Festivals may spring up like mushrooms during the peak summer season, but they become a little more discreet at the start of the new school year, without disappearing for good. A number of them choose to bloom at the end of August and the beginning of September, to prolong the summer and start the new year on the right foot!
A number of festivals are also lined up for the people of Paris and the Ile-de-France, with programs featuring rock, jazz and French variety. If you'd like to dance to the sounds of Billie Eilish, Placebo, Shaka Ponk, Juliette Armanet, Bigflo & Oli, Angèle, De La Soul, Anne Paceo or Julien Clerc and Martin Solveig, then check out 5 not-to-be-missed music festivals in Paris and the Île-de-France region in autumn 2023.
Rock en Seine 2026: Lorde, Tash Sultana, Wet Leg... the full lineup scheduled by day
Rock en Seine is making its triumphant return to the Domaine national de Saint-Cloud! In 2026, the beloved Parisian festival will once again host five days of live music and celebrations, from Wednesday the 26th through Sunday the 30th of August. What’s on the lineup? Expect headliners like The Cure, Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds, and Tyler, The Creator, alongside sets from Deftones, Turnstile, Franz Ferdinand, and standout performances by Lorde, Tash Sultana, and Wet Leg. [Read more]
Festival Jazz at La Villette 2026: Snarky Puppy and Selah Sue Lead the Lineup
Jazz takes center stage once again in Paris for the 2026 edition of Jazz à La Villette. This year, the beloved music festival returns to the northeastern part of the city, running from Friday, August 28th to Sunday, September 6th. Among the first artists announced are the renowned Snarky Puppy and the soulful Selah Sue, promising a stellar lineup for this highly anticipated edition. [Read more]
RTL2 Essonne en Scène 2024 Festival: program by day and running order
The new and 5th edition of the "Essonne en Scène" festival, renamed since last year the "Festival RTL2 Essonne en scène", awaits you at the Domaine Départemental de Chamarande on Friday August 30 and Saturday August 31, 2024. The line-up includes live performances by Mika, Santa, Hoshi, Kyo, Clara Ysé and Etienne Daho. Here's the program for each day, and the order of appearance. [Read more]
Paris Paradis 2023 Festival: complete program and concert times
Paris Paradis, the festival organized by Le Parisien in association this year with Live Nation France, returns to the capital from Friday, September 8 to Sunday, September 10, 2023 with a new and fifth edition to be discovered in the Parc de la Villette. On the program? Concerts, comedy and entertainment, with Zaho de Sagazan, Kerchak, Joé Dwèt Filé, Julien Clerc, Martin Solveig, Le Juiice, Patrice, as well as Thomas Ngijol, Manu Payet and Fanny Ruwet. Click here for the full program and concert times! [Read more]
Fête de l'Huma 2025: here's the program by stage and concert times
The Fête de l'Humanité, organized each year by the newspaper L'Humanité, returns to the former air base 217 at Plessis-Pâté, in the heart of Essonne, on Friday September 12, Saturday September 13 and Sunday September 14, 2025. So, what's in store for festival-goers? Who's set to rock this new edition of the Fête de l'Huma? Patti Smith, in quartet format, as well as Eddy de Pretto, Fianso, Hoshi, MEUTE, les Ogres de Barback & La Rue Kétanou, Aliocha Schneider or Theodora, Zamdane, Saïan Supa Celebration and Kalash... here's the program by day and by stage, as well as the concert times! [Read more]
