Concert halls Ile-De-France

It laughs every evening in this ancient theatre in the basement and transformed into a-seat theatre hall. Notice the Afters of laughter: There is a sort of jam jam during which comics meet the time of late evening.

Every evening, four singers and comics are performing alternately. The Main on the Cart saw Patrick Sébastien, Tex, Sandrine Alexis, Vincent Lagaf or Philippe Chevalier. Since 2012, this unique cabaret has been taken over by Elisabeth and Michel Forever. The menus offer traditional cuisine: boar bowl, block of foie gras, gigot, gigot, white butter, caramel cream… There are two slices of laughter and songs.

Since 1999, this hall is managed by a non-profit association. The aim is to'defend innovative music and create a solution to market logic '. One hundred and eighty people can come here listening to adventurous artists. The world's music is very well represented, as well as the forms of jazz from the evolution of the 1970 s, when Soft Machine, Gong or Magma fascinated young music lovers. This art line is worth a few beautiful stores, of the genus after of dissolved musical league. The room is equipped with recording equipment, which makes it possible to capture the concerts that you can watch on DVD or to listen on CD. The room has its own label. Several regular festivals are organized each year: Tango Lilas, Lilas Blues, Les Enchanteuses, Pianos Crusaders, Blue Triton, Dodécadanse…

The program in 2009-2010: Louis Sclavis - 10 October, 14 November, 5 December -, All Out - 23 October -, Andy Emler Megaoctet - 6 and 7 November -, Vincent Courtois - 18 November, 18 and 19 December -, Vicente Pradal - 20 and 21 November -, Sylvain Luc - 17 December -, John Greaves - 18 December -…

Sun, warmth, lively rhythms… All these ingredients seem distant? The Champs-Elysées is a short walk away. The cabaret Pau Brasil is a stopover not to miss. Carioca, samba, salsa and lambada, here are the ingredients that will give you an unforgettable evening. All along with the beautiful cabaret dancers, their fabulous feathers and their legendary wiggle! A colourful show, do Brasil, which will make you dance and relax at the rhythm of Brazilian percussions until the early morning. Note that the kitchen offered on-site is a good bill, including its famous rodizio, six grilled meats will be willing! An unforgettable feast as only Brazilians know it!

This cabaret has spent its 50th anniversary in style. We appreciated Thierry le Luron, Laurent Gerra, Laurent Ruquier, Michel Leeb, Enrico Macias, Pierre Perret and many others, including André Aubert, a whimsical man who remained famous for his imitations of Fernandel - Don Patillo... Songwriters and singers are therefore at home here and invite you to long, relaxed evenings in their company, with play leaders such as Pierre Douglas, Olivier Lejeune, Yves Pujol, Sylvain Collaro and many others. As far as the restaurant part is concerned, Don Camilo tempts you with dishes such as: homemade fresh duck foie gras, piece of beef roasted with perigourdine, leg of lamb roasted with thyme flower, salmon roasted with white butter and garnished with gratin dauphinois and small vegetables, Norwegian omelette..

Well-known acoustics, red velvet curtains, a balcony with impeccable views of the scene, two thousand places… Olympia deserves its fame. His story is rather turbulent. There was on its site of the Russian mountains, and then a first Olympia from 1893 where all the stars of the caf period were passed: La Goulue, Frehel, Damia… The room is then converted into a cinema before becoming the Parisian music Hall temple in 1954 when the daring Bruno Coquatrix takes the lead. A legendary period begins with the performances of the young Gilbert Bécaud. All the French and foreign stars want to climb on the scene of this place that became mythical, especially after Edith Piaf touched thousands of spectators. The Beatles, Umm Kalsoum - for its only recital outside the Arab world - Jacques Brel, Georges Brassens, Jimi Hendrix, Otis Redding, Louis Armstrong, the Rolling Stones… History fails to stop in the 1990 s when the owner, Société Générale, plans to demolish the block of buildings where Olympia is located. Classified in 1993, it is finally reconstituted 6 metres below its original location, while the facade is preserved. This curious operation took place in 1997, Bécaud was the first to sing in this new Olympia, a room that was bought by the multinational Vivendi Universal in 2001.

It was the first cabaret where Leo Ferré gave a concert in 1948 and great names of jazz went through this: Sidney Bechet, John Coltran, Count Basie and his great orchestra, Louis Armstrong, Ella Fitzgerald, Billie Holiday, and many others. Today we take a drink at the piano bar, dine in the restaurant and direction the cabaret to listen to world music: South American, African, Oriental, French, etc. Until 5 o'clock in the morning, dancers and musicians follow on stage. 

