What’s up in France. Free concerts and festivals for music tourists in Paris and Bordeaux clubs

Flüger
Music traveler magazine by Fluger
5 min readNov 3, 2017

Travel to Paris worth lost luggage. ’Cause you need nothing to visit exciting concerts, great art festivals and clubs. As one Parisian guy said: “This city is like living person — Paris can take you and give everything you want. And if it doesn’t like you, you won’t stay here for a long”. But if you try, you’ll want this city to like you as you adore it. Clubs in Paris are proud of their the coolest dance floors in Europe. The city is full of so different experience for anyone. Jazz or techno, indie or house, pop or rave — you can find all of this. Each one has unique Parisian charm.

Forget about Moulin Rouge. We’re going to tell you about the Supersonic club on 9, Biscornet street in Paris. This concert hall and nightclub can be described as 250-seats New York loft space. It is open 7 days a week to satisfy indie music lovers and night owls. The place is fully open to the outside thanks to its large windows offering lights and light.

If you’d like to make а great party in Bastille, this industrial building of the early twentieth century is perfect! Area of the club is 90 m². Suitable for 100 people. The second floor will allow you to gather your guests in a contemporary, functional and warm.

It was a great pleasure to eventually come to the Supersonic club and listen to three great female musicians. Shilpa Ray, Mélie Fraisse and Alice Lewis performed retro magnetic sound from the farthest outer space. Atmospheric place, public and real good music were sending crowd in the club to the coolest period of the 80s.

Mélie Fraisse performed the most impressive dance music in the club. She is a violinist, a musician, and a singer, but not only that. Mélie Fraisse is also the arranger of fleeting electronic landscapes, which she honed with her precious voice.

Listen to her playlist on Spotify

Her synth pads with acuteness lab technician rarely heard in the pop music. She debuts with the song “A walk” and her serpentine voice that makes an amazing effect. Her first EP is a diary of a young modern woman, who describes herself without makeup and writes her texts with the depth of a very conscious soul. This soft rhythmic music and atmospheric club with beautiful people can be good alternative to techno rave party. Even it can be nice start or way to continue music leisure.

For those, who are going to stay in Paris during November, here is the upcoming program of the Supersonic club in our playlist —

And all all supersonic events you can find here: https://www.messenger.com/t/fluger.io https://www.facebook.com/pg/supersonicbastille/events/

Free admission for all concerts. Except those of the night of Friday and Saturday and Pitchfork Avant-Garde.

Let’s move to the South. Rainy and at the same time sunny city of Provence — Bordeaux. Gorgeous place that is divided by river Garonne. Both of Bordeaux banks have own characteristics. Left one is full of magnificent architecture, cathedrals, monuments. Another one is a great place for living. High-tech buildings, advanced infrastructure, restaurants, gardens, clubs and etc. Bordeaux is a great city for skaters and ravers. Music and art festivals are constantly being held. CAPC Museum Contemporary Arts Museum on the river is highly recommended to visit.

And if you’ve decided to walk across one of the beautiful bridges in Bordeaux to the citizen port, don’t pass by IBoat. A dance floor on a boat for 300 people. Performances are held from 7 pm to 11 pm. House and techno parties start from 11:30 pm to 6 am in the club. Moreover, there is a restaurant. A typical setting on the main deck where dishes are prepared on the basis of fresh products with a daily arrival of fish and seafood.

The third space on the upper deck is dedicated to visual arts and ephemeral projects. Professionals artists and art associations take part in the context of vernissages, exceptional events and art festivals. From midnight it transforms into a chill-out space with armchairs and sofas with a cozy musical atmosphere of relaxation.

Truly fortune was to hear music of the Lomboy band on IBoat. Interesting that band has two structure — Paris and Tokyo members. Lomboy sounds like the 90s electronic lounge music which typically can be heard in techno or house tracks. This year they released new single — Loverboy. It really promises to make this band famous not only in France.

https://www.facebook.com/intelligentboat

Life of Australian frontwoman Tanja Frita has been full of adventure. She’s lived in Sweden, Spain, Belgium and now lives in France, where her current group Lomboy was created. Her first band was a hardcore and metal fanatic in the age of a teenager. Then she appeared in feminist-inspired groups such as Holly May and Lonely Drifter Karen. Lomboy began as a fresh start, a departure from her previous label, a rupturing of the routine, opting to start a solo project with the long-lost autonomy that often falls out of reach within the group setting.

Flüger highly recommend to add these songs to your Spotify playlist.

That was a report about October in two great cities of France.

Travel, be inspired, sing and dance.

With love, your Flüger — the easiest way to book a music trip to concerts, parties and music festivals.

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