Some of the capital's venerated jazz spots, like Le Bilboquet, have lost the fight for survival in recent years. But this one has endured, and attracts a high class of performer.
42 rue des LombardsWacky crowd, Madonna songs and accordion tunes. At the Friday and Saturday Bal de la Boîte à Frissons, couples dance the foxtrot, tango, madison or guinguette in the early part...
13 rue au MaireMusic and dance of the highest order can be found at both sites, with jazz and music from just about anywhere you can think of (Iraq, Japan, Thailand, Brittany) amid the...
2 pl du ChâteletJean-Luc Choplin has radically changed the programming of this bastion of Paris music making. An attempt to rediscover the theatre's popular roots has been achieved at the...
1 pl du ChâteletThe underground bunker next door to the Centre Pompidou, set up in 1969 by the avant-garde composer Pierre Boulez to create electronic microtonal music for the new century, is...
1 pl Igor-StravinskyThe 'salty kiss' divides its time between passing chanson merchants, world artists and jazzmen of every stripe, from trad to fusion.
58 rue des LombardsA split-personality venue, with Sunset dealing in electric groups and Sunside hosting acoustic performances. Their renown pulls in big jazz names from both sides of the Atlantic.
60 rue des LombardsLaeticia Ivanez opened this installation space/boutique in the Marais in July 2008. The whole of the ground floor is given over to art shows, gigs and happenings, with an...
23 rue DebelleymeProgramming in this vertiginous concrete amphitheatre features hip chamber music outfits such as the Kronos and Takács Quartets, Early Music pioneer Fabio Biondi, and soloists...
2 pl du ChâteletThis classical music institution is strengthening its reputation in other live artistic disciplines. The new dance season will treat Paris audiences to performances by two...
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