Thursday April 14 at 33 rue Blomet, 75015 Paris. Arrive: 7pm for the Concert at 8pm 20€ — Be sure to purchase your ticket ASAP at www.balblomet.fr, as concerts there sell out!
Le Bal Blomet (www.balblomet.fr) was created in 1924 and was quickly called Le Bal Negre. It was an amazing spot that, fortunately for us, was restored and reopened in 2017. A musician who played there in the 20s said, “This period probably was the craziest that I have lived. That ball was the hot spot of the capital… And not a single foreigner would leave Paris without having spent at least one night in this unusual place.” Tourists did indeed show up by the busloads. “The address had become so famous in Paris that we only had to tell a taxi driver ’33…’ for him to add ‘…rue Blomet.’ “ Artists of the Roaring Twenties attended the Bal Blomet religiously, including Joséphine Baker, Maurice Chevalier, Mistinguett, Foujita, Kiki de Montparnasse accompanied by Man Ray or Alexander Calder. Henry Miller, Ernest Hemingway, Francis Scott Fitzgerald would gather there, as would painters Joan Miro, Francis Picabia, Jules Pascin, Moise Kisling and Kees Van Dongen accompanied Robert Desnos and their surrealist friends.
Join us for an evening of jazz, featuring clarinette favorites.
Cost: 20€ at www.balblomet.fr. Reserve early and RSVP here also: https://forms.gle/cMiBh7eHK4vW2Gb66
