Sunset Sunside runs two jazz rooms at 60 Rue des Lombards in the 1st arrondissement, a short walk from Chatelet. It was the first jazz club to open on the street, in 1983, and it now stacks two stages in one address, with acoustic jazz upstairs and electric sets in the basement.
The pitch is a serious listening room with a programme deep enough to fill most nights of the week. This is a venue for people who came for the music, with a bar to match the set, not a casual cocktail stop. Anyone after a quiet drink without a band should look elsewhere, because the rooms are built around the stage.
The layout is the signature. The official site and Wikipedia both record the split, with the Sunside on the ground floor given over to acoustic jazz and the Sunset in the basement dedicated to electric jazz, electro-jazz and world music. Each room holds about a hundred people, close to the stage, which keeps the sound intimate. On a strong night the two rooms run different acts at once, so a single ticket choice can set the tone of the evening.
Order from the bar between sets, where the list covers wine, beer and simple cocktails sized for a concert rather than a long sit. The draw is the booking, not a mixology menu, and the bar keeps things moving across the two stages. Tickets are sold per concert, and the club opens daily from 3pm ahead of the evening programme.
The crowd is a jazz-literate, mixed-age audience that knows the street, with regulars who follow specific players across the two rooms. Reviewers on Yelp, updated in June 2026, and the Paris Jazz Club listings point to the depth of the programme and the close-up sound as the reason to come. Most nights carry a concert, so checking the calendar before a visit pays off.
Getting there is easy. The Chatelet hub on several Metro lines sits a few minutes away, and Rue des Lombards is the city main jazz strip, with two more clubs on the same block. That makes Sunset Sunside a natural anchor for a night built around live jazz in central Paris.
The programme is the reason regulars commit. The official calendar carries concerts most nights of the week across the two rooms, with a mix of French and visiting players, and the close-up sound rewards a full set rather than a quick drop-in. The club has held this booking depth since 1983, which is why it anchors the Rue des Lombards jazz strip.
The two-room format does real work. With the acoustic Sunside upstairs and the electric Sunset below, a single building can run two different sets on a busy night, so the choice of room shapes the evening as much as the choice of act. Each space holds about a hundred people, which keeps every seat near the stage.
The street is the wider draw. Rue des Lombards holds three jazz clubs within a block, including Duc des Lombards a few doors down, which makes the area the city densest patch of live jazz. For a visitor planning a music-led night in central Paris, Sunset Sunside is the natural first booking.
Best time to go is an evening with a double bill across the two rooms, arriving early to pick a stage. Who it is for: a jazz fan, a listener who wants acoustic and electric in one address and a serious concert-goer. For more rooms like it, see our best live music bars in Paris guide, the wider Paris bar guide, and our pillar on the best live music bars worldwide.
Sources: Sunset Sunside official site (2026); Sunset/Sunside on Wikipedia; Yelp Sunset Sunside Paris (June 2026); Paris Jazz Club listings
