La Bouche d'Air is a live music venue in Talensac, Nantes.
Editorially verified August 22, 2026 by Lewis Vaughan, TableJourney editor. Source.
Tip: The box office shuts for summer from 10 July and reopens on 1 September, so book around the break.
Address: 9 Rue Basse Porte, 44000 Nantes
Le Ferrailleur puts concerts on the Loire quays at the Hangar à Bananes in Nantes, then turns into a dance floor for its Nuits Blanches until 04:00.
Tip: The summer concerts sauvages on the terrace are free and start around 19:00, before the ticketed room opens.
Le Zygobar is the small live room of the Olivettes quarter in Nantes, with blues and soul gigs and open jam sessions against a beer-led bar list.
Tip: Gigs are usually free and the room is tiny, so arrive early on jam nights if you want to sit.
La Guinguette du Belvédère sits on the roof of the Terrasses du Port in Nantes, an open-air bar looking straight down the Loire from the Île de Nantes.
Tip: The season runs April to September only, and the kitchen changes its three plates and two desserts every week.
Prohibition hides a New York bootleg-era cellar under the Bouffay streets of Nantes, cocktails and beer with DJ sets running through until 03:30.
Tip: Doors are late even by Nantes standards, 22:00 midweek and 21:00 at the weekend, and the music starts at 23:00.
Bootlegger works a prohibition theme on Rue Kervégan on the Île Feydeau in Nantes, the bar happy to build cocktails that are not on the card.
Tip: Ask for something off-menu rather than reading the list; happy hour runs 18:00 to 21:00 Monday to Saturday.
L'Univers keeps a speakeasy-styled room off Rue Jean-Jacques Rousseau in Nantes, food and concerts early then drinking through to 04:00 at weekends.
Tip: It runs two hours later than most Graslin bars on Friday and Saturday, which makes it a useful second stop.
