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Given the city's staid, affluent population, the late-night scene tends to be dominated by luxury hotel bars . But pubs are popular with the young, and Vieux Nice has a wide choice of venues for drinking and dancing, though the music tends not to be very novel. A good place to set out is along rue Central in the old town, where many pubs have early evening happy hours. As for Niçois nightclubs , bouncers judging your wallet or exclusive membership lists are the rule.
Clubs
B52 , 8 Descente Crotti. Small dance floor, young clientele and good value. Daily 11pm-4am, free entry until 1am.
Le Baby Doll , 227 bd de la Madeleine. Lesbian disco, not exclusively female. Daily from 10pm. Le Blue Boy , 9 rue Jean-Baptiste-Spinétta. Lesbians and heteros are welcome at this, Nice's best gay venue off boulevard François-Grosso. Two bars, two dance floors, DJs who know what's what, and a floorshow every Wed night. Daily 11pm-dawn; entrance charge around 40F/?6.10 Wed & weekends. Blue Whales , 1 rue Mascoïnat (tel 04.93.85.00.57). Intimate venue with friendly atmosphere, and live music after 10pm ranging from Latin to rock. Open till 2.30am. L'Iguane , 5 quai des Deux-Emmanuel. Very stylish night bar with dance floor for the poseurs. Daily till 6am. Subway , 19 rue Droite. Reggae, soul and rock; reasonably priced. Tues-Sat from 11.30pm. Wayne's , 15 rue de la Préfecture ( www.waynes.fr ). Popular bar on the edge of the old town run by an expat who shares the French penchant for good old rock'n'roll. Live bands - of greatly varying quality - Fri and Sat nights. Daily 2.30pm-1am. Festivals Details of Nice's lively festival calendar are available from the pamphlet Nice: vos rendez-vous or the main tourist office. The Mardi Gras Carnival opens the year's events in February, with the last week of July taken up by the Nice Jazz Festival in the Parc de Cimiez (tel 04.93.87.19.18 or www.worldonline.fr for info; or fax the main tourist office in May/June).
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