Festival gratuit guide - activities

Play Sorbonne U, the video and board game festival on the Pierre & Marie Curie campus

Sorbonne Université's Pierre et Marie Curie campus is hosting its video and board game festival, the Play Sorbonne U Festival, on Saturday, September 16, 2023!

Paris Design Week 2023: free opening night at Bon Marché Rive Gauche

Paris Design Week 2023 returns to the capital this autumn, choosing the Bon Marché Rive Gauche as the venue for its opening evening on September 7, 2023. Featuring an exhibition, fascinating meetings with key players in the world of design, and a convivial cocktail reception, this not-to-be-missed event on the Parisian calendar kicks off with great fanfare, and for the first time in the privileged setting of the world's oldest department store.

Press Start 2023: the program for the free video game festival at the Centre Pompidou

The Press Start festival dedicated to video games returns to the BPI at the Centre Pompidou, for its 11th edition, from September 27 to October 2, 2023. This year, the free festival introduces us to sports in video games. On the program: workshops, meetings and video games!

Les Soleillades de Montrouge 2023, a festival of shows, rides and street art

The Fête des Soleillades returns to Montrouge's Allées Jean Jaurès on September 2 and 3, 2023. Come and enjoy a weekend of entertainment for young and old, with shows, music and street art!

Pot au Print, the back-to-school festival dedicated to the graphic arts and culinary arts at Cité Fertile

From September 15 to 17, a micro-festival as unusual as it is unusual arrives at Cité Fertile for a long weekend dedicated to the graphic and culinary arts, cleverly combining cooking and magazine creation workshops, exhibitions and a creators' market.

Pantin sur Mer, free open-air music festival: entertainment, workshops, designers, tattoos ...

Pantin Sur Mer returns in force for its 3rd edition! This free open-air festival is set to rock Pantin's Place de la Pointe from July 29 to 30, 2023. Come and experience two sensational days of music, creativity and conviviality just outside Paris!

Automne impressionniste: guinguette cruise, shows and exhibitions in the Oise valley

For two months, get to know the Impressionist painters between Auvers-sur-Oise, Pontoise and L'Isle-Adam, thanks to exceptional events. Guinguette cruises, shows and exhibitions await you!

Festival Paradisio 2023: drive-in, ciné-concert and film sets in Moret-sur-Loing

For cinema and heritage enthusiasts, come and discover the Paradisio festival, with the region's only drive-in, cine-concerts, and a host of events, in real film sets, from September 1 to 3, 2023.

Les Traversées du Marais 2023: 32 cultural events in 27 institutions

Les Traversées du Marais is a street arts program to be discovered in the Marais' most beautiful venues from September 1 to 3, 2023. 27 emblematic locations in the Parisian district offer some thirty artistic formats of all kinds, featuring dance, music and performances, most of them free and open to all.

Les Musicales du Châtel in Provins, the program of free concerts this summer 2023

Les Musicales du Châtel liven up the summer season in the medieval town of Provins with a series of free concerts every Saturday evening. Come and relax from 7pm to 10pm in the historic setting of Place du Châtel, between July 22 and August 19, 2023.

Paris is worth a party: the historical festival with medieval banquet and Belle Époque ball

If you're a history buff and a lover of the city of Paris, this is the festival for you! With a historical parade, medieval banquet and village, the atmosphere is one of a journey into the past, from the Middle Ages to the Liberation, via the Belle Époque!

Formes olympiques 2023, the free festival between sport and art this summer in Paris

Concert, show, exhibition, sport: with the Formes olympiques festival, from June 23 to September 17, 2023, we're enjoying a host of free events, all over Paris. Here's a selection of not-to-be-missed events.

DÉPART, the new arts festival at Paris's Orly and Charles de Gaulle airports

A new festival is coming to the Paris region, in a pair of unusual locations where you'd expect to be on a plane rather than admiring artistic performances: Orly and Charles de Gaulle airports. See you from July 14 to August 19, 2023!

Demain le sport, the free festival at the Maison de la Radio et de la Musique

On September 19, 2023, France Info, L'Équipe and France Télévisions are organizing a day dedicated to the future of sport, with round tables, sports workshops and an exhibition, less than a year before the Olympic Games.

Jardin d'été 2023: launch of the Musée du Quai Branly's free, festive festival

The Musée du Quai Branly - Jacques Chirac invites you to plunge into the spellbinding world of Japanese summer festivals with its summer event, Jardin d'été, from July 8 to August 27, 2023. This edition features the Aubusson tapestry Ashitaka relieves his demonic wound, inspired by the famous Japanese animated film Princess Mononoké directed by Hayao Miyazaki. It's a unique opportunity to discover this spectacular work of art, and to enjoy a host of free events, including an open-air cinema.

The French Touch stage: the free festival at Galeries Lafayette Haussmann _ Reserve your tickets

Galeries Lafayette Haussmann is celebrating French creation, from fashion to gastronomy, beauty and decor, from July 5 to August 31, 2023. A 100% tricolored event that also vibrates to the rhythm of the French Touch stage, a free music festival to be discovered from July 6 to 9, 2023 on the rooftop of the Grand Magasin.

Las Onces, the festival to discover Colombian traditions at Jardin 21, July 8-9, 2023

In the series of events where you're sure to travel without even leaving Paris this summer, we present the latest, a two-day festival to immerse you in Latin America! From Jardin 21, the cultural and festive wasteland in the 19th arrondissement, take a one-way ticket to Colombia, with a program combining concerts, Latino DJ sets and creative workshops, for a festive weekend with friends and family!

Festival des Arènes de Montmartre: free events, shows and concerts on July 15

Did you know? On the Montmartre side, just a few hundred meters from the Sacré-Coeur, you'll find the Arènes de Montmartre, a veritable cultural landmark on the Butte. On Saturday, July 15, 2023, the Festival des Arènes takes place here, a festive and artistic event, free for all!

Olympic Day at Noisiel Park with free concert by Ben l'Oncle Soul and fireworks display

Join us for Paris - Vallée de la Marne Olympic Day this Friday, June 23, 2023 at the Parc de Noisiel. Open to all from 6pm to 11:30pm, the event promises sporting activities, entertainment, an exceptional concert by Ben l'Oncle Soul and free fireworks.

CinéClub Paradiso: open-air cinema and free concerts at La Seine Musicale

From July 21 to 23, La Seine Musicale hosts the CinéClub Paradiso open-air cinema. This free event will screen a musical comedy each evening, preceded by a concert.