On November 15, 2025, the Gaîté Lyrique will host the "Informing Tomorrow's World" festival, organized by Reporters Without Borders to celebrate 40 years of commitment. A day of meetings and workshops, but also a festive evening to defend press freedom.
Come and discover a world apart at several cinemas and media libraries in Île-de-France during the Mycéliades science fiction festival, from January 31 to February 15, 2026, on the theme of resilience.
The daily newspaper Libération returns to the Philharmonie de Paris on November 8, 2025, with Les 24h de Libé, an event combining journalism, culture, and music. The program includes debates, concerts, master classes, and live performances.
Dive into the universe of space, between science and science fiction, with the free Star's Up festival, a family event to be discovered at Hangar Y on October 11 and 12, 2025. Here's the program.
The Festival Baroque de Pontoise returns for a 40ᵉ anniversary edition between musical tradition and contemporary creation, from September 27 to December 6, 2025, then from January 10 to June 6, 2026, across numerous communes in the Val d'Oise, with the support of the Département.
What a curiosity in Versailles! A statue of Molière, the city's playwright par excellence, invites you to sit on his lap (and it's totally allowed). The bronze statue, designed by Xavier Veihlan, is located in the new bosquet on Place Lyautey. Here's how it works...
Le Lavage de la Madeleine transforms Paris into the capital of Brazilian culture, from September 9 to 14, 2025. Parades, concerts, dances and traditional rituals will punctuate this great popular celebration as part of the Brazil-France 2025 Season.
History buffs and lovers of the city of Paris are in for a treat on September 6 and 7, 2025. With a historical parade, guinguette, ball and village atmosphere, travel back in time from the Middle Ages to the Liberation, via the Belle Époque!
From November 7 to 9, 2025, astronomy and space fans will be at the Beffroi de Montrouge for an immersive festival accessible to all, as we conquer the sky and the stars!
"Ici Vietnam", the Food and Book Market celebrating Vietnamese culture and gastronomy, returns for its 5th edition on Saturday June 14, 2025, Place Monge in the 5th arrondissement. Don't miss out on this free, open-access festival to delight body and mind.
Bonjour Vietnam 2025, a free cultural festival at the Centre Culturel du Vietnam in Paris on June 28 and 29, 2025, offers shows, gastronomy, workshops and exhibitions to discover contemporary Vietnam.
The festival dedicated to contemporary dance, Clignancourt Danse sur les Rails, returns on June 28 and 29, 2025, on the rails of the Petite Ceinture. The free event puts dance centre stage.
What are you doing in June and July 2025? No plans yet? Then you're in luck, because at the Bergerie Nationale de Rambouillet, the Festival de la Bergerie is back every Thursday in June and the first Thursday in July.
Enjoy a unique theatrical experience at the Festival du Théâtre de Verdure 2025, located in the heart of the Bois de Boulogne in Paris. From June 14 to September 28, 2025, this festival offers a wide range of shows for all ages.
A sky decked out in a thousand colors - that's what's in store for the whole family at the first edition of the Festival de Cerfs-Volants en Essonne, in the heart of Base 217. On the program: shows, demonstrations and workshops!
For the third time, the "Les Sportives en Lumière" festival takes place at the Méliès cinema in Montreuil, to highlight women's sport through a number of documentaries directed by women.
Feel like putting on your tap shoes and trying out a new dance? Head to the Paris Tap Fest, the first festival dedicated to this practice, to use your heels and your talents for a few hours, at La Bellevilloise, on April 6 and 7, 2024.
The classical music festival Les Arènes Lyriques returns to Paris from July 23 to August 16, 2025. The program? Open-air concerts at the Arènes de Montmartre all summer long: the perfect opportunity to enjoy a special evening in the very private garden of the Arènes.
