to hard local punk.
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maldicion
jazz cafe in san pedro brings national and international acts in. always great music the times ive been, always a cover though and a bit pricey/higher class.
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bluefrog59
Catch the weekend guide in La Nacion (I think it is included in the Thursday edition). You'll find a number of options. Two great bands to watch out for would be Editus and Marfil.
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maldicion
hahah.
cahuita is always good to find some reggae actually played with real instruments!
actually tim, club 360 (second floor) in tres rios (at the mall) west of san jo is a house/techno club and occaisionally has big, advertised parties, maybe not quite RAVE, but close. Tiesto played there a few years ago when i was down once.
sands in san pedro draws the dog collar and black eyeliner crowd for music.
Anochecer in san pedro- one of my favorite places, has a sand floor and is candlelit, used to have a guy named bernardo quesada doing acoustic on thursday nights and he was awesome. not sure if he still plays there- when i was in san jose in september i saw him on the front page of the weekend section, but keep the name in mind.
there used to be a really small legit rock n roll bar in el pueblo but i think it closed.
thats all i can remember for now, i dont remember anything real specific on the coasts because those places ive only been once or twice
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maldicion
oh and look out for malpais, good band- costa rica's biggest...usually a pretty big event anywhere in the country when they play
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tree_house
In Costa Rica I would recomend el Observatorio, Jazz Cafe and the Caribbean Coast, here you can find real roots and calypso like Ferguson.
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Check out paradise!
www.costaricatreehouse.com
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jose_m
Go to WhereInCostaRica.com, it's an events calendar for Costa Rica and contains a great deal of parties, concerts and more!
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