Tuesday, February 26, 2008

FRENCH LATINO WHISPER











France.2008.
Paris

La Peña (3 Passage de la Petite Boucherie; visit lapena.fr). Hidden in a street right off Boulevard St. Germain, La Peña is still the club for after-hours salsa dancing. The club stays open until 6 a.m. on the weekends.

The first all-reggaeton parties at Théoz Bar (26 Rue de la Parcheminerie), a cosy club located in the Latin Quarter, started two summers ago. Since then, DJ Daniel el Boricua, who was born in Paris to Puerto Rican and Chilean parents, and DJ Nelson, a Colombia native who's lived in France for most of his life, have spun a mix of reggaeton and salsa dura (from the '60s and '70s) every weekend.

The Parisians love Brazilian music too. The trendy hot spot Favela Chic (18 Rue du Fbg. du Temple; visit favelachic.com), a bar and restaurant where Parisian hipsters and Brazilian expats devour feijoada and mango caipirinhas on the long picnic tables. Around 1 a.m., a batucada showed up for an improptu jam session.

The Paris Danse En Seines group (visit tango-argentin .net/paris-danses-en-seine.php) offer salsa and tango on the Seine river at the Quai Saint Bernard; the salsa runs on Wednesdays through Saturdays from 7:30 p.m. to midnight, and tango runs every day from 7:30 p.m. to midnight (free classes of each are offered for the first hour).

Lyon

For the past three years in June, the city has hosted the Y Salsa Festival (y-salsa.com), featuring the world's best. You can enjoy white or red sangria at Café Sevilla (7 Rue Ste. Catherine), at left, a bar and restaurant where the walls are full of Spanish team soccer flags. For salsa and reggaeton, visit the Casa Latina dance club (2 Place des Terreaux; visit casalatina .monsite.wanadoo.fr).

Bordeaux

These last 10 years offered to the Bordeaux clubbers a special place to relax & enjoy the Spirit of the Son Cubano. La Calle 8 located at the heart of the old Town, 24 r Piliers de Tutelle, is opened all week long. This Café Cubano is a reference for that city thanks to the Latino Spirit that belongs to its history. Enjoy a Mulata Cocktail at the Bar and let the different DJ’s offering you a great night. So Gorgeous.


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