The Fête de l'Huma returns to Base 217 in Essonne on Friday, Saturday and Sunday, September 12, 13 and 14, 2025, with a program to match. Good news for the many participants, happy to return to this Parisian playground and renew their ties with France's biggest popular festival. But beware, as the Essonne prefecture warns that heavy traffic is expected on the department's roads this weekend due to the event.
As a result, traffic will be " heavily impacted " and " difficult ", explains the prefecture, which recommends avoiding certain areas, " notably the N104, RD19, RD31, RD312 roads, as well as the Brétigny-sur-Orge interchange ", it states in a press release published on September 9, 2025. " These routes will be affected by a significant flow of motorists, pedestrians and shuttle buses linking the RER stations to the event zone ," it adds.
In view of the announced difficulties in several sectors around the former air base between Brétigny-sur-Orge and Le Plessis-Pâté, the Préfecture de l'Essonne is sharing a few tips to help you limit your time in traffic jams. If you can, take public transport. For festival-goers, special shuttles will be available to facilitate access to the Fête de l'Humanité from the Brétigny-sur-Orge RER C and Orangis Bois de l'Épine RER D stations.
If you don't have much choice but to use these roads anyway, then plan alternative routes"further away from the event zone", and avoid rush hours wherever possible. Early morning is the best time to travel.
To help you plan your journey, the Préfecture de l'Essonne has published a map highlighting the main routes where traffic is likely to be disrupted, with an area to avoid (black square) and difficult traffic (red line).
Fête de l'Huma: how to get to Base 217, the site of the famous popular festival
In 2025, the legendary Fête de l'Humanité returns to Base 217 in Essonne, France, on September 12, 13 and 14. So how do you get there by public transport or by car? Here are a few practical tips for getting to Plessis-Pâté, the site of the Fête de l'Huma. [Read more]
Fête de l'Huma: how to get to Base 217, the site of the famous popular festival
