You can't help but move to the music at Cuba Compagnie Café. Listen to live Latin music while enjoying delicious cocktails and food from sunnier places: Spanish tapas, Cuban paella, seafood, and more. Special evenings are organized [more...]

La Goutte d'or (or "the golden drop") is a neighborhood that spans parts of the 18th and 10th arrondissements, just on the other side of Montmartre.

From June to September, a myriad of music festivities take place in the [more...]

For a mellow Monday in the spirit of Django Reinhardt come on down to the not so crowded Taverne de Cluny. The gathering stretches from somewhere around 9pm to somewhere around midnight. Never a disappointment for enthusiasts. [more...]

Throughout spring and summer, tons of free concerts (and sometimes plays) take place under the “kioskes,” or covered performance spaces, in Paris’ public parks. Sometimes it’s local chorals, sometimes it’s internationally [more...]

Every summer, the Chopin festival comes to Paris. Whether or not you’re a connaisseur, no matter; discover the composer together through a large offering of concerts at the Bagatelle park throughout June and July. Check the schedule [more...]

Summertime means jazz in Paris. Every weekend in June and July, the Parc Floral puts on free outdoor concerts by a multitude of international artists. Take your date to sit on the grass within earshot. In September, the jazz gives way [more...]

Follow in the steps of Toulouse-Lautrec, Picasso and Baudelaire at Le Divan du Monde. It reopened in the 90s as a classy concert venue with diverse shows ranging from electronica to world music. The design of the bar side is a gorgeous [more...]

If you like music festivals but aren’t a big fan of camping in a field for several days, Paris has got the perfect solution. Every year, late August, Rock En Seine takes place in the Parc de St. Cloud (accessible by metro) for two [more...]

For a strong dose of New Orleans jazz, take your date to Le Petit Journal for a dinner and a show. The food’s pretty expensive, but the musical guests are top-rate. To get in without ordering dinner (at their St Michel location), [more...]

Le Cabaret Sauvage is one of the most romantic music venues in town for a date, located under a big circus-y tent in the cool Parc de la Villette. It hosts the “Folles Nuits Berberes” balls (a great dancing music, trapeze artists [more...]

Even if you’re not the hugest fan of electronic music, the Techno Parade, which gathers hundreds of thousands, is fun to follow if just for the people-watching – it’s a gigantic street party. Bring earplugs. It starts and ends at [more...]

For some very happy music, take your date to to sit in on the practices of Tarace Boulba, a giant funk band (as well as a community organization for a decade-running) founded by some old members of Les Negresses Vertes, a famous 90s [more...]

You’re a musician, he/she is a musician… Try it out as a duo by renting a rehearsal studio for the low, low price of 1 euro (per person per hour). This is announced to begin in January 2006, so get there first.. The Nouveau Lieu de [more...]

This is one boat you can’t miss floating down the Seine. While the Guinguette Pirate is not exactly a full-on pirate ship, it is a great-looking wooden Chinese sailboat. Take your date to see a show inside the boat – the lineup [more...]

Impress your date by taking him/her to classical music lessons. Pianist and music professor Jean-Francois Zygel explains classical music to people who can't tell the difference between melody and harmony. His enthusiasm is contagious, [more...]

This bright-red barge on the Seine, topped by a mini-lighthouse, is the best rendezvous for an electronic-music-lovers’ date. Drum & bass, house, techno, jungle, even some hip hop and jazz… And not just any old DJs, either, but [more...]

If you and your date are into organ music, don't miss the weekly free organ concerts at one of the most glorious cathedrals on earth. Every Sunday at 4:30 pm there is a different program of a variety of organ music at Notre Dame [more...]

Every summer solstice, June 21st, France celebrates with the Fete de la Musique. If you like night clubs, you'll love this festival where the streets of Paris become one enormous night club for an evening (and into the wee hours of the [more...]

If you like classical music and churches, combine the two for a free concert in the Eglise St-Merri, 78 rue St-Martin, 4e (tel. 01-42-74-59-39; Métro: Hôtel-de-Ville). Concerts are almost every Saturday at 9 pm and Sunday at 4 pm from [more...]

If you don’t mind a hot, heavy-smoking crowd, this laid-back venue is THE spot for good & cheap (and often free) live music – as well as food and drink. La Fleche d’Or (metro Alexandre Dumas, in the 20ème), once a railroad [more...]