Paris Gay Travel Guide

News Archive

• |  1 January 2009
• Under:  special After Hour party at New Year’s morning, 07:00 – 15:00.
• -›  Details, address and map of location
• -›  www.fluidparty.com/agenda.php

• |  1 January 2009
• Confession:  special party on New Year’s afternoon from 12:00 till 20:00.
• -›  Info, address and map of location

• |  31 December 2008
• Scream New Year’s Eve party:  23:00 – 10:00 @ Mix Club (24 Rue de l’Arrivée, Metro Montparnasse)
• -›  www.myspace.com/scream

• |  31 December 2008
• Grand re-opening of club Les Bains Douches:  at New Year’s Eve. Entrance 20 €.
  23:00 – 08:00 @ Les Bains Douches (7 Rue du Bourg l’Abbé)
• -›  www.lesbainsdouches.net

• |  20 December 2008
• SuperMartXé Paris:  Ibiza’s top party on tour in Paris @ MIX Club
  (24 Rue de l’Arrivée)
• -›  www.mixclub.fr

• |  19 December 2008
• Cafe Con Leche:  Gay Friday Clubbing @ Mix Club Paris (24 Rue de l’Arrivée,
  Metro Montparnasse), from 23:30
• -›  www.myspace.com/cafeconleche

• |  30 November 2008
• Shortlust:  Sunday morning After Hour party. Motto: Clubbing – Electro – Sex. Dresscode: glamour-trash, leather, chic, sexy.
  06:00 – 13:00 @ Fifth Floor (83 Rue Quincampoix)
• -›  www.shortlust.com
• -›  www.eyesneedsugar.com

• |  30 November 2008
• Dance & Live:  12 hours AIDS benefit party by Act Up Paris. Entrance 10 €.
  18:00 – 06:00 @ ShowCase (Pont Alexandre III, Port des Champs-Élysées)

• |  23 November 2008
• Gay Tea Dance:  19:00 – 02:00 @ Cab (2 Place du Palais Royal)

• |  16 November 2008
• MIX Tea Dance:  from 19:00 @ MIX Club Paris (24 Rue de l’Arrivée)

• Short video clip

• |  4  –  11 November 2008
• Festival de Films Gays & Lesbiens de Paris 2008
• -›  www.ffglp.net

• |  26 October 2008
• Butch:  the former weekly hot Friday party night now touring the clubs.
  21:00 – 04:00 @ Gibus (18 Rue du Faubourg du Temple, Metro République)
• -›  www.myspace.com/butchparty

• |  25 October 2008
• Jay Brannan:  singer/songwriter from New York (and actor in ›Shortbus‹) live in Paris. The concert on Sun, 26 October (at La Reine Blanche) is already sold out; new date on Sat, 25 October, 22:00 @ Sentier des Halles (50 Rue d’Aboukir)
• -›  jaybrannan.com
• -›  Tickets

• Our favorite song: Body’s a Temple

• |  4 October 2008
• Nuit Blanche Paris:  annual free all-night cultural festival, from sundown till sunrise on each first Saturday night in October.
• -›  Concept and background of the Nuit Blanche

• |  19 September 2008
• Revolver:  London’s newcomer party 2008 on tour in Paris.
  From 23:00 @ Mix Club (24 Rue de l’Arrivée, Metro Montparnasse)
• -›  www.evolvedevents.co.uk

• |  17 September  –  31 October 2008
• Sailors, Legionnaires, Workmen:  drawings, paintings and photographies.
  Sales exhibition at the gallery Au Bonheur du Jour (Tue-Sat 14:30 – 19:30,
  11 Rue Chabanais)
• -›  Au Bonheur du Jour

• |  30 August 2008
• The summer is over, the party season starts:  after their regular summer break most clubs in Paris will open their doors again in the upcoming weeks. Club Les Bains Douches (7 Rue du Bourg l’Abbé) starts with its opening party on Saturday, 30 August
• -›  www.lesbainsdouches.net

• |  21 July  –  21 August 2008
• Paris Plages 2008:  Traditional beach summer with the banks of the Seine river turned into a seaside resort: sand, deckchairs, palm trees, beach bars, special events and lots of possibilities for activities such as table tennis, Tai Chi, beach volleyball, beach rugby and aquatics.

