Hurón Azul (UNEAC) LH 
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The home of the National Union of Writers & Artists (UNEAC) is a grand old Vedado mansion, where a large veranda serves as a stage and its patio provides table seating. This is a popular hang out …
Trova Live music venueAdmission: CUC 5Open: 78324551Calle 17, esquina H 
Meliá Cohíba Hotel – Habana Café LH 4-
This is where Vincent Vega would get his ten-dollar shake in Havana and although you cannot actually sit inside the Chevy, Pontiac and Buick, which grace the interior; they do add 1950’s chic to the p …
Salsa/Timba Live music venueAdmission: CUC 15Open: 8pm-2.30am daily; Performances: 9pm (main band at 11.30pm) Thur-Sun$100 - $110ROOMS: 409Hotel Meliá Cohíba, Avenida Paseo, esquina 3ra, Vedado 
Submarino Amarillo LH 3
Vedado needs to be shaken up sometimes and the Yellow Submarine is making a fair effort. While this is a Beatled themed and decorated place it is first and foremost a house of Cuban rock music. The mu …
Heavy metal/rock Live music venueAdmission: CUC 2Calle 17, corner Calle 6, Vedado 
La Casona de Línea LH 3
This beautiful Vedado mansion is the headquarters of the renowned theatre troupe Teatro Estudio. Almost every Sunday night, its courtyard hosts well-selected concerts by trovadores, singer-songwriters …
Cultural instituteAdmission: 10 CUPOpen: Open 8.30pm SunCalle 11, entre D y E, Vedado 
Jardines del 1830 LH 4-
This is a beautiful location with the main action-taking place in a lovely outdoor garden facing the sea while inside an up-market restaurant takes the bottom floor of another exceptional Havana mansi …
Contemporary fusion Live music venueAdmission: CUC 2-5Open: Open 10pm-2am Tue-SunMalecón, esquina 20, Vedado 
El Diablo Tun Tun Piano Bar LH 4-
This club is literally right upstairs from the Miramar Casa de la Música. It is a smaller venue than its downstairs neighbor and is generally a bit calmer, although when popular reggaeton acts are pla …
Salsa/Timba Live music venueAdmission: CUC 10Open: 11pm-6am Tue-SunCalle 35, esquina 20, Playa 
Fresa y Chocolate-ICAIC LH 3
Across the street from the ICAIC (Cuban Film Institute), this lobby-turned-bar offers a very pleasant place to get a pre or post cinema drink with lots of film memorabilia around. The weekend offers g …
Trova Live music venueOpen: 6pm-2am Fri-SunCalle 23 No. 1155, entre 10 y 12, Vedado 
Copa Room LH 3+
The Copa Room, for a while known as the Palacio de la Salsa, is inside the Hotel Riviera, which was built by Meyer Lansky just before the Revolution. The show currently playing is not the best and the …
Salsa/Timba Live music venueAdmission: CUC 10Havana Riviera, Paseo, entre Malecón y 1ra , Vedado 
Oratorio de San Felipe Neri LH 3
Originally a small church built in 1693, it was acquired two centuries later by a bank. The building was eventually returned to the city as a concert hall where lyric theater and song is performed. It …
Delirio Habanero Salón Piano Bar LH 3+
This is the place to go at 2-3am when everywhere else is closed, although be warned that the queues can be long, hectic and the doormen decidedly dodgy! There is a varied program, which includes mainl …
Salsa/Timba Live music venueAdmission: CUC 10Open: Open 10pm-6am dailyTeatro Nacional de Cuba, Avenida Paseo, esquina 39, Plaza de la Revolución 