BBB BLACK BLANC BEUR
| Address | Neo Club, 23 rue de Ponthieu; 75008 Paris by avenue Myrron Herrick |
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| Neighbourhood | 8th Arrondissement | See on map |
| Metro | Franklin Roosevelt [M1, M9] |
| Telephone | +33 1 53 76 02 11 |
| Website | http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=141094397988 |
| Price | EUR 10 with drink |
| Hours | Sundays 21-03 |
Paris is as such, one of the most multicultural cities in the world, with the World Cup winning 1998 national football team dubbed ‘Black, Blanc, Beur’ (Black, White, Arab) thanks to its diversity, in lieu of the traditional flag’s colours of ‘Bleu, Blanc, Rouge.’
And for the last 13 years and counting ‘Black Blanc Beur’ has made a Sunday stand for mixing it up in a dance fiesta. BBB, as this multicultural tea dance is better known, has now moved from its longstanding seedy yet sizzling home in redlight Pigalle to the bright lights of the 8th, and is still going strong.
Playing the best of RnB, rai and rap, its popularity is not just confined to clubgoers, ensnaring an enviable list of PAs including David Guetta vocalist Chris Willis and dancers from the last Madonna tour.
The only issue some have with this celebrated Sunday nighter is that the punters are there for the music and less for the cruise. That said this place gets so hot and sweaty that you can’t help but bump into a rainbow of topless papis on the heaving dance floor. Time to invoke those equal opportunity rights.
