Bobino, Entertainment venue in Montparnasse, Paris, France
Bobino is a theatre and music venue in the 14th arrondissement of Paris, on rue de la Gaîté in Montparnasse. The hall seats 900 and hosts musicals, concerts, dance performances, and comedy shows throughout the year.
The venue was founded in 1873 as a café-concert and became an important stage for music and variety performances in the 20th century. It was demolished in 1985 and later rebuilt, with the musical focus revived from 2010 onward.
The name comes from Bobino, a 19th-century fairground performer and puppeteer whose troupe played at the Théâtre du Luxembourg from 1816; Parisians nicknamed that house after him, familiarly "Bobinche". In 1873 the entrepreneur Fernand Strauss revived the name for his café-concert at 20 rue de la Gaîté. The hall later became known as "Bobino le théâtre de la chanson et du rire".
Performances take place several times a week, usually in the evening, with a choice of different seating categories depending on the program. Tickets can be reserved in advance online or at the box office, with early booking recommended for popular shows.
Édith Piaf, Georges Brassens, Léo Ferré, and Joséphine Baker all performed here when the venue was known as a music hall and chanson stage. The current building replaced the original structure that disappeared in the late 1980s, but the address and tradition remain.
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