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Paris Events and Paris Festivals (Paris, France)



Leading magazines for upcoming events and happenings in Paris are regularly published and there is a free weekly event guide that is readily available. They contain up-to-date listings of events throughout France, with a focus on Paris and are aimed specifically at tourists and visitors. These magazines are a useful source for shopping, dining and entertainment - providing you with a huge choice of things to see and do in Paris.

Paris National Public Holidays - Paris, France

Limited public transport services and the closure, or reduction of trading hours, of businesses and shops will occur on the below listed dates.

• 1st January - New Year's Day (Jour de l'an)
• Easter Holiday - Easter Monday (late March or early April)
• 1st May - Labour Day (Fête du premier mai)
• 8th May - Victory in Europe Day (Fête de la Victoire 1945; Fête du huitième mai)
• May (40th day after Easter) - Ascension Thursday
• 14th July - Bastille Day (Fête nationale)
• 15th August - Assumption of the Virgin Mary (Assomption)
• 1st November - All Saints Day (La Toussaint)
• 11th November - Remembrance Day, Armistice Day (Jour d'armistice)
• 25th December - Christmas Day (Noel)
• 26th December - Second Day of Christmas (In Alsace Lorraine only)

Annual Events - Paris, France

Paris Events in January - Paris

• International Ready-to-Wear Fashion Show and Défilés (January to February)
• Shopping Sales (January to February)
• Rollerblading Excursion
• Marche Boulogne (Open-air natural foods markets)

Paris Events in February - Paris

• International Ready-to-Wear Fashion Show and Défilés (January to February)
• Festival Mondial du Cirque de Demain
• Chinese New Year
• Shopping Sales (January to February)

Paris Events in March - Paris

• Creteil's Women's Film Festival
• Foire du Trône (Through to May)

Paris Events in April - Paris

• Foire du Trône (Through to May)
• Printemps des Musées
• Paris Opera Ballet (Student recitals)
• International Marathon of Paris

Paris Events in May - Paris

• End of World War II parade(Champs Élysées)
• Montmartre Vintage Car Rally
• Paris Jazz Festival
• Foire du Trône (Finishing in May)

Paris Events in June - Paris

• French Open Tennis Championship
• Garde Republicaine (Open weekend)
• Paris Chopin Festival (June / July)
• Paris Air Show
• La Villettte Jazz Festival (June / July)

Paris Events in July - Paris

• Bastille Day (14th July)
• Paris Haute Couture
• Paris Chopin Festival (June / July)
  
• La Villettte Jazz Festival (June / July)
• Le Grand Tour de France

Paris Events in August - Paris

• Cinéma en Plein Air (Le Parc de la Villette)
• Étrange Festival - annual Festival of the Bizarre

Paris Events in September - Paris

• Guided Garden Tours
• International Ready-to-Wear Fashion Show

Paris Events in October - Paris

• Fête des Vendanges à Montmartre
• FIAC Art Fair
• Fête des Confitures
• International Dance Festival
• Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe

Paris Events in November - Paris

• Tennis Masters Series
• Armistice Day
• Fête du Beaujolais Gourmand (19th-23rd November)

Paris Events in December - Paris

• Christmas at the Galeries Lafayette Haussmann
• The Boat Fair
• Autumn Festival
• The Palais Garnier, Place de l'Opéra
• New Year's Eve with the Paris Opera Ballet

 
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