Music Day 2026 in Paris: underground concerts in the Métro and the RER

News Fête de la musique in Paris! Sunday, June 21, 2026, all kinds of music will ring out across the streets of the capital for a day and a night you won’t want to miss.

Like every year on the same date, budding musicians take to the streets to celebrate all kinds of music (rock, rap, electro, jazz, blues, classical, French variety, reggae, metal, zouk...) with free concerts in the street, but also in squares, parks and gardens, cafés, bars and restaurants, churches, museums and even hospitals.

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Concerts have also been announced underground, in the Paris metro to be precise! Once again this year, RATP is taking part in the Fête de la Musique, with a special festive program.

For this year's Music Day, the RATP brings together the Metro Musicians for a lineup of free concerts not to be missed across several stations and RER stops. On this occasion, every genre will take center stage. Here’s the program!

• To be read
• Fête de la Musique 2026 in Paris and Île-de-France, the concert lineup
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Metro musicians celebrate Music Day 2026 — the program

• In the subway:
  • Line 1, Gare de Lyon station: Nawale and The Peanuts, international variety, 4pm to 6pm
  • Line 2, Porte de la Chapelle station: Pauline Larnaude, pop/rock, 4pm to 6pm
  • Line 3, Gambetta station: Alex Balduzzi & Co, pop/rock and French song, 4pm to 6pm
  • Line 6, Bir-Hakeim station: Maite Merlin, pop and French chanson, 4pm to 6pm
  • Line 7, Chaussée d'Antin - Lafayette station: Candice & Vincent, pop/rock and French chanson covers, 4pm to 6pm
  • Line 10, La Motte-Piquet Grenelle station: pop/rock style, 4pm to 6pm
  • Line 12, Lamarck-Caulaincourt station: Feryel, pop/rock, soul, international variety, 4pm to 6pm
    
    
• In the RER:
  • RER A, Châtelet–les Halles stop: The Sun keepers, pop/funk, 4pm–6pm
  • RER A, La Défense stop: 7 Idylle, pop, 3pm–5pm
  • RER B, Luxembourg stop: Mister BlaiZ et sa chorale, gospel, 7:30pm–8:30pm
  • RER B, Denfert-Rochereau stop: Tales, pop/rock covers, 5pm–7pm
  • RER B, Massy Palaiseau stop: Tapage Musique, pop/rock and French chanson, 3pm–5pm
  • RER B, Antony stop: Feel Dalinx, hip-hop, 4pm–6pm