Before heading out, check that your evening plans are still on. In Paris, concerts and performances are being rescheduled or canceled starting this Friday, October 23, 2026, with further changes announced for Saturday, October 24, and Sunday, October 25. The Fondation Cartier, the Bourse de Commerce, the Forum des images and both Paris opera houses are among the venues affected. While the curfew remains in effect from 11 p.m. to 6 a.m. in certain areas of République and Les Halles, until the morning of Monday, October 26, each venue is announcing its own programming changes. Not all of these decisions are directly attributed to the curfew.
At the Fondation Cartier pour l’art contemporain, at 2 place du Palais-Royal in the 1st arrondissement, the late-night event with Osei Korankye, scheduled from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m., has been canceled. The Fondation says it will close at 5 p.m. The concerts originally scheduled for 7:30 p.m. and 9 p.m. have been rescheduled for earlier in the day, so they will not take place in the evening.
At the Bourse de Commerce, at 2 rue de Viarmes in the 1st arrondissement, the Martin Rev + Lary 7 concert, originally scheduled for 9:30 p.m., has been brought forward to 5 p.m. The museum has also confirmed that it will close at 7 p.m., rather than staying open until 9 p.m. as it usually does for its late-night opening. The concert time has changed; it has not been canceled.
The pages for these two events do not explicitly present these changes as a requirement linked to the curfew. If you had booked tickets for the evening performances and were unable to attend the earlier concerts, contact your ticket office to find out what options are available.
At the Forum des images, located at 2 rue du Cinéma in the 1st arrondissement, the closure announced for Saturday means that two evening screenings will be canceled:
In its official statement, the institution cites safety concerns following consultations with the Préfecture and Paris City Hall. All Saturday screenings have been canceled.
At the Paris National Opera, three evening performances have been canceled:
The Opera cites the demonstrations planned for Saturday and the safety of audiences and staff as the reasons for its decision. The cancellations are not presented as a direct consequence of the 11 p.m. curfew.
PSG–Lyon will not be played at the Parc des Princes on Sunday, October 25. Paris Saint-Germain has confirmed that the match has been rescheduled for Monday, October 26, at 8:30 p.m., after a police prefecture order barred the match from being held on its original date. The match has therefore been postponed, not definitively canceled.
For other Sunday evening events, check the venue’s announcements and the emails you received after booking. A closure announced for Saturday does not automatically apply to Sunday. Likewise, the closure of a metro station does not mean your screening or show has been canceled.
Cinemas, performance venues, escape rooms and other leisure venues may change their opening hours when an activity ending late makes it difficult to comply with travel restrictions. The curfew does not, however, apply to entire arrondissements: only the areas marked out around République and Les Halles are affected.
If your booking ends late in one of these areas, ask the venue directly to confirm the start and end times, and what options are available for getting home. A time slot still listed on a ticketing site is not enough to confirm that a screening will go ahead after a change has been announced.
When a ticketed event is canceled by its organizer, the ticket price should generally be refunded, as the European Consumer Centre France points out. Contact the outlet where you bought the ticket and follow the procedure provided. Also check which amounts are covered, particularly any service fees.
As for the changes announced this weekend:
If your event is postponed, check whether your ticket remains valid and what options are available if the new date doesn’t work for you. If a performance has simply been moved to an earlier time, let the box office know if you can’t attend at the new time. Keep a copy of the announcement about the change and the seller’s response.
Being unable to travel does not automatically entitle you to a refund for an event that is going ahead. Send the seller a written request explaining the restriction that applies to you, along with any supporting documents you have. The terms of sale, any goodwill measures and the cover provided by your cancellation insurance determine the options available.
For an event on a specific date, online purchases are not covered by the 14-day cooling-off period, as the DGCCRF points out. Keep your ticket, order confirmation, proof of payment and correspondence with the ticket office so you can track your request.
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Dates and Opening Time
From October 23, 2026 to October 26, 2026
