Cozy, open, casual cafe right off of the south side of the Weser and minutes from Hochschule…read moreBremen. Beautiful open windows letting in plenty of natural light, laid-back funk beats, friendly staff, and a pleasant mix of comfortable and well-loved wohnzimmer furniture accompanied by traditional table seating to accommodate all sorts of people with all sorts of reasons to stop in. Stop by for a coffee, beer, and a soup or spontaneous dish of the day before it runs out. Event/music venue in addition--and did I mention: Free Wifi? Karton and its evening-life counterpart around the corner, Papp, are delightful Neustadt establishments serving up care-free culture and tunes.

Fabrik is a brilliant concert venue. The roof is so high that it feels like a cathedral, but…read moreactually I think it used to be a factory of some kind. There are (at least) three levels, but when I was there they had only opened up one and a half. Even so there was loads of space. I can't believe that it took me a year to finally get along to Fabrik - I'll definitely be back - I'd like to go for one of their club nights

Was there yesterday (second time) to see Black Seeds from NZ. Great gig and the choice of the venue…read morewas perfect: 1) it's relatively small (it was about 500 people yesterday and it was full) so the band can interact with public and pass on the energy. When you're close to the stage - you feel it! 2) very informal, relaxed atmosphere. Drinks are sold at the bar, also there is a snack bar in the corner. 3) there are also places to sit and inner balcony/gallery upstares - need to try it next time! Verdict: great music venue, will go again. Darjeeling

I had so few expectations of this place. I'd walked past this graffiti-clad monolith before and was…read morepretty convinced it was a smack den. So imagine my surprise when a band from back home came to town and announced they were playing a show there. What I found was a phenomenal space for music and art in general. Surprisingly decent acoustics, awesome DIY setup, cheap beer, relaxed door policy (feel free to pop in and out, check out the bowl outside if the weather's nice), cool staff happy to put up with my broken German...the whole place just had a great vibe. The fact they wanted to knock this place down is crazy. This place is nuts.

The Rote Flora is, in my opinion, a must-see when you come to Hamburg. Even though it's in the…read moreSchanze area, it seems to be tied with the Kiez as half of the cultural heart of St. Pauli. The place is basically the centre for left-wing politics and also anarchists. It's where the yearly riot happens, with the nearby Haspa bank getting continually destroyed. It used to be a theatre, but now you'll find practice areas for bands, a café-type-thing and a dirty dirty electro club. I still haven't been for one of the club nights, but I really want to. It's pretty high on my list of things to do in Hamburg

Very bizarre place, this is. We went to see Ladytron here last night (see separate review) and were…read moreonly allowed into the concert hall a full 40 minutes after doors open. Sound was horrible throughout the night and the 40 minute intermission between warm-up band and main act was almost unbearable (I don't have anything against Johnny Cash, but 40 minutes of him straight through during the wait for an electro concert?). I'm not sure I'd want to come back here to see a concert. I was disappointed by the setup and the way the evening was logistically handled.

This is a biased review because this is where I died and went to heaven. I have returned to the…read moreland of the living for my family (and to write this review) but I want it noted that this is the scene of my first departure from this Earth. Honestly, I don't know if I'm used to everything being so expensive in San Francisco but I found this place to be incredibly inexpensive. I saw a concert and had a drink for less than €25. My import beer was €4. That is just insanely cheap. How are they making money? I nursed my one beer for fear of having to go to the bathroom and missing out on ANYTHING. I was upstairs in the beautiful but small concert area and wasn't about to lose my spot near the stage. And then the concert started and then I died. Surrounded by a bunch of sort-of-likeminded fans, it was a great place to feel like, "OMG. Can anyone actually survive from being this happy?!" By the nights end, some lovely gal finally convinced me to put my coat back on before going outside and probably actually freezing to death. Could I really freeze to death, though? When one is so overly blissed out from chatting with Matthew Mole, the best singer in the whole entire world, who is super entirely nice, and omg, so sweet, and wonderful, and amazing, and is so worth everything it took to get here... oh, my heart. How the Prinzebar was able to contain all of this is beyond me. The guy at the coat check counter was also super lovely. Great intimate venue, insanely cheap prices, and filled with tons of really amazing feelings. Swoon!

SUPER DIVEY. AND I LOVE IT…read more Bouncers at the door, a dark hallway, upstairs, downstairs, and a tiny outdoor patio for beer and entertainment. Standing room only in a crowded venue might turn you off, but being outdoors while drinking beer and listening to live music offsets any discomfort one might suffer. Pins reminiscent of the 80s with the bar name and logo are given instead of coin to ensure the return of plastic beer cups. Cheesy? Not at all. This place has a little retro feel to it.

