Cantinas, salsa floors, jazz cellars and mezcal bars: the city after dark, scene by scene.
BarsMexico City's bar scene is absurdly good, and the main reason is mezcal. Not just because mezcal is…Read the guide →Electronic MusicMexico City's electronic music scene is one of the most vibrant in the Americas, and it operates on…Read the guide →Folk MusicIf you want to understand Mexico through its music — not the tourist version, not the sanitized version,…Read the guide →Jazz VenuesMexico City's jazz scene is small, fiercely dedicated, and blessed with the kind of venues that jazz deserves…Read the guide →Mexico City NightlifeMexico City doesn't really go to sleep. That's not a figure of speech — it's a city of…Read the guide →Rock VenuesMexico City's rock scene is massive, chaotic, deeply passionate, and operates on a scale that most visitors don't…Read the guide →Salsa ClubsSalsa in Mexico City is one of those scenes that exists slightly below the tourist radar but operates…Read the guide →Traditional CantinasCantinas are the soul of Mexico City drinking. Not the cocktail bars with their hand-carved ice and Instagram…Read the guide →