Entertainment in Cannes
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Le Palais
This ephemeral nightclub (it’s open only for 50 nights each year) has become the hottest ticket in DJ land, a combination of the most happening names in music and its spectacular setting at the heart of the Palais des Festivals. It’s the VIPs’ favourite spot so door policy is pretty tight: no guys without girls, only fabulous-looking people and €25 minimum (€60 on big nights).
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Palais Club
'Dance your life' with the world's best DJs is the buzz at this summer club which has taken Cannes by storm for the past couple of seasons - let's hope it's around next year. Electronic music and dance is the sound. A 2600-sq-metre dance floor inside and 1500-sq-metre rooftop lounge terrace with glittering Med view is the space. An affluent crowd of 2500 clubbers is the set.
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Le Bâoli
This is Cannes’ coolest, trendiest and most selective night spot. So selective in fact that your entire posse may not get in unless you’re dressed to the nines. The Bâoli is part-club part-restaurant so the only way to ensure you’ll get in is to book a table for dinner (mains €60) and make a night of it. Unlike the Palais it’s open year-round.
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Palm Beach Casino
This architecturally hip casino boasts a range of facilities including restaurants, a reception venue, a lounge bar, a private beach and, surprisingly, slot machines. Indulge in all the pleasures of gambling and soak up the carefree atmosphere that comes with throwing money away on the Riviera - all with the convenience of helicopter access.
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L'Atelier
Anyone who's anyone heads to this spectacular club within the Palm Beach Casino. The interior - a minimalist mesh of Byzantine, Greco-Roman and Oriental - has a restaurant and lounge bar. Recently saved from bulldozers and spectacularly restored, it's well worth a nosey. DJs spin jazz and lounge music early on and R&B later on.
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Le Sun 7
The cocktail list is an arm long (literally), and it doesn’t even include the 350 whiskies and many draught beers also served at this happening bar. The crowd is young on weekend nights when DJs spin their stuff, but it’s much more eclectic during the week. There is no cover charge and the door policy is pretty relaxed.
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La Discoteca
La Discoteca has all the bells and whistles you might expect from a club in Cannes, but with considerably less class. If you want that casting director to notice you, ordering a jeroboam of champagne sees your table spot-lit as a gong goes off. On the off-chance Hollywood doesn't beckon, at least you can get very drunk.
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Le 7
This disco-and-house gay club is a brilliant night out, but don't sit near the stage during the drag shows unless you're up for being part of the spectacle. Actually, there's so much attention-seeking here, it's doubtful newcomers will even be able to see the front row.
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Le Pastis
Le Pastis is the perfect start to a night on the town. It's one of the new kids on the Cannes block, but you would think it had been here forever. Charismatic barman Manuel mixes show-stopping cocktails, and there's a great wine list as well as a blackboard menu.
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La Grosse Tartine
This vivacious local bistro is not even a little bit pretentious. Proudly called 'the big tart', it's a fun way to start the evening - although the likelihood is you won't want to leave. No need to dress up - just make sure you've got your drinking shoes on.
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Carignan
Taste wine safe in the knowledge that Léandre Piquet (a former sommelier at the Majestic) is an authority. Find him behind the bar in his pocket-sized bar à vins (wine bar) atop the hill in Le Suquet.
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Amiral Bar
A cocktail in the legendary piano bar of Hôtel Martinez is a must when in town. Punters rave about Jimmy the pianist, as much for his hugely amiable manner as for his keyboard skills.
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Chink's
At the foot of Le Suquet on a pedestrian street, this pavement terrace and interior decked out in a cosmopolitan 1950s theme combines Thai cuisine with cocktails, DJs and a trendy bar.
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Zanzibar
Cannes’ longest-running gay bar is often dead, but we dig the fabulous mahogany panelling and half-century-old sailor murals. Ideal for quiet cocktails. Ask for a postcard.
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Da Da Da Club
DJs spin electro to house to French pop at this black-on-black thump-thump disco, which sometimes hosts international acts like Boy George. Look sharp or don’t get in.
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For You
An easy-going bar where you can shake your stuff whilst sipping on a beer or cocktail. Door policy and dress codes are relaxed.
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Le Night
Cannes’ happening, young gay bar hosts theme nights, from poppers parties to singing contests. Arrive around midnight.
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38 The Place
Buzzword of the moment, the Place is the place to chink champagne. Find it inside Hôtel Gray d'Albion.
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Bar des Célébrités
The ground-floor bar of the Carlton InterContinental has a sea-facing terrace for all to see and be seen.
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Vogue
This ambient bar in Le Suquet draws a young, trendy, predominantly gay crowd into electronic music.
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