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Dolce Zucchero
This is one of the prime locations to hear live jazz and pop music bands in Florence. It is a recent addition to the city’s nightlife scene and has proved immensely popular with people of all ages. The hall is attractive, with high ceilings and a small dance floor. Most groups are Italian, though several American bands perform here as well. There is also hip-hop music to dance to in the basement. The bar has an Australian beach theme and features a variety of cocktails.
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Via dei Pandolfini 36 - 38
50100
Florence
Tel: +39 (0)55 2477894
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The Jazz Club
This is a wonderful place to hear top-notch traditional jazz, and has a devoted audience of regulars. Friday and Saturday nights are the times of live concerts, and the groups play sets far into the night. The atmosphere is warm and informal, and visitors can chat and socialize during the performances. You have to purchase a membership card for €5 to get in, but after that drinks are quite cheap. The club is a bit difficult to find, located at the end of a little side street near the Duomo, but well worth it once you get there.
Opening times: Daily 9 pm - late
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Via Nuova dei Caccini 3
Florence
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Eskimo
A small and unique venue, Eskimo is a good place to hear local Florentine music. It is located in an atmospheric old building, and local musicians have been performing here for many decades. Many student musicians perform here, but the quality tends to be quite good. There is also a period every night when anyone can get up and perform. Thursdays feature blues and guitar music, and Monday has traditional Italian music. Drinks are also served.
Opening times: Tues - Sun 9.30 pm - 3.30 am
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Via dei Canacci 12
50122
Florence
Tel: +39 (0)55 284567
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Auditorium Flog
This venue has been around for more than ten years and has become a well-established part of the live music scene in Florence. Rock fans love to congregate here, but the club is popular with a wide range of people and its reputation for exciting, high-quality live performances draws in quite a mixed crowd. A variety of alternative and Indie groups play here, most of them Italian, though a number of foreign bands also appear. Flog is known as one of the best places in Florence for “underground” music, and also some ethnic music. When there is no live band, the DJs keep things going. Entrance fees vary depending on the event, but are usually not very expensive.
Opening times:
Daily 9 pm - 4 am
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Via Michele Mercati 24b
50139
Florence
Tel: +39 (0)55 490437
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The Red Garter
A rather trendy though unpretentious club that goes for an American-style atmosphere, the Red Garter is a popular place to hear rock, jazz and pop music. There is a bustling bar in the front and a dance floor, as well as some rows of tables and benches to just sit and listen and drink. The crowd here tends to be between 20 and 30, mainly locals and some foreign students. There is no cover charge, and most evenings a band starts playing at 10.30 or 11 pm.
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Via de’Benci 33
Florence
Tel: +39 (0)55 2344904
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Teatro Comunale
This hall is the main venue for opera in Florence, and was originally built as an open-air amphitheatre, opened in 1862. Shortly aftwerward, this venue became the focus of the city’s cultural life. The theatre was modernized in 1961 after being closed for refurbishment for three years. It reopened as a smaller hall, seating 2,000 instead of 6,000, and boasting an acoustically improved elliptical auditorium, a large orchestra pit and two semicircular galleries in addtion to a row of box seats. The theatre also contains the Piccolo Teatro, which is a small modern hall seating about 600. The Teatro Comunale has been partially destroyed twice, by bombs during World War II and by a flood in 1966, yet both times has been rebuilt into an even more beautiful and practical concert space. For many Florentines it symbolizes the strength of the city’s artistic culture.
The Teatro Comunale is also the home of Florence’s main orchestra, L’Orchestra del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino. It has also been the location of the famous annual music festival, Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, since 1937. The operas put on here tend to be lavish and popular spectacles, with a highly renowned costume and stage design staff. Many of the most important musicians and conductors of their time have performed here, such as Maria Callas who made her debut here, as well as Paul Hindemith, Bela Bartok, Igor Stravinsky, Karlheinz Stockhausen and Luciano Berio. The opera season in Florence begins in September.
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Corso Italia 16
Florence
Tel: +39 (0)935 564767
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