One of the city's better boîtes á chanson (live, informal singer-songwriter clubs), this is the place to catch newcomers, the occasional big-name Francophone concert and Québécois classics. It's in an old wooden house down a narrow alleyway from Rue St-Jean in the Old Upper Town.
Bar Les Yeux Bleus
Québec City
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