Music Best Venue

BATOFAR

• What?
• Former lighthouse boat moored on the Seine, sadly rumored to be closing down
• Music policy
  Experimental’n’eclectic. So, be open-minded
• Best night
  Party People, with Dan Ghenacia and WARRIO, Oct 12, 9pm
• Where?
  Opposite 11 quai François-Mauriac, 13e, M° Bibliothèque, tel: 01 56 29 10 00
• How much?
  9.5E
  

LA LOCO

• What?
• Tacky tourist trap, taken over by the tuned-in Wake Up team
• Music policy
  House & techno
• Best night
  Club BPM every Friday with DJs Ivan Smagghe and Dan Ghenacia, in the basement
• Where?
  90 bd de Clichy, 18e, M° Blanche, tel: 01 53 41 88 88
• How much?
  20E/incl. cons
  

NOUVEAU CASINO

• What?
  Futuristic concert venue & club
• Music policy:
  Eclectic enough to rival with the Batofar
• Best night
  Minimal Dancin' Oct 4, 11pm
• Where?
  109 rue Oberkampf, 11e, M° Parmentier, tel: 01 43 57 57 40
• How much?
  10E
  

LE PULP

• What?
  Lesbian club turned electro Mecca
• Music policy
  Electro
• Best night
  Any Thursday night, 11:30pm
• Where?
  25 bd Poissonnière, 2e, M° Bonne Nouvelle, tel: 01 40 26 01 50
• How much?
  free
  

REX CLUB

• What?
  Paris' house music pioneer in the early ’90s, still with an impressive sound system and quality programming
• Music policy
  Techno & electro
• Best night
  Laurent Garnier's Dog’s Bollocks, Oct 24, 11pm
• Where?
  5 bd Poissonnière, 2e, M° Bonne Nouvelle, tel: 01 42 36 10 96
• How much?
  11E

STUDIO 287

• What?
  2000 capacity venue best known for its early-morning “after” parties
• Music policy
  Hard house & techno
• Best night
  Kit Kat Forever, every Sunday, 6am to midday
• Where?
  33 av de la Porte d'Aubervilliers, 18e, tel: 01 49 70 67 27
• How much?
  16E
  

WAGG

• What?
  Conran-owned joint (with expensive bar) run by physio Valèry B
• Music policy
  House & garage
• Best night
  Carte Blanche every Wednesday and So Happy in Paris? Oct 10, 11:30pm
• Where?
  62 rue Mazarine, 6e, M° Odéon, tel: 01 44 41 02 81
• How much?
  10E