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Find a club or bar, catch some local music, check out an indie art project — this is the focus of our Nightlife Guides. With community members in Buenos Aires, Bangkok, NYC, Berlin, Tokyo, and more of the biggest cities in the world, Matador has some killer recommendations for how to spend a night out.

We’ve got roundups of the best dive bars in different towns and cities, notes from the dance floor, and tips on how to rock a tapas bar in Spain.

If you can’t find what you’re looking for below, check in with the community for personalized recommendations.

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How to avoid LA's overpriced gimmick bars and get to cheap booze in a sleazy atmosphere.

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L.A. club Boulevard3 home to inhibitied grad-student dance party.

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Real theater makes this drag bar unlike any other I've been to.

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Jessica Festa searches for 10 nightlife spots for a Bangkok ladies night.

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Each has welcomed in all walks of life, and then spat them back out onto the street.

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Mark Ayling has spent months finding the less touristic night spots in San Sebastián.

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Whispers of secret alleyways leading to bars from older friends led me to discover the...

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Hiroki Watarai shows us his favorite 10 dive bars in Miami.

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Paul Sullivan plays club tour guide, giving us the ins, outs, and how-to-get-theres of...

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From a schooner in the Caribbean to Iceland's Blue Lagoon.

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Seven bucks for a bottle of swill is the airport standard. Luckily, there are exceptions.

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Robin Graham points out 10 bars where you may encounter fellow tourists but you will...

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San Francisco food carts have quickly become every foodie's girl-next-door.

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Don’t be “that guy” in the Emerald Isle’s watering holes.

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8 great places in Stockholm to have a drink, maybe a bite to eat, and experience the city.

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Peter Bragiel makes his way across the border into Mexico, partying in Tijuana and...