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Sidecar (Factory Club)
Click here to view map Click here to launch website Sidecar is small and dark. It’s packed full every weekend with far too many people to dance properly. It’s in one of the most touristy areas in the world and the drinks aren’t even that cheap. So… why do I like it so much??? Well, it’s simple really. Sidecar is boss! A word which I use to mean good - as in the boss of a factory producing reasonably priced sweets - not despotic and bad - like the boss of a small accounting firm with illusions of grandeur. It’s small but it’s really authentic and you meet actually interesting people there, most of whom choose to go because they like the music. Each night of the week offers something different, the best club night being Friday and perhaps the most entertaining being Anti-Karaoke on Monday nights, with the other nights split between different alternative musical styles. On Friday and Saturdays the resident DJs know how to get things going for the indie-kid regulars. How can you do better than spending an evening dancing along to the full spectrum of the Stooges, the Jam, Pulp, Franz Ferdinand, the Pipettes et al, mixed in with new artists, Spanish rock, the odd electro track and a dash of the unusual. It’s also pretty amazing to go to a club and hear certain tunes that you wanna dance to, that you genuinely haven’t heard before. The DJs, and especially Nacho on a Friday, have got it sorted. The club is also a live music venue with a monthly programme of gigs with the odd familiar name and good local and new acts. To be fair, by standard club prices, drinks in Sidecar are not too bad either. Entrance is only €7 on peak nights, which includes a free drink, bottles of Estrella are €3.50 and decent sized spirits/mixed drinks are the Barcelona club standard €6-7. Never really worked out why it’s called “Factory Club” and thought it probably has more in common with a factory that produces small plastic replicas of the Sagrada Familia than Andy Warhol’s studio, there aren’t many places in Barcelona I’d rather go dancing.

Address:

Plaça Reial, 7, 08002

Area:

Gotico

Nearest Metro:

Liceu
Jaume I

Club type:

Straight

Opening times:

Drink prices:

(1 free) Beer:€3.50
Mix drink: €6.50

Entry prices:

Mon: €5, Tues: €6
Weds-Sat: €7

Music played:

Electro
Indie