Fun and entertainment Chile

Another interesting alternative to attend the famous shows of the island. You will be made up while taking the aperitif, while theumu or curanto (the typical Polynesian oven) is being prepared. Then you will have a meal (everyone helps themselves to as much as they want, the quality of the food is good but not much more) before attending a traditional show of Polynesian dances and songs. In principle, everyone ends up dancing! Of course, all this has a very touristic and theatrical side, nevertheless there is an atmosphere and everyone seems to appreciate!

The locals have been meeting here since 1896, and it seems that the decor has never changed! It is clear that this "gargote" is an institution. Come here in the evening, and especially at the end of the week when they play tango, bolero or cueca. The atmosphere is there, here it transpires the joy and the good mood! For the rest, the Chilean dishes are copious but very simple, the prices are soft the midday when the place is still calm and little agitated. An address not to be missed to discover the nightlife. Pura tradición!

Impossible not to mention this address, a stone's throw from the central market. The meeting place for alternative fauna, outcasts, old dreamers, poets, I don't give a damn and lovers of special places. They drink chicha, pipeño de Chillán wine, ponche de culén and terremoto (white wine and pineapple ice cream). A great atmosphere, a thousand miles from the fashionable addresses of Vitacura, to discover another facet of Chile and drown among a crowd of locals who will not spare you their tribulations.

Our favourite address, a classic in Temuco, a stone's throw from the centre. If the door is closed, it doesn't matter, just knock and they'll open it for you. In this alternative bar, we play music, sing with the musicians and dance salsa, waltz, reggaeton or the famous cueca until late at night... A merry mess! You can also come for dinner, enjoy good food at low prices and homemade beers. The best place in Temuco to spend a festive evening when you don't know what to do with your night!

This fashionable nightclub is moving away from the Latino spirit to offer electronic music inspired by Berlin and European evenings. Sometimes avant-garde, the music is mixed by great Chilean or foreign DJs. The atmosphere is overheated to say the least, the fauna is quickly unleashed in the early evening and the heat can quickly become stifling! You can always escape to the second floor and refresh yourself at the bar. Finally, a small detail that makes the difference: it is the first club in the world to operate entirely thanks to renewable energy!

In this small Latino club, salsa, merengue, bachata and rumba are mainly danced. The dancefloor is accompanied by festive sounds promulgated by a very enthusiastic orchestra! The atmosphere is great and the crowd is sweating on the track. There are also dance classes outside of opening hours, an opportunity for a gentle introduction to Latin dances. If you prefer to contemplate then nothing prevents you from enjoying the show offered by a couple of bachata dancers... sensuality guaranteed!

Located opposite Plaza Ñuñoa, this university theater is one of Chile's most important theaters. Nicknamed the Teatro UC, it celebrates its 80th anniversary in 2023 and has gone by many different names since its creation. It has two theaters (first and second floor) and welcomes no fewer than 40,000 visitors every year. Visitors can enjoy classical and contemporary works performed by a team of professional actors.

A festive and warm place where you will find many concerts of tango, jazz, rock... But above all, cueca: once neglected by the younger generations, cueca, Chile's national dance, is now back in the spotlight. An energetic and sensual dance that will set the dance floor on fire! Here, you can dance, drink cocktails, chat, enjoy the pleasant terrace and eat typical Chilean dishes. And this for more than 50 years! A local address that never gets empty as time goes by.

"El Comercio" as the regulars call it, is one of those typical and cheap Chilean places where you can come and listen to South American music. If you like the cueca, the traditional Chilean dance of the huasos, it is the ideal place to sway to the rhythm of the different groups that animate the evenings. They also dance cumbia and salsa. Go there on weekends to enjoy a good atmosphere. Local dishes and good wine are served on site.

Club Matadero is a cultural and social center located in Santiago de Chile. It is dedicated to the preservation, development and dissemination of Chilean popular culture and heritage. The club regularly stages shows and concerts featuring traditional Chilean music such as cueca, as well as more contemporary musical genres such as cumbia. Local and international artists take to the stage to delight audiences.

As its name suggests, the "tavern" organizes meetings of artists, rock concerts and theme evenings around the 80s and 90s. The place organizes quite a few tribute concerts, i.e. music groups specializing in covering the songs of a particular band: an opportunity to see the Pink Floyd or the Beatles with a Chilean sauce! We drink homemade beer and generous cocktails in a festive, good-natured and definitely Chilean atmosphere. Boarding!

The group of dancers/singers VAI TE MIHI RE'O O TE MATA TO'A offers a lively show, considered by some to be the most enjoyable on the island. It must be said that the show includes a dimension unlike any other: here, traditional music also makes way for more Western instruments (ethnic rock fusion style). The ancestral songs find a new vigour in more modern sounds. You can also choose to dine there while attending the show. A beautiful moment to offer yourself.

In the garden of Casa Plumas, this bar opens at. The bartender, originally from Hawaii, is the master of the art of preparing delicious cocktails with exotic flavours.

It's the kind of place where two people come in for a drink and ten people meet on the dance floor. Cocktails and homemade beers are à la carte to warm up the winter evenings, come for happy hour to take advantage of the discounts. To mop up, you can choose from a variety of sushi, which is quite correct. Above all, the pleasant atmosphere of this lounge bar for international customers, occasionally enlivened by live music: from bossa nova concerts to jazz performances, the good mood is always there.

Electronic music and pop, what to satisfy the local youth of Viña del Mar for one of the best boxes in the coastal city!

This Spanish bar offers tapas and "de copas", which are very popular in the Providencia district. There are also tortillas and gazpachos as well as a wide selection of tapas topped with tomatoes, olives, shrimps, tuna, octopus or Serrano ham. If you come instead to enjoy a good glass of wine, know that you can sip your drink quietly on the terrace and you decide to work up an appetite later: the kitchen closes after dark. A little air of Barcelona in the heart of Santiago.

This club, whose reputation is well established, is very popular with the nightlife in Port of Spain. Gay-friendly, it is also the place to be for fans of 80s and 90s music. The clientele is rather young, the beers are cheap and the atmosphere rather good-natured. The dance floor is a show in itself: the crowd goes wild to the rhythms of reggaeton and other cumbia tracks. Each night has a different theme. People usually come after midnight or 1am. A good atmosphere if you want to go out and have fun!

It is the most animated discotheque of the city, always crowded even during the week! You can choose to dance in three different atmospheres: three rooms, three floors! First of all a terrace with salsa on the first floor (electronic inside), second floor with varied music (rock, latino, electronic) and cheap beer, and finally on the ground floor, the atmosphere is rather rockero. Young foreigners like to come here to meet people and discover the nightlife of the city alongside young Chileans, who are always up for a good time!

A very nice bar, run by two enthusiastic brothers. You can listen to a lot of rock music: it's even the house speciality! Depending on the day of the week, Ilicito offers thematic evenings: blues night on Wednesday, concert upstairs on Friday... The drinks are not expensive at all, there is even pastis in principle! Try also the michelada and the mojito which will make you smile. The atmosphere is lively and the music is often loud: it's even hard to hear each other! The ideal address to have fun and enjoy a cosmopolitan atmosphere.

Emporio Echaurren is a new gastronomic offering in a historic setting: that of a vast, century-old warehouse which, at the beginning of the last century, was home to sailors and migrants. People slept, ate and stocked ships with goods. Closed for 15 years, the site has undergone a facelift: since 2019, it has housed a restaurant, a café and a grocery store (oil, coffee, cereals). A stop at the Emporio Echaurren, with its marble counters and wooden pantries, is like stepping back into the mythical Valparaiso of the ^20th century!