2L Concert
Thu Oct 29
Protest rap performance
🪑Reviewers note the venue has sloped floors that help ensure everyone has a good view.
🚇Visitors mention the venue is easily accessible by metro near Pigalle station.
💶A reviewer suggests remembering to tip the ushers for helping manage seating during busy shows.
Drawing on a Franco-Camerounian heritage and a background in literature and theatre, artist Wamen performs live at La Cigale, bringing direct, poetic lyricism and a generational narrative of love and resilience to the stage.
Franco-Camerounian heritage
Literary background
Poetic lyricism
La Cigale stage
They recommend it:
Wednesday, December 9, 8:00 PM
Free
Wamen
Franco‑Cameroonian R&B and soul singer
Headliner
Wamen is a Franco‑Cameroonian singer‑songwriter whose music blends R&B, soul and French chanson, drawing on influences from Aretha Franklin, Nina Simone, Jacques Brel and Henri Dikongué. She grew up in Cameroon until age 16 before moving to France, where she studied literature and theatre at the Cours Florent and later turned to rap and R&B to express her personal lyrics. Her 2025 project RE marked a turning point, and she will perform at La Cigale on 9 December 2026.
🪑Reviewers note the venue has sloped floors that help ensure everyone has a good view.
🚇Visitors mention the venue is easily accessible by metro near Pigalle station.
💶A reviewer suggests remembering to tip the ushers for helping manage seating during busy shows.
Drawing on a Franco-Camerounian heritage and a background in literature and theatre, artist Wamen performs live at La Cigale, bringing direct, poetic lyricism and a generational narrative of love and resilience to the stage.
Franco-Camerounian heritage
Literary background
Poetic lyricism
La Cigale stage
They recommend it:
Wednesday, December 9, 8:00 PM
Free
Wamen
Franco‑Cameroonian R&B and soul singer
Headliner
Wamen is a Franco‑Cameroonian singer‑songwriter whose music blends R&B, soul and French chanson, drawing on influences from Aretha Franklin, Nina Simone, Jacques Brel and Henri Dikongué. She grew up in Cameroon until age 16 before moving to France, where she studied literature and theatre at the Cours Florent and later turned to rap and R&B to express her personal lyrics. Her 2025 project RE marked a turning point, and she will perform at La Cigale on 9 December 2026.
Matches these interests
- Franco-Camerounian heritage
- Literary background
- Poetic lyricism
- La Cigale stage
- La Cigale
- Pigalle
- Paris
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