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.
National Public Holidays
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
January- 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)
February- 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)
March- Creteil's Women's Film Festival
- Foire du Trône (Through to May)
April- Foire du Trône (Through to May)
- Printemps des Musées
- Paris Opera Ballet (Student recitals)
- International Marathon of Paris
May- End of World War II parade(Champs Élysées)
- Montmartre Vintage Car Rally
- Paris Jazz Festival
- Foire du Trône (Finishing in May)
June- French Open Tennis Championship
- Garde Republicaine (Open weekend)
- Paris Chopin Festival (June / July)
- Paris Air Show
- La Villettte Jazz Festival (June / July)
July- Bastille Day (14th July)
- Paris Haute Couture
- Paris Chopin Festival (June / July)
- La Villettte Jazz Festival (June / July)
- Le Grand Tour de France
August- Cinéma en Plein Air (Le Parc de la Villette)
- Étrange Festival - annual Festival of the Bizarre
September- Guided Garden Tours
- International Ready-to-Wear Fashion Show
October- Fête des Vendanges à Montmartre
- FIAC Art Fair
- Fête des Confitures
- International Dance Festival
- Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe
November- Tennis Masters Series
- Armistice Day
- Fête du Beaujolais Gourmand (19th-23rd November)
December- 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
