Festival d'Automne à Paris

A 55th edition from September 11 to December 19, 2026

True to its nomadic spirit, the Festival d'Automne à Paris launches its 55th edition on Friday, September 11, 2026, and concludes its performing arts program on Saturday, December 19. The lineup includes 75 projects—including 23 world premieres and 30 French premieres—featuring artists from 40 countries, 40% of whom are making their festival debut. Events will take place across 58 partner venues in Paris and the Île-de-France region, offering 450 performances and over 175,000 tickets. Visual arts exhibitions extend beyond these dates, with Lubaina Himid's show at the Musée d'Art moderne de Paris running until January 10, 2027.

Three Portraits: Bouchra Ouizguen, Cassandra Miller, Back to Back Theatre

As every year, the festival dedicates Portraits to specific artists, showcased over several weeks and venues. Moroccan choreographer Bouchra Ouizguen presents Nahl on September 30, Este Mundo at Chaillot – Théâtre national de la Danse from October 8 to 10, and Qunfudh at the MC93 in Bobigny from October 22 to 25, accompanied by the choreographic program “Mosaïque — Ce qui traverse les corps.”

Canadian composer Cassandra Miller will be featured at the Théâtre des Bouffes du Nord on October 4 with Florentin Ginot and Katharina Ernst, at the Auditorium de Radio France on October 16 alongside György Kurtág and Maurice Ravel, at the Maison de la musique de Nanterre on December 12, and at the Église du Saint-Esprit on December 14 with Éliane Radigue, Sarah Davachi, and the Quatuor Bozzini.

The Australian company Back to Back Theatre will occupy the autumn with five productions: NEANDERTHAL — Histoire(s) du théâtre VIII at the Odéon-Théâtre de l'Europe from November 10 to 28, Agincourt at the Ménagerie de verre from November 13 to 21, RADIAL at La Briqueterie – CDCN du Val-de-Marne from November 16 to 20, GANESH VERSUS THE THIRD REICH at the Théâtre de la Cité internationale from November 17 to 21, and FOOD COURT at the Odéon from December 4 to 19.

Carte blanche for nora chipaumire

Zimbabwean choreographer nora chipaumire and her nhereraHUB receive the festival's Carte blanche, titled carte noire: an occupation of the Ménagerie de verre from September 11 to 26 for the festival opening, followed by the Fondation Cartier pour l'art contemporain from December 17 to 19 for the closing. The program blends performances (Les femmes Africaines on September 11, #punk from September 24 to 26, shebeenDUB on September 19, gadzi — a Paris chapter in December), workshops, the fashion salon (SOUL) – a fashion salon, Syllart Records listening sessions, and discussions, weaving a diasporic dialogue between Harare, Dakar, and Paris.

Theater, dance, music, and visual arts

In theater, Romeo Castellucci presents Faust. at the Odéon-Théâtre de l'Europe from October 30 to November 27, the Catalan collective El Conde de Torrefiel performs Lexikon at the Ateliers Berthier from October 2 to 16, Carolina Bianchi Y Cara de Cavalo brings her Trilogia Cadela Força to the Odéon in September, Marion Siéfert and Matthieu Bareyre tour Bunker from Gennevilliers to Pontoise, and The Wooster Group presents Symphony of Rats and Get Your Ass In The Water and Swim Like Me at La Commune d'Aubervilliers from November 6 to 10.

In dance, Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker and Rosas create GLA55 at La Villette from December 11 to 16, Boris Charmatz presents SOMNOLE and Muette at the MC93 in November followed by X100 at La Villette from December 4 to 7, and Lucinda Childs shares the bill with Alessandro Sciarroni and the Ballet de l'Opéra de Lyon (Dance; HØPE) at La Villette from November 25 to 29.

In music, the highlight is 11 000 Cordes by Georg Friedrich Haas, performed by the Klangforum Wien in its French premiere at La Villette from November 27 to 29: fifty upright pianos, each tuned one-fiftieth of a tone higher than the last, arranged in a circle around the audience. Other events include Rebecca Saunders and the Ensemble intercontemporain at the Grand Palais on November 21, Jennifer Walshe and the Ensemble Contrechamps at the Abbesses on November 18, and a Klangforum Wien program at the Église Saint-Eustache on November 30.

Visual arts are represented by Lubaina Himid, with Attendre ensemble (in collaboration with Magda Stawarska) at the Chapelle Saint-Louis de la Salpêtrière from November 6 to December 20 and A Fashionable Marriage at the Musée d'Art moderne de Paris from October 16 to January 10, 2027; by Walid Raad and his Festival of (in)gratitude at the CENTQUATRE-PARIS from October 23 to November 22; by Christine Sun Kim (Community Sigh at the Bourse de Commerce – Pinault Collection); and by Xavier Le Roy (Temporary Title, 2026 at the Palais de Tokyo).

L'École du soir

The 2026 École du soir, titled Conditions d'existence, is curated by the research agency Forensic Architecture, led by Eyal Weizman; lectures, meetings, and workshops will be held at the MC93 in Bobigny on November 29.

A festival without a home

The Festival d'Automne does not have its own venue; it partners with institutions across the region. The 2026 edition will take place at the Odéon-Théâtre de l'Europe, Théâtre de la Ville, Chaillot, La Villette, CENTQUATRE-PARIS, Ménagerie de verre, Théâtre de la Bastille, Théâtre de la Cité internationale, La Colline, Théâtre du Rond-Point, Palais de Tokyo, Bourse de Commerce, Fondation Cartier, Ircam-Centre Pompidou, Grand Palais, MC93 in Bobigny, T2G in Gennevilliers, La Commune in Aubervilliers, Nanterre-Amandiers, Théâtre Public de Montreuil, Maison des Arts de Créteil, and Théâtre-Sénart.