Today I went to a Pop Music Festival at La Tabacalera, an old-tobacco-factory-turned-social-and-cultural-center. I absolutely LOVE the Tabacalera--it's underground/urban/hipster atmosphere amazes and inspires me. It's a self-managed social center, full of space for whatever you can imagine--there are dance classes, Yoga, an Underground Herb Garden, Soundpainting, History, Spanish/English/French/you-name-it classes; basically, if you provide the skill and the know-how, you can find space at La Tabacalera. So the Pop Music festival was pretty neat, but their "pop" music was definitely rock...and rock that I didn't really care for. Coupled with clouds of smoke (Yes, Spain is smoke-free as of January 2nd...but apparently urban, free-thinking hipsters don't need abide by these silly laws), I was satisfied to just check it out for an hour or two and then be on my merry way. It was a cool experience and the stage was really neat!
La Tabacalera also has some of (in my opinion) Madrid's best graffiti. Check it out.
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