Fun and entertainment Provence

Here is a brand new bar, to discover for its friendliness and charm. The Zanzi'bar is ideally placed on the wharf of the beautiful port of Saint-Mandrier, with a pleasant terrace on the edge of the waves. The interior has been completely renovated with a sleek, modern plant with ethnic touches, a light bar (changing colour), white rhino heads, exposed stones and beams, small tables and benches. Here you will be joined by the end of the afternoon to refresh yourself, then at the time of aperitif, or for a moment of relaxation thanks to a wide range of drinks. We love original syrups (papa, kiwi, watermelon, etc.), the famous Gambetta (very famous in the south!), and all the classic drinks.

A popular lounge bar for Des as well as summer tourists. You can settle there at the end of the day to sip a cocktail or a glass of rosé (Mediterranean tradition) at the end of the day, sharing with friends one of the pizzas proposed to the map (the white one has won us especially), leaving the vast terrace with the trendy lighting to reach the dining room, and finally return to the outside atmosphere. chic and casual that has since taken possession of the places. In the immediate vicinity of the Almanarre without a direct access, La Mandra organizes several occasions in summer special evenings. Opening and closing are must: correct dress that is amply recommended!

La Compagnie des chats is a restaurant-café-teahouse for cats. The decor is cool, with exposed stonework, a climbing wall for felines and comfortable sofas. Kittens wander around the different areas: here, everything is allowed except access to the kitchen. The health and safety standards are very strict, and Compagnie des Chats has been awarded top marks. Cats entrusted to us by animal protection associations are available for adoption. If you like these cute little felines, their presence at the table will be most agreeable!

This «industrial cathedral» is one of the essential places of the Marseilles scene. Created in 2002, Le Cabaret Random is a theater, but also a club located in the heart of the Ravhe de la Belle de May, a former tobacco factory transformed today into a cultural pole with over 70 structures bringing together artists and producers. The Cabaret, well known for the Marseillais, can accommodate more than 100 people depending on events and is aimed at an audience wishing to make sound discoveries ranging from electro to hip-hop through rock, soul, funk…................................................ focused on "emerging emerging urban cultures". In the summer, programming is partly on the roof of the mountain. Also note the quality of the sound system reviewed in 2012, probably the best in the city. Many artists and groups played on this scene, Hindi Zahra, Soom T, Justice, Major Lazer, Wu Tang Clan, Woodkid, Pete Doherty, Aloe Blacc, Laurent Garnier, M 83, Kendrick Lamar, Tricky, Orelsan, Kendrick Lamar, Tricky, Ten Years After, Mudhoney, Girls, Black Lips, etc. We can't all quote them, but you can go with your eyes closed, provided you have your ears open. Only regret, shame that the place is so little accessible at night and at night. The solution is walking, not so far away from the Longchamp neighborhood.

In this neighbourhood bistro in La Plaine, there's no fuss: you simply come to drink a cup, chat with friends, listen to live music in the evening when a concert is scheduled... The decor is sober, even atypical, with this reproduction of the "Last Supper". On the music side, behind the small stage, Brassens, Brel and Ferré are at home here and rub shoulders with some jazzy flights of fancy ... For a long time called "Chez Hassan", this bar has however had a new owner for a few years now. He regularly organises concerts with local artists. This bar is anchored in the popular culture of Marseille and is notably quoted in the famous Marseille trilogy of Izzo.

This chic and trendy disco regularly receives international Djs in guest star and show exclusive box in themed evenings. It accommodates up to 1600 people with an outdoor terrace, a relaxing corner, a snacking, a main bar, a cocktail bar and a VIP area.

For more than years, this house, located under the casino, with its disco, restaurant and beach patio covered and heated, charm the romantic people with their class and music.

This café is the original heart of the village. Don't hesitate to go through its austere facade, behind which you can see the small terrace that opens onto the valley. In the room, the regulars and, in season, many tourists: the seats are very popular and few. The terrace is small, but it offers a fantastic view that will leave you with a radiant memory of the Luberon and its conviviality. To have a drink, take a break and chat with the locals, this place is perfect!