• |  14 July 2008
• Bastille Day:  French national holiday (›Fête Nationale‹) in honour of the French Revolution and the storming of the Bastille on 14 July 1789. Traditional fireworks on Champ de Mars near the Eiffel Tower from 22:40 till 23:20.
• -›  www.parisinfo.com

• |  5 July 2008
• Yes Sir... I can boogie:  party for bears, hairy guys and tattoo lovers on Saturday, 5 July, from 24:00 at club ›Les Bains Douches‹ (7 Rue du Bourg l’Abbé).
• -›  Details, address and map of location

• |  29 June 2008
• MIX After Pride:  after hour party on Sunday, 29 June, 06:00 – 12:00 @ MIX Club (24 Rue de l’Arrivée)
• -›  www.spiritofstar.com/agenda_detail.php?id=163

• |  29 June 2008
• Gay Pride Closing Party:  Matinée Group, Spirit Of Star & European BEARDROP present: DAY OFF Circuit Festival pre-party.
  Sun, 29 June, 23:30 – 06:00 @ ›La Scène Bastille‹ (2 Rue des Taillandiers)
• -›  www.spiritofstar.com/agenda_detail.php?id=165

• |  28 June 2008
• Paris Gay Pride (Marche des Fiertés LGBT):  The parade goes from Avenue Denfert-Rochereau (start 14:00) via Avenue de l’Observatoire, Boulevard Saint-Michel, Boulevard Saint-Germain, Pont de Sully bridge and Boulevard Henri IV to Place de la Bastille (approx. 17:30).
• -›  Official Website

• Video from 2006

• |  28 June 2008
• Pride In Paris:  after parade party (Saturday, 28 June) from 24:00 till 06:00
  @ Bobin’O Club (14-20 Rue de la Gaité)
• -›  www.spiritofstar.com/agenda_detail.php?id=162
• -›  www.bobinoclub.fr

• |  21 June 2008
• ›Fête de la Musique‹ in Paris:  free annual music festival, open to any participant. All the concerts are free for the public. The musicians – amateur or professional – are asked to perform for free and are used to play in open air areas as streets and parks or in public buildings like museums and train stations.
  
• -›  fetedelamusique.culture.fr

• |  21 June 2008
• european BEARDROP:  bears party on Saturday, 21 June, from 24:00
  @ ›La Scène Bastille‹ (2 Rue des Taillandiers)
• -›  www.myspace.com/beardrop

• |  24 May 2008
• Vicious Boys:  ›Clubbing & Porn Stars‹. Next party on Saturday, 24 May,
  24:00 – 06:00. At ›La Scène Bastille‹ (2 Rue des Taillandiers)
• -›  www.spiritofstar.com

• |  17 November 2007
• Happy 5th birthday to Kaliente party in Paris:  Big birthday party on Saturday, 17 November, at Maxim’s.
• -›  Details, address and map of location

• |  15 September 2007
• Techno Parade Paris 2007:  Saturday, 15 September. Start and arrival at Place de la Bastille
• -›  www.technoparade.fr (link English Version down to the right)
• -›  www.myspace.com/technoparade

• |  7 September  –  20 October 2007
• Rugby World Cup 2007:  7 September – 20 October @ Parc des Princes (Metro 9: Porte de Saint-Cloud; Metro 10: Porte d’Auteuil) and Stade de France (Metro Saint Denis-Porte de Paris).
• -›  rugby2007.stadefrance.fr

• |    –  23 September 2007
• Pierre et Gilles exhibition:  presenting a selection of 120 works made between 1976 and 2007. Until September 23, Tue-Sun 12:00-19:00 at the Jeu de Paume exhibition center ›Concorde‹, Place de la Concorde 1 (Metro: Concorde)
• -›  www.jeudepaume.org

• |    –  8 September 2007
• Dalida:  exhibition devoted to the singer – and French gay icon – Dalida.
  Images, documents, dresses and more. Daily except Sunday from 10:00 to 19:00 (door till 18:15). Free entrance. At Hôtel de Ville (Metro: Hôtel de Ville)

• Video clip of Dalida – 18 years

• |    –  23 September 2007
• Jean-Paul Gaultier & Régine Chopinot. Le Défilé:  exhibition to trace the collaboration between the fashion designer and the choreographer.
  Till 23 September @ Musée des Arts décoratifs/Musée de la Mode et du Textile,
  Rue de Rivoli 107 (Metro: Tuileries or Palais Royal-Musée du Louvre)
• -›  www.lesartsdecoratifs.fr

• |    –  31 December 2007
• Dalí and Fashion:  this exhibition was born from Dalí’s fascination for fashion since 1938 when he met Coco Chanel. He was even elected the "most elegant man of France" of his time. The most famous names of the French and international Haute Couture had been asked to imagine a dress dedicated to the Master of surrealism. The results are creations by Paco Rabanne, Sonia Rykiel, Loris Azzaro, Hanae Mori, Moschino, Paul Smith, Trussardi and others.
  At the gallery ›Espace Dalí‹ on Montmartre, 11 Rue Poulbot
• -›  www.daliparis.com