This was a super vibey venue! The people who worked here were very nice.read more

I saw three pop-punk/hardcore bands here and I really liked the venue. Anywhere in the main floor…read morewill give you a good view of the stage, and there's some space at the back for merch and sitting/hanging out. Cloakroom is 1€ per item, Astras are just 2€ a pop (2,50€ inc. deposit), bar staff are very friendly (and speak some English if you get stuck) and, amazingly, the toilets are actually very nice. A personal highlight for me was the fantastic view onto the harbour. It all added up to create a fantastic gig space. One thing I'd said, although it might not be the venue's fault, is the band mix wasn't perfect. In particular, the guitars needed to be a bit louder. Only really an issue for audiophiles though. Would definitely come back here, no questions.

one of the oldest punk rock clubs, if not the oldest- in Hamburg. Near the harbor, it is less than…read moreten minutes away from the Reeperbahn. it's a dingy bar, cheap drinks, great music on any given night. Sound can get a little rough, the floor a little sticky, and the room very hot when the club is backed. the bar is disconnected from the music side. as far as I Can tell, an all ages venue. english is commonly spoken in the entire area, and most of the staff speak it fluently. I have been to the club numerous times and always have a great time.

From the owner: mojo concerts einlass in der regel ab 20:00 uhr. vorverkauf…read morefür mojo konzerte im jazz café, an den meisten vorverkaufsstellen und bei ticketmaster.de. für clubabende gibt es tickets nur direkt an der abendkasse. friday frequencies - ab 23 uhr elektronisches aus mojo perspektive. eine nacht mit soulful experimenten diesseits und jenseits des vier-viertel-takts zwischen rhodes und 808. bass ist größer als genres. saturday essentials - ab 23 uhr jazz is looking good on the dancefloor. und immer mehr - aus wurzeln ist ein beachtlicher baum gewachsen. essentiell, nicht altbewährt. es bleibt kompromisslos und geht zurück in die zukunft - mit der gehörigen portion soul. jazz café single brew coffee, delicious meals in jars, kräftige drinks und ernsthafte musik. montags - mittwochs 12:00 uhr - 19:00 uhr, donnerstags - samstags 12:00 uhr - open end. bei mojo konzerten auch sonn-und feiertags geöffnet. love the one you're with.

This is the kind of bar you would go to just to chill, chat or have some pre-party drinks..No…read moreworries, its a good decision! The laidback athmosphere attracts all kinds of people, which creates the perfect opportunity to get to meet new, crazy (drunk?) people to have a fun night with. The way my Dutch friends described this place is the exact way how to put it : Something like a club sports house or squad. I love the retro/trashy decoration, especially the Kitty cat motive on the wall, in the hall that leads to the other (dance) room; crazy but fun. Prices are reasonable and the bartenders are just as easy going as the crowd. Downstairs, next to the toilets, theres another dancefloor which is only opened on special and/or crowded nights. Music is great; on fridays kind of hiphop/rnb/reggae, on saturdays more electronic sounds and on sundays jazz/lounge. During the week its not too crowded, so you can chill on the sofas, play some table football, have profound conversations or find yourself doing intellectual stuff on your laptop. You can even buy candy if you get hungry, at the bar just next to the entrance! Awesome!

Haus 73 is an extremely cool bar on Schulterblatt. An interesting question is: why don't I go there…read moremore often? I can't put my finger on it. Maybe it's the fact that the sofa's are all already taken by the time I arrive? Maybe it's the weirdness of having a kiosk inside a bar? Maybe it because the drinks selection is merely average? I'm not really sure. What I do know is that it's cool, but I decide to go elsewhere 99% of the time, so only 4 stars then.

Super unhöfliche Türsteher. Dir Barkeeper brauche gefühlt Stunden um einen Gast zu bedienen, und…read moreflirten lieber als Gäste zu bedienen Weil sie jemand Baby nennt. 10€ für ein Sekt zu verlangen und auf anfrage nicht zurück zu mehmen und ihn obwohl man ihn dann doch nicht will, ihn nicht mal in der Hand hatte ist einfach eine Frechheit.

I saw a post-hardcore band here and while I enjoyed the show, I found Docks had some very strange…read moreand frustrating organisation and design issues which haven't left me with a great impression. My main complaint is the cloakroom/coat check, which was an absolute nightmare and definitely the worst I've ever encountered. As soon as I had my ticket checked and went through the main door, bang, I was already in the cloakroom queue. And not only was this queue soul-destroyingly slow, it snaked around the whole venue, and that's not an exaggeration. It turned left past the bar, the merch table, another bar, the toilets, then it turned right up the stairs, went across the entire upper tier (going past another bar, naturally) and finally turned right down half a flight of stairs. When I got there, it was two guys in a 1 metre squared hole in the wall. For a 1,000+ capacity venue, that's absolutely ludicrous. By this time, I'd been queuing for half an hour and had missed the entire support slot, even though I was in the queue when doors opened. Another peculiarity was the standing area. Naturally it was riddled with mosh pits, which was fine for the most part. However, there's some funny tiered standing areas at the sides which are incredibly hard to see in the dark, resulting in a fair amount of tripping as the crowd churned. Luckily, everyone was quick to help each other up, so it wasn't a massive issue. Just something to watch out for. I'm not sure I'd come back here unless I was really keen on the band. And if I did, I definitely wouldn't bring a coat.