TODAY
Lady & The Tramps: Swing at Café Central
TODAY 8:00 PM • See Website
“Fourteen years of Madrid swing, on a Monday, in the city's jazz living room. Dance badly.”
Centro: What's Actually Happening
16 things worth your time in Centro over the next two weeks. Starting with Café Central (Ateneo) and Araña Club.
What’s on
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TMRW
Martes Locos: Larouge All Night Long
TMRW 11:59 PM • Free-€15
“Tuesday. Midnight. Dark techno all night long. Madrid does not believe in work mornings.”
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WED
David August: Artist-in-Residence Listening Session
Monopol (Nômade Temple, Gran Vía 11), Centro
WED 7:30 PM • €20
“David August plays what he's been making while living in a Gran Vía hotel. Sit, listen, no phones.”
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THU
FRI
Adédèjì Adetayo Quartet: Yoruba Odyssey
FRI 10:00 PM • See Website
“Nigerian guitarist who opened for Manu Dibango, playing Lagos-cut Afro-jazz. Sit still. Try.”
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FRI
Madrid Comedy Lab: The Friday Showcase (in English)
FRI 10:00 PM • €13.54
“Expat comics roasting Spanish dinner times, at 10pm, which proves the point.”
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SAT
Miki Dkai: Hoy Se Lía
SAT 11:00 PM • €18
“A Cádiz comic exiled to Valencia, doing 11pm stand-up under the Schweppes sign. Very salao.”
SUN
Cuando Perriabas: Shakira Residency After-Party
SUN 11:59 PM • Free
“Shakira's Madrid residency ends; the hips do not stop. Reggaeton nostalgia till close.”
MON
Odojazz: Chamber Jazz at Café Central
MON 8:00 PM • See Website
“Voice, clarinet, cello and piano doing boleros and Brazilian tunes. Holiday Monday, sorted.”
MON
Ryan Adams at Teatro Lope de Vega
MON 8:30 PM • €52+
“Heartbreaker himself, seated, in a velvet Gran Vía theatre on a bank holiday. Bring tissues.”
OCT 13
Martes Locos: MAD RAVE by Elements Cave
OCT 13 11:59 PM • Free-€10
“Raw techno on a Tuesday off Plaza de España. Free before the doors get choosy. Bring a fan.”
OCT 14
The Autumn Defense (Wilco's John Stirratt & Pat Sansone)
OCT 14 9:00 PM • €16
“Two Wilco guys making sunny 70s soft-pop in a tiny movida-era room. Dad-rock, elevated.”
OCT 14
Elements Cave: Wednesday Cave Night
OCT 14 11:59 PM • Free-€15
“A Wednesday rave in the 1979 movida temple. Your Thursday self will file a complaint.”
OCT 15
Steen Rasmussen Quinteto & Leo Minax
OCT 15 8:00 PM • See Website
“A Danish pianist and a Minas Gerais singer making Brazilian jazz. Bossa nova with a Nordic accent.”
OCT 17
Madrid Comedy Lab: The Saturday Showcase (in English)
OCT 17 10:00 PM • €13.54
“English-language stand-up in a Huertas basement. Laugh at the guiri jokes, you're the guiri.”
OCT 19
Updated October 5, 2026