Fun and entertainment Mali

Concerts, theatre plays and other shows (count between CFAF 1 500 and CFAF 2 000).

The Maison du Jumelage is a cultural centre that offers sports and artistic activities (bogolan workshop), concerts, theatre performances… there is also an open-day bar. The atmosphere is nice.

A good place to drink a drink. The nightclub is the best in the city. Ambiance guaranteed on weekends.

A good drink for a drink or dancing.

It is a very pleasant place where one comes less for the kitchen (suitable) and service (very long) than for orchestras. From 23 p. m. we can hear Malian music often tinged with Cuban sounds. Behind the garden (which is more an inner courtyard), there is a more fashionable nightclub in Bamako. The average age is high, and it speaks business and politics.

In addition to the traditional games, the Casino de l'Amity, adjacent to the hotel, includes a restaurant that is part of the good tables in Bamako. Concerts are scheduled every evening.

This is the favorite box of bamakoise youth.

Very nice maquis to drink a beer. Some claim to be eating the best Bamako chicken in Bamako!

A little eccentric in the area of Faladié, (at the roundabout of the Tower of Africa, take direction Kalaban and a few hundred meters on the left, a light sign will tell you the place), the Parc des Princes organizes concerts every night. «Sizes» of Malian music occur regularly.

Komoguel is the name of a neighbourhood of Mopti where, during the colonial period, Africans resided. This is absolutely incredible: It looks first like a large three storey building under construction (which is still a little bit). Once you have passed the grid that gives access to a long naked corridor, you arrive in a large inner courtyard. This is the heart of the Komoguel: the bar, the dance track and the stage on which groups occur twice a week (Wednesday and Friday) and all around, the terrace. But it's not finished, this place, huge, has many rooms (some of which are still in work), many atmospheres… On the floor of the rooms. On the terrace on the top floor there is a bar where you can come and enjoy skewers from 18 am and admire the sunset. This place, which breaststroke people from all walks of life, is one of the high places of the bamakoises nights. A guaranteed festive African atmosphere.

This maquis is very popular with the. There is a nice drink, especially in the small outdoor garden. Some evenings of the week, griots and cherries come singing for the greatest pleasure of the public. You will see Malians'farotter ', i. e. distributing tickets to their laudateurs! The atmosphere is very lively.

One of the places where you have to go to listen to Malian music. Between two Tours, Toumani Produit performs quite frequently. Side restoration is a little slow. But we don't go for it!

Not far from Bla Bla, you will find several little maquis where beer is 500 CFAF. The atmosphere is often very hot!

The only interest is that you can learn to play balafon, djembé, traditional guitar and goni. Concerts of African music also take place regularly.

Youssouf offers varied dishes and sandwitchs, as well as numerous drinks to drink you. Very nice, he lived in France and will be able to advise you for your visits.

A beautiful and decorated terrace. It is nice to come there with a drink. The famous player of Kora Toumani Diabaté comes with his troop every Friday night to put the atmosphere. A local color output… The diplomat is also a restaurant. 

Radio Libre has become the indispensable rendezvous for live music lovers and especially reggae. Its owner is Tiken Jah Fakoly, famous reggae singer from Côte d'Ivoire. A star in West Africa for its committed texts.

This is the restaurant at Hotel Badala. It is very nice to have a drink on the terrace on the edge of the river. Calm guaranteed.

This hall regularly organises shows and cultural events. Get information on site. Lamissa Bengaly was a balafon player.