A piano bar where the atmosphere is provided by a DJ.

Ideally located along the beach, the establishment offers an open-air slot machine area with 125 reel machines from 1 cent to 2 euros, 10 multi-game slot machines, reels, video reels, electronic English roulette, video poker, progressive jackpots, table games, ball, English roulette and blackjack, and has a restaurant and bar. Try the Zorro slots, where the masked avenger will lead you to the jackpots.

Located on the lively Cours Notre-Dame-du-Mont, this is one of the most lively night bars and where you can come and wiggle your hips for part of the evening. You enter the bar by a long and elegant bar where the staff is ready to serve you beers, spirits and other cocktails. At the back, a small room constitutes the dancefloor, often warm and lively atmosphere, djs with various influences and good sound installation. The audience is young, friendly and relaxed. In the early evening, happy hour allows you to have an aperitif on the small terrace in front of the bar. Nice staff and security, all you have to do is let yourself go

Welcome to Black Bird Coffee, one of the city's best coffee shops (our favorite). The decor is cosy and modern, with big leather armchairs, shelves of books and pretty hanging plants. Eugénie takes care of the cooking: carrot cakes, homemade fondant cookies, banana bread... On weekends, you'll flock here for a delicious brunch featuring a savoury platter and an all-you-can-eat sweet buffet (remember to make reservations). The best in town, in our opinion. At lunchtime, there's a slate of suggestions. Lovely welcome.

The club Jean Roch, the first in a long list, is one of the high places of the nights tropéziennes, where you can eat with the sound of a disk jockey, then dance on a music "house" until dawn, mixed by famous DJS, accompanied by star of international renown.

This complex of over 1 500 m ² has 12 bowling synthetic tracks as well as 16 billiards (7 large and 9 small) and a blast laser to defy your friends in a spaceship of 300 m ², gun in hand. For video games fans, 6 Pinballs and 2 car games are at their disposal. The fans of the famous strike will be able to give their joy - or joy - in this very class bowling, which also offers meal and birthday formulas.

The famous Ponche club, the only one open all year, for more than 50 years, small cellar separated in 2 rooms, the bar and the other for the dance floor, is the temple of the turbulent and festive nights, where all musical genres, music, dance, disco, electro, r'n'b and world music.

Theater of greenery, outdoor theater, the Silvain Theater is directed towards the sea, loti behind the Vallon des Auffes. This little personal madness of Mr. Silvain, who had him built in 1923, works again, because he has long been left behind. The 28 000-seat Chamber was renovated and returned to the public in 2011. What a pleasure then to find an eclectic summer program: A lot of music, classical concerts, lyrics, operetta, jazz, world music, dance. The outdoor projections (film fiction fiction, documentaries offered by associations and film projections during the International Documentary Festival) are the other great idea of the theater. We wait for nightfall with family, friends around a picnic, then the sitting begins… Absolutely magnificent frame!

Ideally located on the Quai de Rive-Neuve, Badaboum Théâtre has dedicated its programming to young audiences for over 25 years. The shows and schedules are adapted for very young children, from 3 to 12 years old. On the program: puppet shows, story readings, circus shows and small fairy tales. A snack extends these moments of escape from poetry and history. Workshops and workshops in theatre, circus and dance are also offered during the week and during the holidays, mainly for 5-12 year olds, and occasionally for young actors. Finally, wake-up classes from 18 months are available.

Take a tour of the ground floor of this establishment, which at first glance looks like a traditional restaurant with its interior room and vast sunny terrace, and plunge into a world that evokes the marine world with a successful decor of a sailboat's interior hold. In this intimate, subdued atmosphere, enjoy a creative cocktail with sometimes surprisingly original names, all set to music. Live music and good atmosphere in summer.

Halfway between a bar and a bistro, this Taverne-concert opened in the rue des Porches at the end of 2015. Since then, Régine and Dimitri have been welcoming Hyères residents and tourists for an epicurean experience, discovering a fine selection of wines, beers and whiskies in particular. Lovers of exotic flavors will be able to try the cocktails, arranged rums, or the punch! To accompany, no cooked dish, but boards and tapas which change with the seasons. All this with music, thanks to a varied program.

