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If the Folies Bergère are, it's because the café concert built here in 1869 was to take a street name. As the nearby lanes all bore surnames, only this pretty, evocative word would do! At the end of the ^19th century, the room's promenade saw many demi-mondaines and noceurs pass by. In 1926, Joséphine Baker, another big star of the Folies Bergère, arrived, along with numerous revues. This was followed by musicals and other productions such as "Nine" and "Fame", as well as numerous shows.

This legendary venue, with its chaotic past (it was threatened with demolition in the early 1980s but underwent extensive renovation in the late 2000s), is one of our most popular venues. Formerly dedicated to seated shows, the Casino de Paris also presents a wide variety of shows, including concerts, evening events, fashion shows, revues, one-man shows... Today, with its emphasis on comedy, the venue regularly sells out, and it's not uncommon to see long queues stretching along the sidewalk of this gently sloping street.

"Paris je t'aime" is the title of the revue presented here. Dances, including the unmissable French cancan, comic attractions, mime, juggling, acrobatics... are all part of the programme at this two-hundred-and-eighty-seat venue, which opened in 1949. From the very first years, the shows featured talents such as Erté and Balenciaga. The trend was set, and La Nouvelle Eve has continued to offer its spectators sparkling shows. If you opt for the dinner-concert option, the food is excellent. In short, a must.