For
jazz , the
best club is
Hot
Brass , chemin de
la
Plaine-des-Verguetiers,
rte d'éguilles-Célony
(tel 04.42.21.05.57;
10.30pm onwards), or
there's
Le Scat
, 11 rue de la
Verrerie (tel
04.42.23.00.23), with
jazz, rock and funk.
If you'd rather a more
mainstream
disco
, head for
Le
Richelme , 24 rue
de la Verrerie (tel
04.42.23.49.29; from
9pm). For
pubs
with live music, try
Key
Largo and
Bugsy
at 34 and 25 rue de la
Verrerie,
respectively;
Pub
Solferino , place
d'Armenie; or
Le
Festival , 67bis
rue Espariat.
During the annual music
festivals , Aix en
Musique (rock, jazz,
experimental and
classical; mid-June to
first week in July;
tel 04.42.21.69.69)
and the Festival
International d'Art
Lyrique (opera and
classical concerts;
last two weeks of
July), the alternative
scene - of street
theatre, rock concerts
and impromptu
gatherings - turns the
whole of Vieil Aix
into one long party.
Tickets for events
range from 80F/?12.20
to 800F/?122 and can
be obtained, along
with programmes, from
the Comité Officiel
des Fêtes at Espace
Forbin, 3 place John-Rewald,
off cours Gambetta (tel
04.42.63.06.75).
Details of the
Festival International
Danse (two weeks in
mid-July) are
available from the
same address.
