Fun and entertainment Franche-Comté

The JOA casino in Saint-Laurent-en-Grandvaux offers a gaming area with 70 slot machines, 17 electronic gaming stations and 2 blackjack tables. It also offers a "bistronomic" restaurant, the Comptoir, a terrace overlooking nature, a bar with an elaborate snack offer and modular spaces for dinner shows and animations. The lounge bar located in the center of the casino is a real place of life and entertainment and is open to all. A calendar of events and shows is available on the website.

A clever mix between the American'to go'culture and the French art of taking a coffee, the French Coffee Shop, a full-development espresso-bar chain throughout the national territory, has just landed at Besançon. The cart is no longer, but instead it can now be enjoyed cappuccino, coffee latte, espresso and other macchiato or milkshakes, smoothies or choco coco frio and coffee toffee. A little more expensive than a traditional black black, gourmet drinks drool. To taste on site or to take in a cardboard cup, delicious recipes blend flavours, chocolate caramel, and more fruity tastes, each will find the watering of the watering at the French Coffee Shop.

All-male service in this downtown estaminet, behind the semi-circular bar with its many taps where beer flows freely. The ceiling features an old still, and the "English pub" atmosphere has been revisited in the Belfort style for a place frequented by many regulars. As an aperitif, how about a small house cocktail or an arranged rum? Let's continue with a giant rib-eye steak, particularly appreciated by red meat lovers, unless you order the classic moules-frites, whose XL portion is just as guaranteed. The beer list is equally impressive. It's a sure sign of the bon vivant nature of the monks and the many sparrows who gather here every day!

Beware of the decibels, here is not enough! The Gibus, in reference to the Parisian concert hall of the same name, is a permanently rock bar, where friends are gathered around a table, a whole program and an sometimes buzzing atmosphere, especially on Thursdays when the students emerge from nowhere and invest the places. Smiles are distributed to all those who enter. The déco and broc - a bike hung on the walls and old black and white photos - is nice and has not changed for years. And for the place never to die, musical programming is also organized.

The Quays Cinema, located on the edge of the Savoureuse in the south of the city, is the meeting of the old Cinémas cinemas. With 14 comfortable rooms accessible to people with reduced mobility, the cinema «Pathé» offers over 400 weekly meetings, including 3 D sessions and live webcast of the Metropolitan Opera in New York. In parallel and in a complementary way, "Today Cinema" offers in two rooms an original "Art and Trial" programming.

A pub as we have to design, with its special ambiance, its garden and its music. The recipe always works as well, and that is all the better. A place frequented by a fairly young clientele.

The Rive Gauche Brasserie, located at the corner of the Battant Bridge and Grand street, is one of the most important places in the city centre with its large terrace as soon as the beautiful days arrive. We love to settle there for a coffee, enjoy an ice cream at the time of snack or try the evening cocktail card! In spite of the tram works that disturb one of the most beautiful views of the Doubs River and the quays, all the city, you will enjoy the surroundings as well as the right atmosphere.

Housed in a former temple in the south of the city (Pépinière district), Belfort's puppet theater is one of the few of its kind in France. Some shows are specifically designed for children. In all, around a hundred performances are given each year, by some twenty companies. A highlight of the year: the Festival International de Marionnettes de Belfort in February. Puppet workshops and courses.

In this small cinema, in the city centre of Besançon, VO is queen. If the decor does not pay a mine, the treasure is inside. You want to see a rare or unpublished film or even review a movie in its entirety, so the Europole is the right place. Three rooms with art and trial programming for lovers of the author cinema (rare with multiplexes competition and other public structures). The rooms are close and intimate, giving a lot of charm to an establishment which, in the image of the films it broadcasts, is imbued with a particular soul and atmosphere. Because often, faced with the kings of the box office, the author films are up!

In a magnificent enclosure built on stilts to get closer to the stars than to protect itself from the Doubs, which brings the wave of musical novelties to it; this concert hall includes a 600 m2 esplanade, 2 concert halls (1000 and 320 standing places), 1 hall-bar, 2 creation studios, 3 dressing rooms, catering and an administrative complex. Support for research and creation, as well as the development of cultural action, are the leitmotifs of this venue, which promotes music in all its richness. Music lovers of all stripes, curious about eclectic, creative, local, regional and even international music, find out more on the site!

The temple of the game with a big J! Fans of Warhamer, Dungeons and Dragons, PSC, Guilds El Dorado, Orpheus, or Magic, Yu-gi-ho, World of Warcraft, and other games of all kinds, the imagination is to wear a hand, you just have to move Battant and you will enter a parallel universe. The staff were friendly and helpful. The shop won't always and there are still many players around the table, both day and night. Figurines, trays, card games, tips, all addicts know this address and take advantage of every minute of free time to run there and share with them some of the anthology parts. For non-insiders, demonstration sessions are provided, just check out the store. It even seems that the abuse of these games is not dangerous to health!

