Music is life! Whatever your taste and whatever you’re going through there is always a piece of melody that could get along with your mood. Enjoying music is never so great than listening to the band live in-person with your friends or loved ones. Good to know there are a lot of live music bars and hubs that you can try out for your own kind of music!
With a long experience in providing a sound system and event equipment, Red Damien gives you a rundown of the best places for live music in town:
Tago Jazz Café
14 Main Avenue, Cubao, Quezon City.
If you have a deep taste for the intricacies and artfulness of Jazz music, TAGO Jazz café is a perfect hangout place for you. Here you can plunge into the ecstasy of syncopation and great improvisation by local Jazz musicians and singers.
saGuijo Café + Bar
7612 Guijo Street, San Antonio, Makati City
Here is a rather cool place to chill and listen to good music after a tiring workday. You can get grooving with music from your favorite bands and artists both mainstream and indie. Keep updated with their latest shows thru their Facebook Page.
Route 196
196-A Katipunan Ave., Project 4, Quezon City
Enjoy a rough introduction to Manila’s fast-growing Indie scene here at Route 196. Expect to enjoy new stream of music from Autotelic, Tom’s Story, Jensen and the Flips, SUD and Miles Experience. You can check out their Twitter account for the latest their upcoming production.
12 Monkeys
12 Monkeys is a place to enjoy your all-time favorite OPM Bands + the Indie greats. Urbandub and Kamikazee both gave their last show here. You got to check out the swabe nights every first Thursday of the month, to enjoy free music from the LPG Bands that includes Jensen and the Flips, MilesExperience, SUD plus 5ive Story Fire. What does LPG stand for? It’s for you to find out when you visit.
70’s Bistro
46 Anonas Street, Project Street, Quezon City
This one of the most popular and long-running bar that has served great music, food and booze for Manila people. It sports good acoustics and sound system that sound-picky people can appreciate. You can frequent popular OPM bands and artists here like Franco, Wolfgang, Tanya Markova and yes a 70’s band, like The Jerks.
Mow’s
Kowloon House Basement, 20 Matalino Street, Teacher’s village, Quezon City
A go-to venue for start-up production and great college bands, Mow’s is a good hangout place for the young and those looking for new wave of music. During Wednesday you can check out Jazz bands, and Stand-up comedy every Tuesday. Also, there’s no way to have bite of Kowloon siopao while having an inuman.
B-side
The Collective, 7274 Malugay Street, San Antonio Village Makati City
The best place to have a chillax night and savory grilled food is the B-side at The Collective Makati. It is a reggae and ska hub for music tripping and partying. Drop by this place during the weekend and know that it is a crowd-favorite. A key takeaway from the fans: their Sunday night shows are fantastic!
19 East Bar and Grill
Kilometer 19, East Service Road, Sucat, Muntinlupa City
Although it is located in a far-flung area, 19 East still proves to be a must visit place for the best live performances of great names in the music industry. When we say must visit, we do really mean it. Expect to listen to bands like Parokya ni Edgar, Up Dharma Down, Side A, Freestyle, Bamboo, you name it.
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