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Nightlife and festivals
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For
jazz
, the best club is
Hot Brass
, chemin de la Plaine-des-Verguetiers, rte d'A©guilles-CA©lony (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/a?¬12.20 to 800F/a?¬122 and can be obtained, along with programmes, from the ComitA© Officiel des FA?tes 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. Other useful information
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