Fan of live music but the indulgence is draining you dry? These venues hear you: Not only do they have free live gigs every week, they also have genre-based themes. From jazz nights, to electronic bands and covers, we heard them all to bring you five spots to listen to homegrown musicians play original compositions and popular covers for free.

Bluebop Cafe

As a musician and jazz enthusiast himself, owner of Bluebop Cafe in Khar, Amar Sukhi, felt a need for a jazz centric place as “the genre is drying”. Friday nights usually host the city’s finest jazz musicians. Sometimes, they blur the lines between genres to accommodate variations of jazz, blues and even classic rock. “Mumbai was alive with jazz in the ‘60s and ‘70s,” says Sukhi who opened the venue around three years ago and picks all the musicians himself, “and now we need a place to keep jazz alive. I want jazz to be more accessible, hence it is free.” He did hint that they may need a new model soon, but for now, this works.