Free DJ Sessions at Radio City

Radio City is a small venue in Valencia's old town, on Carrer de Santa Teresa, on the edge between Velluters and El Carme. It is one room with a bar, a stage and a dance floor — not a superclub. The summer DJ sessions are free, start at 23:30, and run until 30 August.

What time to actually turn up

Music starting at 23:30 does not mean people at 23:30. Valencians eat dinner from about 21:30 and old-town venues do not fill until after 1am. Arrive at 23:30 and you get an empty floor and an unhurried bar, which is either the appeal or a disappointment depending on what you came for. Free entry is normal here rather than a promotion — the bar is how the place pays for itself, so expect to order something.

Getting there, and getting home

You are in the middle of the old town: ten minutes on foot from the Plaza del Ayuntamiento, five from the Torres de Quart. The nearest metro stops are Àngel Guimerà and Túria. Arriving is easy; leaving is the part people get wrong. The metro stops running around midnight on weekdays and runs later on Friday and Saturday, so at closing time it is the EMT night buses or a taxi. Timetables shift by season — see our transport guide.

Filling the hours before

This is the best part of the city to wait in. The streets around Carrer Cavallers and Plaça del Tossal are dense with tapas bars — our picks are in where to eat tapas in Valencia, and cheap ways to stretch the evening are in free things to do. One thing visitors often miss: people live in flats directly above these streets, and noise outside is policed far more than noise inside. Keep it down on the pavement, especially on the way out. Background on the neighbourhood is in our El Carme guide.