Festivals in Paris

Created in 2002 by Mayor Bertrand Delanoë, Paris Plages is the emblematic summer operation of the City of Paris that transforms the banks of...

Created in 2001, the Carnaval Tropical de Paris is the largest tropical parade in the French capital. Every year in July, over four thousand...

Les Arènes Lyriques Montmartre, also known as Concert de Montmartre, offers open-air classical and lyrical music evenings every summer in th...

Founded in 2013, The Peacock Society is the major meeting point for electronic cultures in Paris. Every summer in July, the festival transfo...

Since 1992, the Cinéma en Plein Air de La Villette has been the essential summer gathering for Parisian cinephiles. Every summer, the La Vil...

Created in 2002, the Silhouette Festival is the largest free open-air short film festival in Paris. Every year at the end of August and the...

Heir to the legendary Villette Jazz Festival, Jazz à la Villette has been Paris's premier jazz event since 2002. Every year from late August...

Founded in 1993 and based at the Forum des Images since 2004, L'Étrange Festival is the unmissable event for genre cinema in Paris. For near...

Created in 2015 by the Marais Culture+ network, the Les Traversées du Marais festival is an entirely free cultural event that transforms the...

Born in 2019, the Nightclubbing Festival is a Parisian event dedicated to electronic music and club culture. Every autumn, in September, thi...

Created in 2015 by the association HF Île-de-France, the Journées du Matrimoine are a free cultural event held every third weekend of Septem...

Fine Arts Paris, formerly FAB Paris, is the major international fine arts fair that brings together the world's most prestigious galleries a...

Created on September 19, 1998, with the support of former Minister of Culture Jack Lang, the Techno Parade is the largest gathering for elec...

Founded in 2016 by Victoria Mann, AKAA — Also Known As Africa — is the first contemporary art and design fair dedicated to Africa and its di...

Founded in 2015 by Alexandra Fain, Asia Now is the only fair in Europe exclusively dedicated to presenting historical and emerging Asian art...

The Outsider Art Fair Paris is the reference international fair for raw art and outsider art in France. Born in New York in 1993 and present...

Created in 2005 by the Association Science & Télévision, Pariscience is the leading international science film festival in France. Every yea...

Since 1934, the Fête des Vendanges de Montmartre has celebrated the harvest of Clos Montmartre, one of Paris's last vineyards, every October...