The beer of the Golden Islands, a 100% Hyères beer, has finally its brewery! And it is the owners of the beer who created it, so you have come to the right place if you are a fan of good suds. In a pleasant design setting, or on the terrace, you will be able to taste all the varieties of this beer (white, amber, blonde, IPA...) in a friendly atmosphere. Do not hesitate to ask questions to Marcel who loves to talk about his passion.

This festival combines wine tasting with a musical concert in exceptional places. For its 11th edition, sixty concerts are scheduled in forty prestigious estates, from the Var to the Aix region, including the castles of Fonscolombe, Beaupré, Seuil or La Gaude and even in the Luberon. The musical program is eclectic, always of high quality and often the occasion of beautiful surprises, from jazz to classical music through world music. Installed in comfortable deckchairs, you can dream under a starry sky.

A veritable temple dedicated to classical music, opera and dance, this theatre is one of the city's new must-see buildings. With its modern exterior and Italian-style auditorium, the GTP (Grand Théâtre de Provence) is equipped with the latest technology: high quality acoustics, an orchestra pit with 105 musicians and 1,370 seats, 950 of which are on the floor. In July, it hosts operas from the Festival of Lyric Art. At Easter, the festival of the same name takes place there.

A cocooning and bohemian atmosphere for this atypical space recently located in a small street at the top of the Cours Sextius. It is at the bottom that everything happens: in the double vaulted cellar whitewashed with lime. Inside courtyard style of a bastide for the restaurant part: patinated shutters, bistro chairs and tables, linen benches. Mediterranean atmosphere for the other part: indigo blue walls, cushions and coloured benches. It is a quiet place, conducive to relaxation and conviviality. Board games are available as well as books in the library area. Electric sockets and Wifi access allow you to surf the net. You can enjoy refined teas, herbal teas, Colombian coffee and snack on a cake. A fun, young and friendly atmosphere.

Last bastion of the once flourishing Marseille jazz scene, the Pelle Mêle is located a stone's throw from the Old Port and gathers from Tuesday to Saturday a public of jazz and live music lovers. The program is rich and varied every week with an open mic night every Friday (reservation strongly advised). It is a beautiful place of night life where you can discover local and international artists that you will only ask to follow afterwards. In the evening, accompany your drinks with quesadillas or cuttlefish in parsley.

Close to the rue de la République, this almost confidential but renowned art house cinema in Avignon, has an elegant lobby, all woodwork on a red background. A single room with 140 seats, the programming is rather limited, from 3 to 5 screenings during the day, this cinema welcomes the same type of films and the same public as its big sister with 4 rooms Utopia Manutention. You can sit down at Café Roma, the Manutention's restaurant, before or after the screening.

Near the Docks of La Joliette, this former wheat silo dates from 1927. Rehabilitated in 2011, it is now a performance hall dedicated to artistic programming: concerts, dance, theater, comedy... Labeled as a "20th century heritage site", its development is part of the Euroméditerranée project. A masterpiece of acoustics, visibility and comfort, meticulously studied. Discover this Italian-style theater, a room divided into three balconies with a modularity in "all seated" and "standing" version. This is where the great artists perform in Marseille.

32 lanes await you in the largest bowling alley in the region, where different formulas are offered during the day and in the evening. You can also play pool and American billiards, table soccer, ping-pong, or measure yourself, up to 8 people, on the latest generation of car simulators and play shoot soccer, with family or friends. Possibility of organizing children's birthdays. New since 2019: meal formulas in snacking or at the table with 3 hours of bowling included (from 15 euros/person - minimum 5 people).

Sénéquier, the Tropezian institution since 1887, dressed today in red and white, is a pastry shop, Place aux Herbes since 1887, with pastries, chocolates, jams, calissons, candied fruits, marrons glacés and the famous nougat, then a cafe on the harbor since 1930 and restaurant now. It is also the café made famous by Brigitte Bardot during the filming of Et Dieu créa la femme and it still remains the best observation post to see the whole of Saint-Tropez strolling around, sitting in front of the imposing yachts.

