Parties in Paris

Finding a hopping spot to enjoy one of the many Paris parties is a cinch. Just ask any Parisian. And they’ll say, “I’m sorry, I don’t speak English.” So then try, “Où est la fête?” And they’ll say, “Good lord, your accent is awful, please don’t speak French.” And then they will direct you to one of the great club nights, kicking raves, or bitchin’ underground parties that are invariably nearby.

From crazy expensive to crazy casual, club nights in Paris run the gamut of tastes just like in any major city. Those looking to drop major dough need only stick around the Champs-Élysées, which – while hardly an authentic taste of Paris nightlife – attracts lots of chic dedicated clubbers looking to get past the velvet ropes.

The Bastille area is a far busier spot to find a ton of parties going down in Paris, but visitors should expect the place to be incredibly crowded and the crowd itself to be mostly under twenty-five. Oberkampf is another trendy area, and probably the best spot to find some cool underground parties in Paris, while Place Vendome and Faubourg St.-Honoré offer the epitome of the see-and-be-seen parties.

From crazy costume parties like you’ll find at tourist-riddled Moulin Rouge to incredible DJ parties at hotspots like Social Club to the vibrant heart of the gay party scene in Marais, finding a place to let loose is easy as un, deux, trois.