Sala Sarau 08911

Sala Sarau 08911 is a 900-capacity concert and nightlife venue in Badalona, on Barcelona’s northern edge. Its defining trait is the blend of live performance and late-night club culture: Sarau began with a focused tribute-band format, pairing familiar-song sets with cocktails and a dancefloor-minded finish. The room sits in the Can Ribó industrial area, a district associated with Badalona nightlife, and remains listed by Catalonia’s cultural agenda as a private, professionally managed music venue.

Eight founders, one local-night-out idea

Sarau opened in 2012, created by eight Badalona entrepreneurs as a new home for live music, quality cocktails and nightlife in the city. Xavi Morera, identified at the time as one of the project’s creators, framed the venture around bringing concerts into Badalona during Spain’s economic crisis. Saturday tribute shows formed its early programming backbone: a March 2012 report previewed Synchronicity’s The Police set, followed by Depeche Mode and El Último de la Fila tributes, with the venue becoming a discotheque after the bands finished. The approach gave Sarau a clear social rhythm: live hooks first, DJ-led release afterward. Its fifth-anniversary night on March 3, 2017 put Fundación Tony Manero onstage, a fitting choice for a room built around communal, dance-ready repertoire. Local coverage that year described regular Friday and Saturday concerts alongside monologues, city festivities and social events.

The room today

Expect a standing, club-oriented evening with a bar-and-cocktail element central to the experience and a schedule designed for varied kinds of group nights out. Current cultural listings show tribute productions, cover bands, DJs, comedy and themed sessions across the same month, while the venue packet also points to rock, alternative, pop, metal, electronic and R&B. Sarau suits audiences who enjoy songs with instant recognition, energetic late sets and bills that can move from an early concert into a full-night dance atmosphere.