Free Music in Madrid

We’ve got different genres playing in diverse venues with one thing in common: the entrance and music are free! So dump the seedy club offers and expensive cover charges, grab your rocking shoes and look no further for an itinerary of live music for the weekend.

Blues – Friday, March 12th: Moe has been the stage for many, many blues and jazz acts in the past decade and doesn’t seem to have any plans of slowing down: Mondays are reserved for the Bob Sands Big Bands, Tuesday’s and Wednesday’s are dominated by jam sessions and the rest of the week usually have concerts in store.  The 12^th at 22:30 p.m. will be the date of a free concert featuring blues musician Boney Fields. This veteran American has worked with various artists such as Buddy Guy and Junior Wells, don’t miss him!  

Classic Rock – Saturday, March 13^th: Straight up classic rock will be the sound coming out of the long running Segundo Jazz club starting at 24:00 a.m. Saturday night. The Beat Beat Yeah is a new tribute band that mostly dips into The Beatles repertoire, but also meddles with The Rolling Stones, The Who, The Kinks and other rock bands that transformed popular music forever in the sixties and seventies. So come have a few drinks with friends and sing songs you already know and love, with no cover charge.

Jazz – Sunday, March 14^th: End the weekend with some good and smooth jazz with Marta Sanchez’s Jazz Jam, playing at El Plaza starting at 22:00 p.m.  Pianist Sanchez will be accompanied by her band of sax, base and drum players, who have together been touring the Madrid Jazz circuit for the last couple of years: look for samples of their great songs here.

By  Daniel Sznajderman