Nightclubs in Cannes
Nightclubs in Cannes
NEWS FLASH - the Palais Club is no more
Night Clubs can stay open until 7am but the bars must close at 5.30am. The aim is for you all to be able to take a bus or a train home instead of driving!
Leave the car at home - for summer, excellent night bus service runs till 2.30am and the normal day buses start at 5.30am. Not as good, but a winter service is also available.
Le Square Dansant
Want to dance in each other's arms? Head for Square Verdun, opposite Bijou Plage. From 8.30pm until 12.30am, entry 10 euros. Bar, tables and chairs. live orchestra, dance floor and even "taxi-boys" available. The latter are men available to dance with women without a partner. They think of everything these Frenchies!
La Chunga Bar & Restaurant
Rare! Cannes all night restaurant - open until 5am.
An institution in the town and is owned by two of Cannes' great nightlife entrepreneurs. Across the road from the Martinez hotel.
Live music and a real fun atmosphere for all ages.
The Gotha Club summer and film festival only. The former managers of the Palais Club are now running Gotha, to be found at Palm Beach. It welcomes 2,500 clubbers every night. Entry 25 euros and 50 euros when the big names appear. A beer costs 12 euros as do soft drinks. See www.gotha-club.com for programme. Open every night from 9 July till 30 August.
Reservations (always best) call 04 93 45 11 11
Dream Club, Palm Beach: entry free, 10 euros for a beer. Opens 11pm
Establishment is open all year from midnight till 7am Thursday, Friday and Saturday. Free entry for women before 1am.
15 rue des Freres Pradignac 04 93 39 91 97
Charley's, 5 rue du Suquet, opens at 5pm but hots up from 11pm and is open until 2.30am. DJs and dancing every night.
Beats paying 25 euros for entry to the super clubs of Cannes. Open all year.
Access Bar Club, 52, rue Jean Jaures 6.30pm till 5am. Free entry. Foam machines. Happy hour with DJ 6.30 - 11pm with clubbing music from 11.30pm until dawn. See www.access-club-cannes.com
Night Clubs can stay open until 7am but the bars must close at 5.30am. The aim is for you all to be able to take a bus or a train home instead of driving!
Leave the car at home - for summer, excellent night bus service runs till 2.30am and the normal day buses start at 5.30am. Not as good, but a winter service is also available.
Le Square Dansant
Want to dance in each other's arms? Head for Square Verdun, opposite Bijou Plage. From 8.30pm until 12.30am, entry 10 euros. Bar, tables and chairs. live orchestra, dance floor and even "taxi-boys" available. The latter are men available to dance with women without a partner. They think of everything these Frenchies!
La Chunga Bar & Restaurant
Rare! Cannes all night restaurant - open until 5am.
An institution in the town and is owned by two of Cannes' great nightlife entrepreneurs. Across the road from the Martinez hotel.
Live music and a real fun atmosphere for all ages.
The Gotha Club summer and film festival only. The former managers of the Palais Club are now running Gotha, to be found at Palm Beach. It welcomes 2,500 clubbers every night. Entry 25 euros and 50 euros when the big names appear. A beer costs 12 euros as do soft drinks. See www.gotha-club.com for programme. Open every night from 9 July till 30 August.
Reservations (always best) call 04 93 45 11 11
Dream Club, Palm Beach: entry free, 10 euros for a beer. Opens 11pm
Establishment is open all year from midnight till 7am Thursday, Friday and Saturday. Free entry for women before 1am.
15 rue des Freres Pradignac 04 93 39 91 97
Charley's, 5 rue du Suquet, opens at 5pm but hots up from 11pm and is open until 2.30am. DJs and dancing every night.
Beats paying 25 euros for entry to the super clubs of Cannes. Open all year.
Access Bar Club, 52, rue Jean Jaures 6.30pm till 5am. Free entry. Foam machines. Happy hour with DJ 6.30 - 11pm with clubbing music from 11.30pm until dawn. See www.access-club-cannes.com
Sun 7 bar, 5 rue Dr Gerard-Monod. Free entry. Reggae, dancehall, hip-hop. 11pm-5am.
Know your music?
House: started in 1977 by DJ Frankie Knuckles at The Warehouse club in Chicago. It is an up tempo style of disco music
Techno: emerged from House music in Detroit in the mid 1980s. It is instrumental and has repetitive four by four beats. Not to be confused with EDM - Electronic Dance Music.
Drum & Bass: started in early 90s and is characterised by fast breakbeats with heavy bass, sub bass lines and sometimes infra bass lines.
