New
Year’s Day
|
National
holiday, 1 January, throughout the city |
Salon
International de l’Agriculture (International Agriculture
Show)
|
Animal
specimens from rural France displayed alongside regional produce
(website: www.salon-agriculture.com),
late February/early March, Paris Expo, place de la Porte de
Versailles, 15th. |
| La
Nuit des Publivores (The Night of the Adeaters) |
500 advertisements (publicités) are fêted by
6,000 people in two night-long events (website: www.publivores.com),
mid March, Grand Rex, 1 boulevard Poisssonnière, 2nd.
|
Festival
du Film de Paris (Paris Film Festival)
|
late
March/early April, Cinéma Gaumont Marignan, 27 avenue
des Champs-Elysées |
| Le
Marathon de Paris (Paris Marathon), |
Beginning of April, starts approximately 0900 on avenue des
Champs-Elysées, finishes avenue Foch (website: www.parismarathon.com)
|
| Foire
de Paris (Paris Fair) |
Fair
for tourism, multimedia and gastronomy (website: www.foiredeparis.fr),
late April/early May, Paris Expo, place de la Porte de Versailles. |
| VE
(Victory in Europe) Day |
National holiday, May. |
| Fête
de la Musique (Musical Fair) |
Free concerts throughout Paris , 21st June, in the streets
and various venues, such as Sainte-Chapelle, the Musée
d’Orsay and Palais de Justice (website: www.fetedelamusique.culture.fr) |
Gay
Pride March,
|
March, late Jun, along République and the Bastille
plus club events. |
| Bastille
Day |
National holiday with festivities and fireworks to commemorate
the storming of the Bastille in 1789, 14th July |
| Paris
Plage |
July-August, stretch of riverside expressway turned into leisure
oasis, banks of the Seine between Tuileries Tunnel and the
Henri IV bridge. |
| Grandes
Fêtes de Nuit de Versailles (The Night of Versailles
Grand Feast) |
Son et lumière display evoking the era of Louis XIV
with costumed dancers and music, July, August and September,
gardens of Versailles. |
Le
Cinéma en Plein Air (Open Air Cinema),
|
Free outdoor film festival, mid-July–end August, Parc
de la Villette, |
19th
Le Tour de France |
The grand finale of the world-famous bicycle race, late July
(finishing on last Sunday of July), finishes on avenue des
Champs-Elysées (website:www.letour.fr)
|
| Journées
du Patrimoine (Heritage Day) |
Nationwide weekend festival, historic buildings, including
the president’s residence and the Palais de l’Elysée,
open their doors to the general public, mid September, various
historic buildings. |
| Festival
d’Automne (Autumn Festival) |
International
contemporary drama, dance and music festival, mid September-December,
Théâtre de la Ville, Odéon and other venues
(website: www.festival-automne.com) |
|
Fête du Beaujolais Nouveau (Nouveau Beaujolais Fair),
|
First
availability of the season’s Beaujolais Nouveau wine,
third Tuesday of November, wine bars and cafés everywhere
|
| Paris
Expo |
Porte de Versailles, 15th
Foire Internationale d’Art Moderne et Contemporain (FIAC
– Contemporary Art Fair), late October |
| Remembrance
Day |
National holiday with laying of wreaths, military parade and
review of troops by the President of the Republic, 11 November,
place Charles-de-Gaulle, 8th. |
| Festival
d’Art Sacré (Festival of Sacred Art), |
Free concerts, Dec, various churches throughout the city.
|
| Réveillon
(New Year’s Eve |
Crowds celebrate by the thousand, 31st December, along the
Champs-Elysées. |
