| Salsa in Havana, Cuba |
Updated november 2008 (my last visit: april 2006, latest updates are based on second hand information) View Larger Map (This map, in a separate Window) Cuba-Junky: Cuba Absolutely: Salsa Web: Cuba
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Club |
Location |
Phone | Music |
Charge | Comment | My own experience |
| Restaurante 1830 | Malecón, Vedado |
Supposed to be one of the hottest spots for Salsa. Since abt. 2006. |
None |
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| Casa de la Musica Galiano / Habana | Av. de Italia (Galiano) e/Concordia y Neptuno, Centro Habana |
878-4727 | Live Salsa, DJ before and after |
$5-25 | $5
for the daily matinee (5-8). $10-25 for night show (11-2). Features top Cuban Salsa and Timba groups. |
A bit bigger than Miramar,
good vibe, dancefloor are often crowded with people standing when
popular bands play. Circular tale floor, slippery when wet.. |
| Casa de la Musica Miramar | Calle 20 (#3308) y 35, Miramar |
202-6147 | Live Salsa, DJ before and after |
$5-$20 |
$5
for the daily matinee (5-8). |
One of the best concert scenes. Mid size but good dance floor. Powerful cooling. Recommended! |
| Cafe Cantante | Paseo y 39, Plaza de la Revolucion |
879-0710 | Live Salsa, DJ before and after |
$5 - $10 |
Average groups mostly.
Occational entertainment. |
Variable. Quite busy jinetero place, including paying twice the entrance when arriving a little late. Good bands play. |
| El Grand Palenque | Calle 4 #103 e/ 5ta y Calzada, Vedado | Live Rumba Saturday 16:00, Casino afterwards. |
$5 |
Popular place, warm. Good show, and an hour of all right casino dancing afterwards. | ||
| Hotel Florida | Obispo, Habana Vieja |
$5 incl. 2 mojitos | Differs from a handful of people to packed. Depends heavily on how many travel-dance-groups stop by for the evening. | |||
| Café Trastevere | Suppoosed to be good for salsa dancing | None | ||||
| La Red |
$3 |
Evenings. DJ only. | None | |||
| Sala Macumba | Calle 222 at 37, La Lisa (Havana West) |
33-0568 | Live salsa matinee (thursdays+), DJ otherwise ? |
$5 (-$20?) |
Used to be $25 whether live
music or not. Nice outdoor venue. Daily matinee from 5 pm to 11 pm. |
Been there only thursdays, which is supposed to be salsa night, el Clan playd both times. West-side place, foreigners are hardly noticed. Nice for dansing salsa, but reggaeton starts early. Los Van Van played saturday matinee as late as april 06. |
| Casa de la Amistad | Paseo e/ 17 y 19, Vedado |
830-3114 |
Sunday: Salsa moved to Restaurante 1830 |
$5 incl. |
Beautiful garden, food served.
Was closed 2004 - 05. Open restaurant all week, but dancing only certain days. Casino on Tuesdays, Sunday salsa moved til restaurante 1830. (2006: Cubans pay 25p entrance + $2 for drinks.) |
Very popular sunday dancing,
strictly salsa plus house band Moncada playing salsa, rock, zouk++. Opens 5pm, prepare for 1 hour in line until 8-9 pm. Closes 11pm. |
| Tuesday: Live Son |
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| Hurón Azul | Wednesday Rumba | Interesting Wednesday act, a bit crowded. | ||||
| Tipico | Sunday Tipico | Great! Old timers dance tipico all evening, with one bottle of ron each. | ||||
| Teatro Karl Marx | Av 1 y Calle 10, Playa |
203-0801 | Concerts in week-ends and some week days | Venue for greater events, festivals, etc. Concerts in week-ends and sometimes in the week. |
Haven't been there yet.. Issac Delgado and X Alfonso played april 06. |
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| Salon Rojo | Hotel Capri, Vedado |
$10 |
Concertscene with tables, and no dance floor after reconstruction. | Have been there, but left due to lack of dancing floor (06). Los Van Van played april 06. | ||
| El Turquino | Hotel Habana Libre, Vedado |
Haven't been there yet.. Haila played every wednesday in april 06, supposed to be ok for dancing casino occationally . |
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| Havana Café | Melia
Cohiba Hotel, Vedado |
(33-3636 ext 2704) | Hotel restaurant cafe with a low budget floor show, some salsa, and a variety of music |
No
cover, but drinks are expensive. Mostly a show bar, but there is some open dancing. Music day and night. |
Never been there.. | |
| Copa Room | Hotel Riviera, Vedado | (33-4051) | Cabaret | $15-$25 |
Formerly
Palacio De La Salsa. |
Never been there.. |
| Jazz Café | Vedado | 55-3302 | ||||
| Jazz Club la Zorra el Cuervo | Calle 23 y O, Vedado |
66-2402 | Never been there.. | |||
| Casa de la Cultura | Aguiar e/ Amargura y Teniente Rey, Habana Vieja |
Local salsa and traditional bands. | Live music on Thursday nights. This is a venue for Cubans, though foreigners in the know enjoy it. A good place to dance with Cubans, very inexpensive. | Never been there.. | ||
| El Diablo Tun Tun |
Calle 20 (#3308) y 35, Miramar |
Nightclub with live salsa /other daily. | Never been there.. | |||
| Delirio Habana | Paseo y 39, Plaza de la Revolucion |
Pianobar with live salsa /other daily. | Never been there.. | |||
| La Cecilia | Miramar | (33-1562) | Live Salsa (top groups), and recorded music | $15-$20 Outdoor venue with irregular live performances. Call ahead to the attached restaurant La Cecilia. | I have eaten a couple of times daytime, haven't seen any dancing. | |
| Salon Rosado de La Tropical | Laceiba | (29-0985) |
This well known venue is under renovation with reopening possible in 2003. In its past form it was not a fancy club. It was a large concrete outdoor arena. Everyone performed here. |
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| Karachi | K esq. 17, Vedado | some salsa, mostly disco | $5, small place | Never been there.. | ||
| Johnny's | Miramar | (7) 293389 | some salsa, mostly disco | $10, small place | Never been there.. | |
| Teatro America | Centro Habana | |||||
| Tropicana | Cabaret | Legendary cabaret | Nice costumes, boring coreography and quite bad music/singing. | |||
| Parisien | Hotel Nacional | Cabaret |
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