Know your music?
House: started in 1977 by DJ Frankie Knuckles at The Warehouse club in Chicago. It is an up tempo style of disco music
Techno: emerged from House music in Detroit in the mid 1980s. It is instrumental and has repetitive four by four beats. Not to be confused with EDM - Electronic Dance Music.
Drum & Bass: started in early 90s and is characterised by fast breakbeats with heavy bass, sub bass lines and sometimes infra bass lines.
A Bit Different...
Hotel 3.14 rooftop
Hotel 3.14 rooftop, 5 rue Francois Einesy: boasts a Lebanese restaurant and cool lounge bar. It is now part of the casino so you need a passport or identity car to get in.
The top people's club is Bâoli at Port Canto on the Croisette, where you can dance in the open air. Free entry. Open all year.
This is a luxury restaurant and club. Guests enter through huge wooden Balinese doors and the whole feeling of "Buddha cool" is echoed throughout the venue. Celebrities frequent the place which boasts an ultra swish restaurant. Expect a menu that includes noodles and spicy beef dishes as well as potent cocktails - expect to pay at least 75 euros pp for dinner. Doors open 8pm, music hots up from midnight. Dress - chic and glamorous. Be warned - it is exclusive and can be difficult to get in. Well that's what they say! Free entry.
Reservations: 04 93 43 03 43
The top people's club is Bâoli at Port Canto on the Croisette, where you can dance in the open air. Free entry. Open all year.
This is a luxury restaurant and club. Guests enter through huge wooden Balinese doors and the whole feeling of "Buddha cool" is echoed throughout the venue. Celebrities frequent the place which boasts an ultra swish restaurant. Expect a menu that includes noodles and spicy beef dishes as well as potent cocktails - expect to pay at least 75 euros pp for dinner. Doors open 8pm, music hots up from midnight. Dress - chic and glamorous. Be warned - it is exclusive and can be difficult to get in. Well that's what they say! Free entry.
Reservations: 04 93 43 03 43
Baoli Club
KA (formerly Les Marches) Club
Les Marches Nightclub
Doors open at 7pm for drinks and tapas on the apero terrace with views over the old port and Le Suquet. From midnight the club atmosphere takes over. There are two resident DJs. Entry is free and drinks cost 15 euros. Find it at Casino Croisette, jetee Albert-Edouard. Open all year.
Carre d'Or: this area in the heart of Cannes is packed with bars, restaurants and clubs. Many start out the evening as bars and restaurants turning disco club later in the evening. As this area has many residents most venues close about two or three in the morning.
Carre d'Or: this area in the heart of Cannes is packed with bars, restaurants and clubs. Many start out the evening as bars and restaurants turning disco club later in the evening. As this area has many residents most venues close about two or three in the morning.
Gay Clubbers
Night Nightclub
Top gay club, for boys and girls, is Night, 52 rue Jean-Jaures, which opens 9.30pm everyday.
Entrance free except Saturday when it's 10 euros to get in. Reservations: 04 93 39 20 50
Further Afield...
Entrance free except Saturday when it's 10 euros to get in. Reservations: 04 93 39 20 50
Further Afield...
La Siesta Night Club
La Siesta Night Club
Antibes - La Siesta is right on the beach with a dance floor open to the heavens. You can choose to dine in the restaurant and enjoy dancing later or go to the club direct from 11.30pm. The VIP area is open to those who ask! All ages welcome from 18 years. Entry is 25 euros including one alcoholic drink or two non alcoholic. A snack bar is available with everything at 5 euros. After 55 years this is a genuine Cote d'Azur hotspot.
Tel: 04 93 33 31 31. Parking is free or take the train, one stop after Antibes town.
Insider knowledge: the cloakroom charges 2 euros but make sure you leave everything cos they will charge one euro per item afterwards.
Juan-les-Pins - check out Le Village, Iguana and Anfer for dancing the night away to great DJs
La Napoule - Bookings taken (0629400920) for the BayClub at Royal Casino. Only open Saturdays (11pm till late), it has 70s deco with disco, motown, pop and 80s music.
Tel: 04 93 33 31 31. Parking is free or take the train, one stop after Antibes town.
Insider knowledge: the cloakroom charges 2 euros but make sure you leave everything cos they will charge one euro per item afterwards.
Juan-les-Pins - check out Le Village, Iguana and Anfer for dancing the night away to great DJs
La Napoule - Bookings taken (0629400920) for the BayClub at Royal Casino. Only open Saturdays (11pm till late), it has 70s deco with disco, motown, pop and 80s music.