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( 0898542787; ul Ioakim Gruev 36, Kapana; 8am-6am; )
The pinstriped Petnoto
combines a bar, a small restaurant and a music stage where Bulgarian bands and DJs per-
form.
Marmalad
(ul Bratya Pulievi 3; cocktails 3 lv; 9am-2am)
This two-floor place is one of Kapana's
best for live music. The upper floor is a bar, the lower one a club where nationally known
rock bands perform on Thursday. Other weekly features include piano bar, karaoke, trib-
ute nights and DJ action.
LIVE MUSIC
City Place
( 0888715657; bul Maria Luiza 43; 11pm-6am; )
Plovdiv's longest-running
nightclub was formerly called Paparazi, but in its current incarnation it has seen some
slick renovations - though the DJ-driven house music,
chalga
(Bulgarian pop music) and
hip-hop playlist remains the same in this cavernous place composed of three large halls.
CLUB
Enjoy Club 69
( 0888699688; Evlogi Giorgiev 1; 11pm-6am; )
This scantily clad
chalga
(Bul-
garian folk-pop) club somehow combines brick-wall decor and plasma video screens, at-
tracting students and wannabe mafiosi.
CLUB
King's Stables Café
(ul Sâborna; cocktails 3.50 lv; 8.30am-2am Apr-Sep)
This summer-only outdoor cafe
has a lower area beside the restaurant, with live music stage, and a funky upper bar (the
'second stage'), offering a short list of well-made cocktails. A DJ here spins chilled-out
tracks, sometimes accompanied by wafting, pungent incense.
LIVE MUSIC
Caligula
( 626 867; ul Knyaz Aleksandâr 30; 10am-8am; )
Plovdiv's only gay club is,
Bulgarian men only half-jokingly say, a nice place to meet girls. Whatever the case, the
GAY
