Fireworks display and Paris concert: traffic and parking restrictions on July 13, 2026

Traditionally held on July 14 for Bastille Day, the fireworks display is this year exceptionally launched from the Eiffel Tower on Monday, July 13. The same change applies to the Paris Grand Concert at the Champ de Mars, which precedes the pyrotechnic show.

National Day: why is this year's Eiffel Tower fireworks display taking place on July 13?
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To crown Bastille Day in style, the Orchestre National de France, the Maîtrise, and the Radio France Choir stage a grand symphonic concert each year on the Champ-de-Mars, with the Eiffel Tower as a backdrop. Because the fireworks this year are being held a day earlier than usual, the free concert has been moved to Monday, July 13, 2026. This year, Gautier Capuçon, Marina Viotti, and Corinne Winters are among the artists expected to perform. [Read more]

However, organizing these colossal events, as every year, causes disruptions on the roads. The Police Prefecture has therefore issued an order to oversee these flagship celebrations. Parking, secured perimeters, or no-entry zones for vehicles—the security arrangements remain substantial, with temporary traffic and parking changes announced on several streets in the 7th, 8th, 15th, and 16th arrondissements, and this from July 12 to 14, 2026.

We’re taking stock of these parking and traffic restrictions, in connection with the fireworks display launched from the Eiffel Tower and the concert at the Champ de Mars.

• To be read
• Top picks for the week of July 13–19, 2026 in Paris and Île-de-France

Paris fireworks and concert: traffic and parking restrictions on July 13, 2026

The movement of all motor vehicles is prohibited from July 12 at 11:00 p.m. to July 13, 2026 at 5:00 a.m. on the following roads and road segments, located in the 7th and 16th districts:

• Iéna Bridge;
• Jacques Chirac Quay, between Avenue de la Bourdonnais and Avenue de Suffren;
• United Nations Avenue, between Avenue Albert de Mun and Le Nôtre Street;
• Varsovie Square;
• New York Avenue, between Avenue Albert de Mun and Le Nôtre Street

Moreover, motor vehicle parking is also prohibited from July 13 at 7:00 a.m. to July 14, 2026 at 2:00 a.m. "inside the perimeter bounded by the following streets that are not affected by this parking ban, unless otherwise indicated", in Paris’s 7th, 8th, 15th, and 16th arrondissements:

• Sablons Street;
• Longchamp Street;
• Magdeburg Street;
• President Wilson Avenue, between Magdeburg Avenue and Alma Square;
• Alma Square;
• Alma Bridge, no parking;
• Branly Quay, no parking;
• Jacques Chirac Quay, no parking;
• Bourdonnais Avenue;
• Joffre Square, no parking;
• Suffren Avenue, between Joffre Square and Jacques Chirac Quay;
• Bir-Hakeim Bridge, no parking;
• Marietta Alboni Street;
• Costa Rica Square;
• Vineuse Street, between Costa Rica Square and Scheffer Street;
• Scheffer Street, between Vineuse Street and Rue du Pasteur Marc Boegner;
• Rue du Pasteur Marc Boegner

The circulation of all motor vehicles is also prohibited from July 13 at 1:00 p.m. to July 14, 2026 at 2:00 a.m. "inside the two perimeters defined by the following streets, which remain open to traffic, unless otherwise noted", in Paris’ 7th and 16th arrondissements:

Perimeter in Paris' 7th arrondissement:

• Avenue de la Bourdonnais, between Quai Jacques Chirac and Avenue Joseph Bouvard;
• Avenue Joseph Bouvard;
• Avenue de Suffren, between Avenue Joseph Bouvard and Quai Jacques Chirac;
• Quai Jacques Chirac, between Avenue de la Bourdonnais and Avenue de Suffren, closed to traffic

Perimeter in Paris' 16th arrondissement:

• Albert de Mun Avenue;
• President Wilson Avenue, between Albert de Mun Avenue and Trocadéro and 11 November Square;
• Trocadéro and 11 November Square;
• Paul Doumer Avenue, between Benjamin Franklin Street and Trocadéro and 11 November Square;
• Benjamin Franklin Street, between Le Tasse Street and Paul Doumer Avenue;
• Le Tasse Street;
• Le Nôtre Street;
• New York Avenue, between Albert de Mun Avenue and Le Nôtre Street, closed to traffic

Finally note that motor vehicle traffic is prohibited from July 13 at 6:00 p.m. to July 14, 2026 at 2:00 a.m. "within the perimeter defined by the following streets, which remain open to traffic, unless otherwise indicated", in Paris’ 7th, 8th, 15th and 16th arrondissements:

• Victor Hugo Square;
• Copernic Street;
• Belloy Street;
• United States Square;
• Admiral de Grasse Square;
• Georges Bizet Street, between Avenue d'Iéna and Avenue Pierre I of Serbia;
• Avenue Pierre I of Serbia, between Georges Bizet Street and Pierre Charron Street;
• Pierre Charron Street, between Avenue Pierre I of Serbia and François I Street;
• François I Street, between Pierre Charron Street and Canada Square;
• Canada Square;
• Pont des Invalides;
• Tour Maubourg Boulevard;
• Avenue de Lowendal, between Tour Maubourg Boulevard and Duquesne Avenue;
• Avenue de Lowendal, between Duquesne Avenue and Suffren Avenue, closed to traffic;
• Avenue de Lowendal, between Suffren Avenue and Cambronne Square;
• Cambronne Square;
• Frémicourt Street;
• Émile Zola Avenue;
• Mirabeau Bridge Roundabout;
• Mirabeau Bridge;
• Versailles Avenue;
• Clément Ader Square;
• Boulainvilliers Street;
• Doctor Hayem Square;
• Raynouard Street;
• Chernoviz Street, closed to traffic;
• Passy Street, between Chernoviz Street and Massenet Street, closed to traffic;
• Massenet Street;
• Vital Street, between Massenet Street and Paul Doumer Avenue;
• Nicolo Street;
• Rue de la Pompe, between Nicolo Street and Jean Monnet Square;
• Victor Hugo Avenue, between Jean Monnet Square and Victor Hugo Square.