Paris Gay Travel News – Archive

|  27 February 2010
SuperMartXé Paris: the mega party from Madrid and Ibiza on tour in Paris.
23:00 – 06:00 @ Les Bains Douches (7 Rue du Bourg l’Abbé)
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|  23 January 2010
Meeting International de Paris: leather and fetish party, hosted by the gay Paris leather club ASMF. Strict dresscode. Entrance 20–25 €.
From 22:00 @ Forum de Grenelle (5 Rue de la Croix-Nivert)
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|  1 January 2010
Under 2010: New Year’s Day party of Paris’ gay Afterhour. 30 €, incl. 1 drink.
07:00 – 14:00 @ Club 79 (Rue Quentin Bauchart/Champs-Elysées)
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|  26 December 2009
1 year Qué Fuerte Party: anniversary party with DJ Sébastien Triumph, DJ Xavier Seulmand, Gogos, live vocals, animations, surprises. Entrance 20 € incl. 1 drink.
23:30 – 06:00 @ Les Salons du Louvre (66 Rue Jean-Jacques Rousseau)
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|  13 December 2009
Scream: large gay party with guest DJs Danny Verde (Circuit Festival Barcelona), Steven Redant (La Demence, Brussels) and Mike Kelly (Greenkomm, Cologne).
19:00 – 06:00 @ Les Bains Douches (7 Rue du Bourg l’Abbé)
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|  5 December 2009
Hector Fonseca: the renowned DJ from New York (Star 69) for a one-night in Paris.
24:00 – 07:00 @ Les Bains Douches (7 Rue du Bourg l’Abbé)
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|  29 November 2009
Coverboy: gay T Dance for grey rainy November Sundays.
From 19:00 @ Neo Club (23 Rue de Ponthieu, Champs-Elysées)
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|  16  –  22 November 2009
Chéries-Chéris: Festival de Films Gays & Lesbiens de Paris
|  14 November 2009
La Revanche: gay party with DJ Sébastien Triumph, Leomeo and live performances. From 23:30 @ La Loco (90 Boulevard de Clichy) [ Map - La Revanche ]
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|  22  –  25 October 2009
Fiac 2009: international contemporary art fair with 180 galleries and more than 3500 artists. At Cour Carrée du Louvre (Rue de Rivoli) and Grand Palais (Avenue Winston Churchill) [ Map - Fiac 2009 ]
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|  17 October 2009
10 years Full Metal: anniversary party of Paris’ gay fetish & cruising club.
From 21:00 @ Full Metal (40 Clos des Blancs-Manteaux)
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|  3 October 2009
Nuit Blanche Paris: annual free all-night cultural festival on each first Saturday night in October, from sundown till sunrise (approx. 19:00 – 07:00).
|  27 September 2009
Delicious: new gay afterhour party. Vocal House, Progressive Tech House.
06:00 – 13:00 @ Gibus (18 Rue du Faubourg du Temple, Metro République)
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|  26 September 2009
Paris Gay Pool Party: 21:30 – 0:30 water park, swimming pools & DJs (bring your swimming suit). 0:30 – 06:00 just clubbing (no swimming).
@ Aquaboulevard de Paris (4 Rue Louis Armand)
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|  25  –  27 September 2009
The Bear Spot: European weekend for bears & friends, with the Bear’s Den bar as the main venue.
|  19 September 2009
Techno Parade Paris 2009: start at 12:00 at Avenue Denfert-Rochereau (Metro station), arrival about 20:00 at Place de la Bastille [ Map - Techno Parade Paris 2009 ]
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|  26 July 2009
Tour de France 2009: tour arrival in Paris on the Champs-Élysées [ Map - Tour de France 2009 ]
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|  20 July  –  20 August 2009
Paris Plages 2009: traditional beach summer with the banks of the Seine river turned into a seaside resort – with 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. [ Map - Paris Plages 2009 ]
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|  14 July 2009
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. [ Map - Bastille Day ]
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|  5 July 2009
Who does it better, Paris or London? After the sing-along of 13000 people on Trafalgar Square in London on 30 April, the Parisians take the challenge with humour and want to show on this Sunday which city is the better singer.
At 16:00 @ Champ de Mars (Eiffel Tower)
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Video: 13 000 people sing on Trafalgar Square in London [open video][close video]

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|  27 June 2009
Paris Gay Pride 2009: called ›Marche des Fiertés LGBT‹ in France.
The parade goes from Boulevard du Montparnasse (start 14:00) via Boulevard Saint-Michel, Boulevard Saint-Germain, Pont de Sully bridge and Boulevard Henri IV to Place de la Bastille (approx. 17:00 – 20:00)
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|  27 June 2009
Gay Pride Party: 23:30 – 12:00, 25 € @ La Loco (90 Boulevard de Clichy) [ Map - Gay Pride Party ]
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|  21 June 2009
›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 usually play in open air areas such as streets and parks or in public buildings like museums and train stations.

Video: Fete de la Musique Paris 2007 [open video][close video]

|  16 May 2009
La Nuit des Musées: 5th European Night of Museums. Free entrance!
|  16 May 2009
Salvation: the London party back in Paris. From 23:00 @ La Loco
(90 Boulevard de Clichy)
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|  9 May 2009
No Church on Sunday: new gay party at the recently re-opened club Les Bains Douches.
|  2 May 2009
Yes Sir... I can boogie: party for bears, hairy guys and tattoo lovers.
From 23:30 at club ›Les Bains Douches‹ (7 Rue du Bourg l’Abbé)
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|  30 April 2009
2 years Beardrop party for bears & admirers: birthday party 23:30 – 12:00.
@ La Loco (90 Boulevard de Clichy)
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|  18 April 2009
Club Les Bains Douches: re-opening of the club in the Marais district with the gay party ›Play‹. 23:30 – 08:00 @ Les Bains Douches
|  18 April 2009
Finally: the comeback of Paris’ White Party.
From 23:30, 15 € @ La Loco (90 Boulevard de Clichy)
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|  8 April  –  10 August 2009
Vassili Kandinsky: the ›Guggenheim Museum‹ in New York, the ›Centre Georges Pompidou‹ in Paris and the ›Städtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus‹ in Munich together are showing a major retrospective exhibition of works by this outstanding Russian avant-garde artist. Daily (except Tuesdays) 11:00 – 21:00.
@ Centre Pompidou (Rue Beaubourg/Place Georges Pompidou)
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|  18 March  –  13 July 2009
The Great World of Andy Warhol: retrospective @ Grand Palais
(Avenue du Général Eisenhower)
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|  14 March 2009
Give Me Luv: with guest DJ Steven Redant (La Demence, Brussels).
From 23:30 @ MIX Club Paris (24 Rue de l’Arrivée)
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|  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)
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|  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)
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|  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)
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|  16 October  –  22 February 2009
From Miro to Warhol. The Berardo collection in Paris: Musée du Luxembourg
(19 Rue de Vaugirard)
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|  19 September 2008
Revolver party: London’s newcomer party 2008 on tour in Paris.
From 23:00 @ Mix Club Paris (24 Rue de l’Arrivée, Metro Montparnasse)
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|  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)
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|  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 [ Map - The summer is over, the party season starts ]
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|  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)
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|  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)
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|  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)
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|  17 November 2007
Happy 5th birthday to Kaliente party in Paris: big birthday party at Maxim’s.
|  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).
|    –  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) [ Map - Pierre et Gilles exhibition ]
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|    –  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)
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|    –  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)
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|    –  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
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