When we talk about the Utinam, we think right now of its famous terrace, undoubtedly one of the best in the city! In summer, in the spring, as soon as the sun shows the end of its nose, whether you are on holiday, working break, or at the exit of the work for the aperitif, what happiness to let you go a little in the sun, the curious eye to discover the church Saint-Pierre and the little carousel that faces it, or to observe passers-by in spite of yourself. Summer as winter, it's also a nice brasserie with colourful colours where you can enjoy small dishes and menus from day to day, with absolutely one of its very good homemade pies. And, despite the high speed of the institution it is worth, flip of the medal, this place of choice, the team remains very helpful. This is where you ask when the break is needed!

The Mégarama sees everything in large, from the complex itself to its capacity to welcome, by going through the screens of course! A projection centre of 10 rooms, "à la américaine", with pop-corn, sodas and other sweets to accompany your meetings. Public movies, international blockbusters and national productions with digital and giant screen. There are obviously popular movies and all the novelties. Most of the Mégarama: Hyperconfortables seats, where you will not have to fall asleep, as well as a huge free parking space of 600 places, where you should easily find a place before taking yours.

Adjacent to the Musée des Beaux-Arts and the covered market, with its 8 screens, it offers all the services of a modern multiplex: some 20 films on the bill, previews and a counter packed with sweets and other beverages to make your session greedy and pleasant. Behind its large bay windows, clean and comfortable, without being a shopping-zone cinema, it welcomes both mainstream films and arthouse screenings. The Mégarama Beaux-Arts is cinema in a big way, on a giant screen, and it's sure to revitalize the city center! With a foggy head or a smile on your face, your mind will be on your session, alone or with friends, and its location will even allow you to go for a nightcap after the last screening, to discuss the film or gently recover your spirits.

Passengers, fasten your belt, forward for the old underground bar of the city. In the heart of Battant, lift the cover of an old DS and take advantage of this small, charming, rather convivial place whose clientele is mostly made up of trentenaire and students in poor concerts. Once a month, a concert is organized there where you can hear music that does not pass anywhere else, a real pleasure for ears. The spirit is free and independent, the ST is the city's little rebel! So, to avoid missing and be informed of the concerts usually scheduled on Thursday and Saturday, leave your e-mail.

In summer, projections in the air. We are far from the huge complexes that grow like mushrooms around big cities. This cinema has something exceptional. It has a history and a stamp. Recently renovated, the main hall is part of the national historic heritage. It is a pleasure to enter and contemplate the decor. As for programming, the program varies and the most contemporary films are spent on the most artistic ones. Just call the answering machine to know the program that is also available in many places.

Destiny off the rails, in the center of Mont-sous-Vaudrey. A mysterious event brought Jules Grévy to the present day, when he took the train to his native village of Mont-sous-Vaudrey. Now a child again, he is surprised to see how time has changed his hometown. Join Léo and Lina, two village children, and help Jules find his way back by retracing the events of the past. It's a fun way to discover a whole chapter of Jura, and even national, history.

" Le Moulin "is in the first place a concert hall. It is a very special place, lost in nature in the vicinity of Poligny, which nevertheless welcomed the greatest musicians. From national and international groups to small local groups, music lovers continue to love each other. " Le Moulin "is a very special mood for a truly unique atmosphere. The place has a soul and a history (at the beginning of the century the mill used to pour black wheat). Far from the huge multi-dimensional rooms and the sanitised boxes, the "Moulin" is a place that lives permanently. A second room serves as a snack bar where temporary exhibitions take place regularly. A rehearsal studio is made available to local groups which allows them to repeat each week. The reception conditions are excellent, both personal and material, and many artists come in residence. With an eclectic choice of current music, a frequency of at least one concert per week, some technicians and a reception capacity of 700 places (the public has access to two balconies plus the pit), this room has become a reference in the event. There are all kinds of tastes and ages! The program is available almost everywhere in the region, but more specifically in tourist offices, bars or music stores.

Situated in the central square, this is a very appropriate place to have a drink at Poligny and above all to get to know the beers. The boss Benoit Choquet offers 14 of them on pressure and about a hundred in bottles. Drinks also rhyme here with cocktails, shots, ciders and whiskies... without forgetting the Jura wines. Students from the Hotel School and the National School of Dairy Industry will undoubtedly go there to perfect their knowledge. And this particular workshop is certainly not unrelated to the fact that several microbreweries were born in the region. The interior decoration is Irish copy and paste, worthy of Dublin pubs: woodwork, stained glass, bar stools, counter... It's believable. Even more so on musical evenings when bands playing spoons on their knees come to perform. On sunny days, the terrace is very popular, and even if the skies are ungrateful, St. Patrick's Day is celebrated there. Like the city itself.

The JOA casino in Salins-les-Bains is a must-see entertainment venue in the region. It offers a unique gaming experience with more than 130 slot machines, as well as tables for traditional games such as blackjack and roulette. The JOA casino also has an auditorium that can accommodate up to 150 people for concerts, comedy shows, themed evenings and many other events. For food lovers, the casino's restaurant offers refined, inventive cuisine featuring local produce.