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Andy Wahloo
This postmodern place peaks during happy hour when its candy-flavoured cocktails are half-price. Its name means 'I have nothing' in Arabic, but its eye-popping, tutti-frutti decor and ear-splitting house music owe a greater debt to its almost-namesake, Andy Warhol.
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Au Lapin Agile
This rustic cabaret venue in Montmartre was favoured by artists and intellectuals in the early 20th century and chansons (songs) are still performed here. Poetry is read six nights a week and admission includes a drink. The name derives from Le Lapin à Gill , a mural of a rabbit jumping out of a cooking pot, by caricaturist André Gill.
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Café Baroc
Normally a chilled little place, Baroc is lined with old cinema seats and serves beers with a twist of syrup like lemon and peach. However come Wednesday and Thursday nights the bar staff crank up fabulously camp 80s tunes and the locals leave their chic at the door. Downstairs there's a shoebox-size basement with vintage sofas.
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La Cigale
Now classed as a historical monument, this music hall dates from 1887 but was redecorated a hundred years later by Philippe Starck. Having welcomed artists from Jean Cocteau to Les Rita Mitsouko, today it prides itself on its avant-garde programme, with rock and jazz concerts from international and French acts.
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La Java
Belleville's Édith Piaf got her first break in this 1922-built dance hall. These days it features live concerts of world music, and DJs spinning salsa beats.
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Le Cab
Another chic bar-club-restaurant reserved for the bold and the beautiful, the Cab has a modern design interior with circular lounge areas set around a house-and-disco dance floor. You need to be dressed up to get past the door staff, and cashed up to afford the drinks.
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Le Caveau de la Huchette
Count Basie, Memphis Slim and Sacha Distel are among those who've played at this jazz club housed in former medieval cellars (later French Revolution torture chambers). Nowadays Le Caveau focuses on retrospectives, like its swing show featuring Glenn Miller Dixieland and memories of Django Reinhardt, and the Philippe Lucas Jazz Band's homage to Sinatra.
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Le Cithéa
This popular and ever-hopping venue picks up the post-drinking crowd from rue Oberkampf. There's a pub-meets-concert hall feel to it, with quality bands playing rock, soul, jazz and funk. Concerts usually run from , with DJs from .
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Le Limonaire
This little wine bar, tucked far away from the big commercial cabarets off rue Bergère, is one of the best places to listen to traditional French chansons (songs). The crowd can be convivial or almost reverential, depending on the night. Singers perform on the small stage nightly. It's free, with cheap food available so be generous when the hat comes around.
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Le Nouveau Casino
This is the very successful bar/club/concert venue annexe of the Café Charbon. The high-tech interior, set off by metal walls, Italian high-gloss finishing and hospital lighting gives the venue a frosty feel that is ruffled by the heat of underground electro-pop beats.
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Le Viaduc Café
Live jazz plays from noon to during Sunday brunch, but this snazzy place wedged into a glassed-in arch of the Viaduc des Arts is a sophisticated spot for a drink any time of the day or night.
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New Morning
New Morning is a well-regarded auditorium that hosts jazz concerts as well as blues, rock, funk, salsa, Afro-Cuban and Brazilian music three to seven nights a week, with the second set ending almost at closing. Tickets are available at the box office, but can also be bought at the door.
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