Paris le marais gay bars

Welcome to gay Paris! Mainly designed for a gay male clientele, there are also a few rare flagship addresses where lesbian, queer and trans women come to meet, dance and assert themselves. Here is my favorite gay places in Paris to dance between men, between women, all together….

It's my favorite place to see a musette waltz flirt with a chacha and a slow dance get lost in a nostalgic Madison. Imagine the scene: a couple of boys trying their hand at the paso doble in a ballroom competition style, followed by a group of girlfriends launching into totally assumed disco choreography.

The sometimes improbable looks add to the spectacle, but here, your level or style doesn't matter: everyone is here to have fun. It's chaotic, funny, respectful and fraternal. An evening at Tango is experiencing dance without any hassle, and leaving with a smile on your face until the next day. I love it. Find me on the dance floor!

The looks are as diverse as the personalities, lifestyles and sexualities. The playlist reflects this diversity, oscillating between feminist punk, hard-hitting electro and female pop anthems that bring everyone together on the dance floor.

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The atmosphere is electric, and the paris debates at the bar add an intellectual and bar dimension to the festive energy of the place. A place where you feel free to be fully yourself. It's up to you to do the same. In the vaulted cellar of the Classic Up and Dow marais or CUDthe atmosphere is humid and captivating, the bass resonating on the stone walls.

The ground floor, quieter, invites you to chat over a drink, but it is downstairs that the party explodes. The clientele, especially young at the start of the night, meets there to dance to electro-house mixes and intoxicating pop remixes, in a bath of lights. The music, a clever mix of mainstream pop and intoxicating electro remixes, invites you to let go completely.

It is a place where the collective energy replaces the notion of time: impossible to leave before the first light of dawn. Freedj, a true haunt of Marais, allies cozy atmosphere and festive energy. Nestled on a lively street, this bar-club seduces with its rough stone walls, its subdued lighting and its central bar that invites discussion from the early hours.

The cocktails, prepared with care, are the perfect accompaniment to the early evening, where the atmosphere is gay hushed. But once the playlist is launched — a clever mix of chic house, electro remixes and catchy rhythms — the small dance floor becomes the beating heart of the place.

I go there for this build-up, where intimacy and celebration blend harmoniously. At Raidd, the evenings are always hot… and not just because of the playlist. The famous shower shows? It's impossible not to stop and look. Imagine gogo boys, impeccably sculpted torsos, who sway their hips under a glass shower as if they were preparing the casting of a sexy remake of Singin' in the Rain.