The Les 3 Palmes multiplex in the Valentine's commercial area has 11 high-capacity cinemas equipped with Dolby Digital audio technology. It programs films for the general public in French: Hollywood blockbusters, all the production of French films, including comedies, children's animation films and 3D films in the majority. A very family-friendly, modern and practical American-style multiplex when you want to combine cinema and shopping in the nearby shopping centre, with a confectionery area, a games and leisure area with 30 machines. Restaurants next to the cinema (Hippopotamus and Dixie Blues). A little expensive but the quality of the infrastructure comes at a price. Supervised parking.

A place devoted to entertainment for 150 years, this historic cinema was first called Le Casino (1857) then Les Folies marseillaises (1878) before the construction of the Théâtre des Variétés in 1887, of which the facade sculpted by the architect Joseph Letz remains today. After an uncertain year 2016 and three years of struggle following the loss in 2013 of its Art et Essai label, the future of cinema was shaky, but finally the commercial court ruled and it was taken over by Jean Mizrahi (YMAGIS). Major renovations were undertaken in 2019 and it is now as good as new, while retaining its cachet. Renewed comfort, modernity, a major historical cinema to be supported for sure. Programming of major, alternative and documentary films. The culture of Marseilles is partly played out here.

Now open all week to satisfy both karaoke fans and those who simply want to relax with a good beer, as the Coco is also a bar. All kinds of drinks up to the desired spirits and cocktails are offered (quite expensive though). Before "karaoker", eat a good ice or a good crepe to give you voice energy. Note that the establishment has a stock of 40 000 titles mainly focused on the international varieties category. Just across from the sea, Coco Bongo adds to a lively (but relaxing) atmosphere with a relaxing cocktail with a cocktail in front of the Great Blue moss.

The reopening of the mythical Corniche club was expected at the turn. A place on 2 floors, which was previously reserved for the quadras, now opens to a young clientele. The Marseille DJ, Greg essians, in charge of programming, bets on Friday (Friday's 80 ' s) and Saturday's more generalist with R'n'b, koudour and music on demand. For the garden, the "cozy lounge" surpassed the old velvet and wood. As far as the musical environment is concerned, London offers a very eclectic choice as you can focus on zouk, as well as more electro-magnetic sounds or variety (frequent passages of the tubes of the 1980 s).

A veritable institution located on Place Manuel, celebrating its 40th anniversary in 2024, Le Choucas caters to a varied clientele that includes both locals and tourists. A full breakfast is served daily. An extensive wine and cocktail list contributes to the restaurant's reputation. Lle Choucas is a restaurant that uses local produce and short distribution channels, such as smoked trout salad and Ubayen croque. Le Choucas is also a hotel with tastefully decorated rooms and a showroom, on site and online!

Classified "Art and Trial", Le Rocher cinema is directly managed by the cultural municipal service. It enjoys the support of the National Film Centre (NCC) and the various associations to which it subscribes: Cinemas from the South Agency - for regional cinema development - association of Art and trial cinemas. With its constant number of subscribers and its average of 10 000 entries per year (for a little over 9 months of activity), this room has proved that there is still a real demand for diversified programming: public films, animation films, film films, documentaries, short films, meetings "cinema/literature"…

Behind this Greek temple façade lies a temple of gambling. The Casino Barrière offers 229 ultra-modern slot machines and 11 traditional gaming tables, all integrated into a Baroque/Oriental decor of the finest effect. While gambling remains the main objective for visitors, the establishment also offers a wide range of entertainment all year round: dinner shows, live concerts, magic shows, revues... A festive universe in which to spend time.

This is a place that will suit all, aficionados of the ball hole or inveterate players of billiards. Enough to spend a good evening! This bowling which is close to the town centre will unroll for its ten paths, which exudes a very relaxed atmosphere. Staff are adorable and smiling. You can indulge in here to a serious part with one or delirium collective. And then you can spend a whole evening, more: karaoke (on Wednesday), pool (14), Table Football, video games, pinball machines... No need to get to vary the pleasures. As the hotel offers a snack service and bar everything there is a pleasant one. Activities are organised on the slopes in weekend (complete with gifts being won).

