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Nightlife
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Nightlife
in Tours is a lot more promising than in other Loire towns, with a fairly impressive selection of nightclubs, bars and cabaret-cafes. You can pick up a free copy of the
listings magazine
Tours Cultures
, which gives day-by-day details of musical and cultural events for the entire summer, from the tourist office or the Maison des Associations Culturelles, 5 place Plumereau (tel 02.47.20.71.95).
Clubs
worth visiting include
Labo
, 18 rue de la Longue-Echelle, off place du Grand-Marche (free admission, drink obligatory), a cafe-club open from 6pm to 4am with disco music on Friday and a gay night on Sunday, and
L'Excalibur
, in a vaulted cellar at 35 rue Briconnet (daily 11pm-4am; admission Mon-Fri 60F/€9.15, Sat & Sun 70F/€10.67), which caters for smart young clubbers.
Cafes with shows
include the popular
Petit Faucheaux
, 23 rue des Cerisiers, best known for jazz but also featuring comedians, darts, cards and chess at any time, and
Le Vieux Murier
on place Plumereau, with live music and an amazing decor of diverse objects. For
gigs
, try
Le Bateau Ivre
, 146 rue Edouard-Vaillant (tel 02.47.44.77.22), to the south of the
gare SNCF
, where top British and American rap/reggae/hip-hop bands play (entry 50-100F/€7.62-15.24), or
Les 3 Orfevres
, 6 rue des Orfevres (tel 02.47.64.02.73). Other useful information
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