This funny history that of the Semicolon. In 1975, a group of youth actors like Martin Lamotte, Gérard Lanvin or Anemone build a place called "La Veuve Pichard". Three years later, Christian Varini follows the theater and creates the Semicolon. It became famous in the tea Trempoint, stage discovered comedians still today place on saturdays at 16:00. Since 2005, Jean-Marc Dumontet managed with passion this cult place and continues to provide the best burlesque scene. Shows of Nicolas Canteloup or Alex Lutz were particularly produced by Dumontet. Each year, the best comedians find themselves in Olympia for a unique sight. This is how the smallest of the Parisian rooms is one of the great names of the capital...

Conceived in the 1990s, it took more than twenty years for the Philharmonie de Paris (concert hall and music city) to be built. Its architecture, designed by Jean Nouvel, is worth a visit, with a hull-shaped building topped by a large ridge whose gentle slope has created a promenade on the roof that offers a superb view of the capital and the suburbs. Inside: a 2,400-seat auditorium with undulating curves, an educational center, an exhibition hall, studios... Superb!

The Comédie Caumartin is one of those popular theaters where laughter has been the order of the evening for decades. Numerous plays by Georges Feydeau, Tristan Bernard and Sacha Guitry, as well as "one-man shows", are on offer. Built in 1906, this 400-seat theater was named the Comédie Royale before adopting its current name in 1923. It closed in 1932 and was revived 20 years later by Jacques Fabbri's troupe. From 1960 to 1980, it presented "Boeing Boeing", Marc Camoletti's timeless vaudeville. Since then, one boulevard play follows another.

The Opéra-Comique, founded under Louis XIV, is one of the oldest institutions of its kind. In 2005, it became one of 6 national theaters, and in 2015, it celebrates its 300th anniversary! In 1783, the first Opéra-Comique was born, mixing opera, ritornello and farce. Ruined twice, it was the third venue, opened in 1898, that contributed to the fame of works such as Bizet's Carmen . Since the end of 2021, conductor Louis Langrée has been at the helm, with a program in keeping with the "Favart spirit", combining classical and new works.

The presentation of European plays in their original language, with French surtitles, is one of the original features of this magnificent 780-seat hall, which is also largely devoted to the French classical repertoire and creation. Punctuated by jolts linked to the historical events that have marked Paris, the existence of the Odeon has been quite eventful. Inaugurated in 1782 by Marie-Antoinette, the hall was built for the Théâtre-Français troupe - architects Marie-Joseph Peyre and Charles de Wailly. It backs onto the Luxembourg Gardens. The Marriage of Figaro, by Beaumarchais, was created there. The Odéon was closed in 1793 for uncivilization and became a place for political gatherings during the Terror.

Returning to show business, the Théâtre-Français changed its name to Odéon in 1796. During the Revolution of 1830, the Place de l'Odéon was a rallying point for the insurgents. The end of the 19th century was marked in particular by the performances of actresses Sarah Bernhardt and Réjane, as well as by the success of L'Arlésienne, by Alphonse Daudet and Georges Bizet in 1885. The beginning of the following century gave the Second Théâtre-Français two important directors, André Antoine and Firmin Gémier, personalities who greatly influenced the development of dramatic art in our country.

A new change came in 1959 with the arrival of Jean-Louis Barrault at the head of the establishment. In the company of Roger Blin, he mounted pieces by Claudel, Beckett, Ionesco, Duras, Sarraute... In 1965, a ceiling painted by André Masson was delivered. May 1968 arrives and the occupation of the theatre by students in revolt. When it reopens, the theatre is given a new status, that of an experimental and test centre. The Odeon then hosts various shows including those of the Theatre of Nations. In 1971, it became the national theatre and was to focus on "creation and research to promote the progress of national and world theatrical aesthetics. Patrice Chéreau and Antoine Vitez work there, as well as Giorgio Strehler, director of the Théâtre de l'Europe, a structure which is joined to the Odéon National Theatre in 1983. Definitively autonomous in 1990, it is directed by Lluís Pasqual, then by Georges Lavaudant from 1996. After three years of work during which the Odéon was decentralised to the Berthier workshops in the 17th arrondissement, the theatre opened again in 2006. In the meantime, the institution has been assigned these workshops as a second site. The current director is Stéphane Braunschweig. The Odéon, according to his ideal, now aims to be "a theatre open to the world and to the crossroads of generations".

