 January
- New Year’s Day / Jour de l’An
- Ice skating / Paris sur Glace
- Epiphany / Fete de Rois (Festival of the Kings) buy Galettes des Rois, frangipani-filled cakes
- read more about Paris in January >>
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March
- Ice skating continues / Paris sur Glace
- Rugby / 6 Nations continues
- Jazz / Bannlieueus Bleues 5 wks jazz, blues, R&B, soul, French & international
- Spring Cinema / Printemps du Cinema, 3 day film fest, all tickets 3.50 Euros
- read more about Paris in March >>
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April
- Biggest Fair / Foire du Trone, 9 wks, noon-midnight
- Paris Marathon / Marathon de Paris, 35k runners, Champs-Elysees to Ave Foch
- Easter Sunday / Paques
- Annual Arts Festival / Grand Marche d’Art Contemporaine
- Read more about Paris in April >>
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May
- Biggest Fair / Foire du Trone, continues
- May Day / Fete du Travail, march via Bastille
- Spring Museums / Printemps des Musees, one Sunday in May some museums have free entry
- Museum Night / La Nuit des Musees, one night only, special events open late
- Art-St-Germain-des-Pres, 50 galleries showcase artists, giant ‘block party’
- Festival Jazz a St-Germain-des-Pres, 10 day celebration on the Left Bank
- Cannes Directors’ Fortnight / Quinzaine des Realisateurs, 14 days
- Spring in the Streets / Le Printemps des Rues, annual street theatre festival
- Festival / Foire St-Germain, concerts, theatres
- French Tennis Open, tennis tournament
- Read more about Paris in May >>
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June
- Fete du Velo / Bicycle Festival
- Paris Jazz Festival
- Festival de St-Denis
- Festival Chopin a Paris / music festival
- Fete de la Musique
- Gay Pride March, outrageous, fun parade
- Read more about Paris in June >>
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July
- Summer Film Festival / Paris Cinema
- Solidays, 3 day music fest for AIDS
- Open Air / Cinema en Plein Air, free films under the stars
- 14 July Bastille Day / Quatorze Juillet 1789,
- Paris Beach / Paris Plage, palm trees, sand & pool on the River Seine
- Tour de France, end of annual endurance cycling spectacular
- Read more about Paris in July >>
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September
- Jazz a la Villette, one of the top jazz festivals, also for kids
- Festival Classique au Vert
- Festival Paris Ile de France
- Techno Parade
- Autumn / Festival d’Automne, major annual arts festival
- Journee du Patrimoine, embassies, corporations etc open doors to public
- Read more about Paris in September >>
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October
- White Night / Nuit Blanche, galleries, museums, bars, clubs open very late
- Prize / Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe, horse race
- Fete des Vendanges de Montmartre, street parties celebrate the 1,000 wine bottles from local harvest
- FIAC, contemporary art fair Louvre & Grand Palais
- Read more about Paris in October >>
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November
- Festival des Inrockuptibles, rock, pop and trance festival
- 11th – l’Armistice, Remembrance Day ceremony @l’Arc de Triomphe for WWII
- Fete du Beaujolais Nouveau, the new Beaujolais Wine has arrived! Celebrate in a local bar!
- Africolor, African music festival
- Read more about Paris in November >>
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| December
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Teena
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