In 2020, this unmissable Marseilles brasserie celebrated its 110th anniversary! For generations, people have sat there to see or be seen. Today, as in the past, actors filming in Marseille have a drink here, as do politicians looking for contact. The brasserie atmosphere is assured, the terrace XXL, with a panoramic view of the port. You can sunbathe there in summer and winter. It is one of the best places to have breakfast on the terrace. Traditional drinks menu and small kitchen all day, very practical.

This "small" independent cinema opened in 1985 in Carpentras. He was picked up in 1993 by Florence Passalacqua and his husband, and can boast very satisfactory figures even though he has to deal with the mastodons of the Commerciaux-Pathé of commercial centres: more than 17 000 entries per year, a little less than 300 screened films and an extension that follows its course, since it has gone from 2 rooms during its recovery, to 4 today, most equipped for people with reduced mobility. The issue of digital switchover arises, but for the rest, this couple of passionate people will lose sight of their convictions: a striking balance between blockbusters/public films ("Harry Potter", "Sherlock Holmes", "Untouchables"…) and independent art and essay films with "young public" labels, "I am called Bernadette", "It was Anatolia", "La twig", etc. Also a space for receiving it. school and film fans, for moments of theme and sharing encounters around one or more films.

Resto, bar, cocktails, wine, coffee; Papaya is a precious mixture of all these good things! The reception is jovial, the atypical decoration, in the image of this amazing wall wall, and the card, traditional with accents from elsewhere - sometimes Mexicans, sometimes Thai, sometimes Italian - is also a great success! Among friends, choose why not for one of the options proposed in the aperitif tapas: shellfish and seafood under the title "Fritto Misto", fondue goat adjacent, or Asian crispy plate. If not, à la carte, swordfish tartar just pan, carry chicken, whole duck magret in orange honey and spices and other tapas del Gringo. In summer Salsa evenings give the place a nice caliente atmosphere.

The concept is really nice. My Beers is the ideal place to meet up with friends or colleagues after work. In a very stylish decor (red walls, wooden bar and barrels as tables), you can sip no less than 400 different beers! Lovers of brown, blonde or red beers will be won over! From the prestigious Dark Island from Scotland to the more classic Guiness, you are bound to find what you are looking for. What's more, the draught beers change every 3 weeks: no time to get bored!

A popular address for an aperitif from 6.30 pm to 9 pm, with free tapas! Located above the Bellevue Hotel and under the benevolent gaze of the Good Mother, the setting is just as appreciable as the menu, with its woodwork, engravings, and its balcony-terrace which is always full, and for good reason, the view of the port is delicious. Music lovers will be delighted on Wednesday and Friday evenings, when live concerts are organised with a cheese platter and a good glass of wine as a bonus! An address not to be missed in Marseille.

With some 5,000^m2 of floor space, the glazed casino with its unique panorama over the city and the port is not only dedicated to gaming: it also has a semi-gastro restaurant (360), a brasserie (Comptoir Joa), a bar-lounge area with an outdoor patio and match broadcasts, an auditorium with a cultural programme from September to June, and an exhibition hall. Lovers of traditional casinos, rest assured: slot machines, table games and electronic table games are still spread over 2,500^m2!

This beautiful opera, every year, plays the great lyrical works of the repertoire, as well as operettas, ballets and theatre. Completely renovated and restored inside and inside, it is undoubtedly the most beautiful of all provincial theatres.

The bowling alley is equipped with 8 synthetic AMF lanes of the latest generation and has a shop specializing in equipment and drilling. Bowling and big ball enthusiasts meet there to try their luck from Tuesday to Sunday, mainly in the afternoon and evening. In order to vary the pleasures, 8 pool tables (yellow and red balls) are also available. A snack bar, for the small hungers (pancakes, quiche lorraine, croque-monsieur) is also at your disposal. A pleasure for young and old.