June 20 - 26

tomorrow is the longest day of the year and the now-internationally-celebrated Fete de la Musique...so you've got NO excuse for stayin' in. for a complete list of what's going on in your neighborhood, check out this link (in a new tab; i've set it up for my 'hood, so hit "modifier la recherche" & type in your own address for details closest to you!) from a jazz point of view, tomorrow launches an entire week of festivals & great stuff to see...starting in the 'burbs, from tonight until Sunday, there's the Festival Jazz en Boucle with Didier Lockwood on Friday night (among other players!)--call 01.48.89.99.10 for the whole schedule, info on how to get there, etc. The Couleurs du Jazz fest in Corbeil also until Sunday (see last week's post for info on getting there).

The Paris Jazz Fest continuing this weekend, pack yerself a picnic & go listen to some fab world jazz, Faya Dub & Richard Bona on Saturday, Tigran Hamasyan & Rabih Abou-Khalil on Sunday (see my previous posts for details on where/when). Then from June 21st until July 13th, the 3rd arrondissement is having a festival that's all over the map--jazz on Thursday, detective novels on Friday, waltzing lessons on Saturday (details here) And my favourite fest of the weekend is the Jazz Musette des Puces, which features all kinds of musicians invited by Didier Lockwood to celebrate jazz, Django Reinhart, and the wonderful world of the St.Ouen/Clignancourt flea market...in all the cafes of the market from 4pm 'til 7pm Saturday & Sunday [metro Porte de Clignancourt, then walk north through the flea market, keep an eye out for the Chope & for the Piccolo, two of the best venues.]

starting on Monday the 25th, we have lunchtime jazz with the La Defense Jazz Fest: Monday it's a world sound with Mamani Keita & Nicolas Repac, Tuesday it's sax jazz with The Volunteered Slaves [noon until 2pm, free on the Esplanade of La Defense...just walk above ground from the metro!]

And Tuesday night, the 26th, a great night out for ParisLovesJazz because your host, Bremner Duthie, is singing at the 7 LEZARDS [10 rue des Rosiers in the Marais, metro St-Paul, 01.48.87.08.97, 11 - 15 euros, starts at 9-ish]...see ya then!