Wood chiselled everywhere, red velvet, bevelled mirrors... and a ballroom floor where it is so good to dance! The Cabaret Sauvage is the offspring of the Magic Mirrors, which occupied the same venue in the Parc de La Villette for a while. The Cabaret Sauvage hosts artists from all musical backgrounds, with a predilection for rock, reggae, jazz and chanson. If Goran Bregovic, Khaled, Keren Ann, M, Bratsch, Les Wampas, PJ Harvey or Arno have played here, it is not by chance.

The Palais Garnier was commissioned by Napoleon III and was one of the key pieces of the major renovation work carried out in the capital by Baron Haussmann. Charles Garnier was the architect. This sumptuous temple of lyrical art and classical dance was inaugurated in 1875 after fifteen years of work. It is admired as much for its architecture as for its programs. There is the famous double revolution staircase that soars under a marble nave of various shades - as soon as it opened, it was adopted by "good society" who liked to show off. The foyers are filled with sculptures and paintings. As for the hall, dominated by red and gold colours, it has a huge and legendary crystal chandelier - 8 tons! - and a ceiling painted by Marc Chagall in 1964. It can accommodate nineteen hundred people. A museum tells, through its collections and temporary exhibitions, three centuries of opera history. The institution is equipped with an orchestra that performs most of the works on the program. The Palais Garnier shares with the Opéra Bastille its productions of lyrical shows, but has remained a Mecca for dance. Some recitals and symphonic concerts are also on the programme.

Just in front of the National Archives, here is an original address since this mansion houses a superb room with exposed beams which is a tavern and concert hall. You can also eat a good French cuisine based on local products and the plates are well stocked. During the day the restaurant looks very chic, but in the evening the tavern welcomes night owls of all ages who come to listen to the groups who perform there, generally from 9pm. It's more like French song and the artists are quite talented. A good place to listen to music in an unexpected place and up to noon ...

You will have to climb the hill of Belleville, get lost in a maze of little frequented streets, but full of charm, and you will find this place so typical, whose name alone sums up the spirit. Here, songs, accordion, evenings dedicated to the kid Piaf, to the barrel organ with Riton the Crank, you will have understood it, one resuscitates a Paris of former days. To have a drink or enjoy a board to share, for a meal with good products, simple cuisine and desserts that hold the body, it is also an excellent place. If the ghosts of the artists of yesteryear hover here, it's no coincidence. You will have understood that this is an institution.

A stone's throw from Place du Tertre, this cabaret restaurant of eighty seats, created in 1928, offers a show preceded by a dinner or a lunch - marinated salmon with mint cream, duck breast with caramel candied pear and snow peas, pineapple carpaccio and coconut ice cream... Singers, illusionists, copycats, ventriloquists and other humorists liven up the evening. The house also offers a guided tour of the old village of Montmartre followed by a lunch show. A must, for which you will book.

Between the passage of pirate battles and buccaneers of all hair, the attack and looting of a Spanish fort of the Caribbean Sea and the sale of prisoners in the slave market, the decor of «Pirates of the Carribean» is planted. Next to the great attractions, the walk through the dark caves and the suspension bridges of Adventure Isle, the discovery of the magnificent galion of Captain Hook or ascension in the Robinson tree, leads you into the universe of flibuste and legend adventurers. But without the thrills of Indiana Jones and the Temple of Danger in a wagonnet that queue towards the exit, the party would not be complete… until the worrying mountain of Frontierland.

Classified as a historical monument, it is a giant cinema with seven theatres. Opened in 1932 by Jacques Haïk, the Rex was an immediate success with its luxurious decoration, its 2,000 m² and its starry-vaulted ceiling culminating at over 30 m. A word of advice: attending a blockbuster preview in this room, especially if the film is in 3D, will give you the impression of being a privileged one. The quality of the projection is exemplary. But the Grand Rex is also a place where concerts and musicals are presented that can fill a hall with more than 2,700 seats on three levels. A museum and a discotheque complete the vast complex.

The discovery begins with Main Street, reconstitution of the main street of a small American town at the very beginning of the 1890 th century, with its colorful wooden shops to the old, ses and other gas beaks… with a possible descent of the street in old car or tramway shot by horses, punctuated and ponctuée by the noise of the crachoteux engine and the alarm. Many restaurants and shops are on the street. You will even have the opportunity to visit the barber for an old cut! At the end, stands majestically at the Château de la Belle au Bois sleeping and on the right, the world of the universe and distant galaxies, a journey over time and space. Your visit would not be complete without the Main Street's final parade, an enchantment for the toddlers, or the tour of the shops of this main artery.