DK Travel : Paris : Performing arts

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Le Petit Journal St-Michel

Younger brother of the Montparnasse original, this club opened in 1971 and concentrates more on New Orleans-style swinging jazz. A fun atmosphere in this Latin Quarter cellar, together with a pleasant dining room in which to have a meal, just off the main stage area.
Les 400 Coups

Gritty Paris streets feature in this 1959 François Truffaut film about a boy on the run.
Les Enfants du Paradis

The city’s underworld is shown in this 1944 classic.
Lionel Hampton

US bandleader Hampton (b. 1909) regularly played in the Left Bank jazz clubs.
L’rbuci

A well-established favourite, in the heart of St-Germain (see St-Germain, Latin and Luxembourg Quarters), attracting a good mix of regular locals and curious tourists. Eat in the pleasant brasserie upstairs, then head to the basement for a music programme that relies heavily on old-fashioned Dixie-style jazz.
Maurice Chevalier

The Parisian singer/actor (1888–1972) is, for many, the voice of France. In 1958 he won an Academy Award for his role in Gigi .
Miles Davis

US trumpet-player Davis (1926–91) was a favourite in Paris for his “cool jazz” style.
Moulin Rouge

The original home of the Can-Can, the theatre’s dancers were immortalized on canvas by Toulouse-Lautrec during the belle époque and are on display in the Musée d’Orsay. The show still has all the razzmatazz, feathers and sequins that it has been dazzling audiences with since 1889. The pre-show dinner is optional.
Moulin Rouge

As old as the Eiffel Tower (1889) and as much a part of the Parisian image, today’s troupe of 60 Doriss Girls are the modern versions of Jane Avril and La Goulue.
New Morning

An upstart by Paris standards, having opened in 1981. Its policy of embracing all kinds of music (jazz, blues, Latin, soul and the unclassifiable), not to mention inviting performers up from the floor, has led to a relaxed crowd of regulars.