Festival du Monde 2025: visits to the newspaper's headquarters, food court and workshops - dates & programme

From September 18 to 21, 2025, right in the middle of the Journées du Patrimoine, Le Monde unfolds in large format and invites the public to experience current events from the inside. The Festival du Monde is four days of debates, meetings, tours and gourmet discoveries for the whole family, to be discovered at the headquarters of one of the world's most emblematic media!

Every year, over a long weekend in September, to coincide with the Journées du Patrimoine, Le Monde goes into full-scale mode and opens its columns... and its doors! The festival 's headline feature: a packed program of debates on the major issues of the day, meetings with journalists, guided tours of the head office and gourmet discoveries.

For four days, the public can go behind the scenes of a benchmark media organization, housed in an emblematic building designed by Snøhetta, recognizable by its arch and translucent façade. Conferences to imagine the worlds of tomorrow, workshops to create the day's front page or produce digital content, day and night tours... here, journalism is experienced live!

The freely-accessible forecourt is the setting for a festive atmosphere: concerts, shows, performances, street food tastings and flavours from around the world follow one another non-stop. Youngsters, too, can enjoy creative, fun activities designed especially for them.

Program for the Festival du Monde 2025, September 18-21 :

Exhibition: Behind the scenes of the construction of Le Monde headquarters

Debates

Live recording of the "L'Heure du Monde" podcast
Mental health, the end of the taboo?
Citizens, guardians of media independence?
Mazan: a look back at a historic trial
How to make artificial intelligence useful?
...

More info here

Meetings and workshops with the editorial team

Meeting with the Political Department
Meeting with the Obituaries department
Meeting with the Culture department
Meeting with the Planet department
Meet the Intimacy department
Meet the Video department
Meet the Design department
Meet the Science and Medicine department
Meeting with Décodeurs
Meeting with the International department
Meeting with the Society - Justice department
Meet the Photo department
Meet the Economy department
Meet the Grands Reporters
Meet the Sport department
...

More info here

Visit

Tours of Le Monde headquarters (free)
Immersive show: a night at Le Monde!
Exclusive tours of the building with architecture firm Snøhetta (free)

More info here

Shows

Angelica Stratrice's supercharged Blind Test
Cielbleu, jazzy, intimate rap
Astéréotypie in showcase on the forecourt!
Le Grand Quiz du " Monde
Club 2050, Friday Night Fever
La Nouvelle Seine x Le Monde comedy club
La Valentina, plural female rap
Felhur x Andro rebuild the world
The world's biggest swing ball!

More info here

Workshops

Tastings: Bordeaux rosés / the contemporary version of terroir reds / Bordeaux whites / Bordeaux crémants / "Cooking the vine" / "Bordeaux cocktails".
La Une du Jour" / "Unes du Monde" workshop
Upcycling workshop, with the Institut Français de la Mode
Taste olive oil like a sommelier" workshop
Dictation workshop
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More info here

Children's workshops

Video workshop for 12-17 year-olds
Phosphore workshop for 13-19 year-olds: come and create the festival e-magazine!
Decoders workshop for 12-15 year-olds
Press photo workshop for ages 10 and up
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More info here

But also a 100% veggiefood court with Neapolitan pizzas, fusion bowls, falafels, Greek pitas with halloumi... and the gourmet delights of Le Triporteur de la Tour d'argent. And a boutique to take home a souvenir.

Once a year, in conjunction with the Festival du Monde, the editorial team produces a special issue... in three dimensions!