Given
the
city's
staid,
affluent
population,
the
late-night
scene
tends to
be
dominated
by
luxury
hotel
bars
. But
pubs
are
popular
with the
young,
and
Vieux
Nice has
a wide
choice
of
venues
for
drinking
and
dancing,
though
the
music
tends
not to
be very
novel. A
good
place to
set out
is along
rue
Central
in the
old town,
where
many
pubs
have
early
evening
happy
hours.
As for
Niçois
nightclubs
,
bouncers
judging
your
wallet
or
exclusive
membership
lists
are the
rule.
Clubs
B52
, 8
Descente
Crotti.
Small
dance
floor,
young
clientele
and good
value.
Daily
11pm-4am,
free
entry
until
1am.
Le
Baby
Doll
, 227 bd
de la
Madeleine.
Lesbian
disco,
not
exclusively
female.
Daily
from
10pm.
Le
Blue Boy
, 9 rue
Jean-Baptiste-Spinétta.
Lesbians
and
heteros
are
welcome
at this,
Nice's
best gay
venue
off
boulevard
François-Grosso.
Two bars,
two
dance
floors,
DJs who
know
what's
what,
and a
floorshow
every
Wed
night.
Daily
11pm-dawn;
entrance
charge
around
40F/¬6.10
Wed &
weekends.
Blue
Whales
, 1 rue
Mascoïnat
(tel
04.93.85.00.57).
Intimate
venue
with
friendly
atmosphere,
and live
music
after
10pm
ranging
from
Latin to
rock.
Open
till
2.30am.
L'Iguane
, 5 quai
des Deux-Emmanuel.
Very
stylish
night
bar with
dance
floor
for the
poseurs.
Daily
till
6am.
Subway
, 19 rue
Droite.
Reggae,
soul and
rock;
reasonably
priced.
Tues-Sat
from
11.30pm.
Wayne's
, 15 rue
de la
Préfecture
(
www.waynes.fr
).
Popular
bar on
the edge
of the
old town
run by
an expat
who
shares
the
French
penchant
for good
old
rock'n'roll.
Live
bands -
of
greatly
varying
quality
- Fri
and Sat
nights.
Daily
2.30pm-1am.
Festivals
Details
of
Nice's
lively
festival
calendar
are
available
from the
pamphlet
Nice:
vos
rendez-vous
or the
main
tourist
office.
The
Mardi
Gras
Carnival
opens
the
year's
events
in
February,
with the
last
week of
July
taken up
by the
Nice
Jazz
Festival
in the
Parc de
Cimiez (tel
04.93.87.19.18
or
www.worldonline.fr
for info;
or fax
the main
tourist
office
in May/June).
