As a music-loving city, seeking out an atmospheric bar with live music to tap your foot along to won't take too long. With everything from frenetic night clubs featuring big-name gigs to laid-back, smoky jazz bars and feisty flamenco performances, Valencia's live music scene is brimming with locales. Here are just a few to point you in the right direction:

Jimmy Glass
c/ Baja, 28
Go here for: Dark, smoky bar with live jazz music and jam sessions.

Café del Duende
c/ Turia, 62
Tlf: 630 45 52 89
Go here for: World music (Wednesdays), Flamenco (Thursdays)

Black Note Club
c/ Polo i Peyrolón
Tlf: 963 93 36 63
Go here for: Jazz, blues, flamenco, rock, soul, funk

Loco Mateo
c/ Erudito Orellana, 12
963 26 05 26
Go here for: Classy bar with live flamenco, jazz, blues

Barracabar
c/ Jacinto Benavente
Tlf: 963 82 62 22
Go here for: Late-night concerts, fetaures both up-and-coming and big-name alternative groups

Republicca
Poligon Industrial de Mislata
Tlf: 963 66 56 46
Go here for: Big discoteca that attracts a constrant string of big-name bands

Roxy Club
c/ Sant Vicent Mártir, 200
Tlf: 963 80 38 52
Go here for: One of Valencia's biggest live music venues featuring local groups, big-name bands and wide range of genres