Just 4 U is the other essential live-music venue in Dakar — an open-air thatched courtyard on Avenue Cheikh Anta Diop with a full bar, a small stage and live music seven nights a week. The booking ranges from mbalax to Senegalese jazz to Cuban-influenced fusion; the bigger names of the local scene cycle through regularly.
Music starts late — usually around 10pm — and runs until everyone goes home. The crowd is mixed: locals, expats, and visiting Africans. Order bissap (hibiscus juice), a Gazelle beer, or a cafe touba (Senegalese spiced coffee). The food is fine but the music is the reason to come.