Overview

• Café Central will host its final performance on October 12, ending its lease at the historic Plaza del Ángel location after nightly jazz since 1982.
• The property owner formally declined to extend the lease in July, following seven years of failed negotiations, forcing the venue’s closure.
• Thirty-five employees, many with long tenures, have been notified that they will lose their jobs when the club shuts down.
• A series of farewell concerts featuring national and international jazz artists will mark the venue’s legacy through the autumn.
• Club management has opened [email protected] to collect proposals for a new site where Café Central could relaunch.