Marseille to Aix-en-Provence - Provence and the Cote d'Azur - page 334

GAY & LESBIAN VENUES

The website www.gaymapmarseille.com has coverage of Marseille's and Aix-en-Provence's gay life. Marseille's
small scene is a moving target, and only coalesces at weekends. Gay nights happen at various bars, which are gen-
erally straight or mixed other nights.

Caffè Noir Offline map Google map (3 rue Moustier; Vieux Port) and Polikarpov Offline map

Google map (24 cours Honoré d'Estienne d'Orves; Vieux Port) are reliable addresses for a young, mixed,
hard-drinking crowd. Skip Cargo, Caffè Noir's adjoining sauna, for XY Le Club Offline map Google map
( www.xy-leclub.com ; 66 rue Montgrand; Estrangin-Préfecture) , which only gets busy Sunday afternoons;
sometimes it throws mixed parties. Friendly door staff are an excellent resource for what's happening. Le Trash
( www.trash-bar.com ; 28 rue du Berceau; Fri-Wed; Baille) is as its name suggests.

Entertainment
Cultural events are covered in L'Hebdo (€1.20), available around town, or
www.marseillebynight.com and www.journalventilo.fr (all in French). Tickets are sold at
billetteries (ticket counters) including Espace Culture Offline map Google map 04 96 11
04 60; http://espaceculture.net ; 42 La Canebière; Vieux Port) , Fnac Offline map
Google map (Centre Bourse shopping centre; Vieux Port) and the tourist office ( Click
here ) . Alternative theatre and stuff for kids are held in a trio of venues on Passage des
Arts .

Live Music & Nightclubs

Espace Julien
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( 04 91 24 34 10; www.espace-julien.com ; 39 cours Julien; Notre Dame du
Mont-Cours Julien) Rock, opérock, alternative theatre, reggae, hip-hop, Afro-groove and
other cutting-edge entertainment all appear on the bill; the website lists gigs.

LIVE MUSIC

Pelle Mêle
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( 04 91 54 85 26; 8 place aux Huiles; admission €2; 6pm-1am, closed Sun Oct-Apr;
Vieux Port) A thirty-something crowd jives to good jazz at this lively portside bistro.

JAZZ