You'll find most Nice nightlife, hip or sophisticated, near the waterfront. Start your nightlife with after-dinner drinks at cool Old Nice bars. Then raise the nightlife tempo at Nice's nearby dance venues or find more glamorous nightlife at clubs with shows and dancing near the legendary Promenade des Anglais.
Unwind in Nice's city centre among sharp locals at modern cocktail bars playing mellow music. Or head into Old Nice or Nice Port for relaxed nightlife with drinks at convivial brasseries playing RnB, rock or jazz. Or find your favourite beer at Nice's popular Irish or Scottish-themed pubs with DJs. For glitzier, dressy nightlife, head for Nice's cocktail bars with live music and floor shows around the Promenade des Anglais.
You'll enjoy after-dinner dancing at Nice's city-centre restaurants with a club mood, for example in the nightlife area around Rue Karr. Nice clubbers flock here too for big, popular discos. In Old Nice, relax at jazz joints or dance at packed nightlife venues playing electro, funk and rock. Along the Promenade des Anglais you'll find all kinds of nightlife from Nice's plush discos to sleek casinos and cabaret clubs.
Check what's on in Nice and your nightlife options could include a top-name rock, jazz or classical concert at the huge city-centre Acropolis auditorium, or the Palais Nikaïa near the airport. Summer nightlife in Nice includes outdoor jazz at the Arènes de Cimiez. If you love world-class opera and ballet, book performances at the ornate 19th-century Opéra de Nice, close to the seafront near Old Nice.
