Free summer festival guide - activities

Pantin sur Mer, free open-air music festival: concerts, entertainment, second-hand clothes, tattoos ...

Pantin Sur Mer returns in force for its 4th edition! This free open-air festival is set to rock Pantin's Place de la Pointe from July 6 to 7, 2024. Come and experience two sensational days of music, creativity and conviviality just outside Paris!

Enghien Jazz Festival 2024: concert program and times

The Barrière Enghien Jazz festival is back with a new and 23rd edition, not to be missed from Thursday June 20 to Sunday June 23, 2024. On this year's program? Village People, Billy Crawford, Louis Bertignac and The Amy Winehouse Band in free concert on the lake stage, as well as Kimberose, China Moses, The Golden Gate Quartet and Rhoda Scott. Click here for the full festival program and concert times!

Marche des Fiertés 2024: the LGBTQI+ parade returns to Paris, the route

The Marche des Fiertés lesbiennes, gays, bis, trans, queers, intersexes (LGBTQI+), formerly known as Gay Pride, announces its return to Paris this summer, with the 2024 edition scheduled for Saturday June 29. This year, the parade will set off from the Porte de la Villette to the Place de la République, where the traditional Podium will be held.

Food Temple spécial Californie at Carreau du Temple, the culinary festival with market and workshops

To celebrate the return to school in style, the Carreau du Temple is once again transformed into a Food Temple for a weekend. From September 20 to 22, 2024, the spotlight is on California, with tastings, workshops and a produce market!

Jardins Ouverts 2024 in the parks and gardens of Île-de-France, 200 gardens open to you

Jardins Ouverts en Île-de-France returns for its seventh edition, this summer 2024. From June 29 to August 25, Parisians can enjoy two months of cultural events and original outings, many of them free of charge, in their local parks and gardens.

A free sound and light show at Château de Blandy-les-Tours! Take me to see L'Héritage des Vicomtes

A free sound and light show to launch the Emmenez-moi festival in Seine-et-Marne (77)? That's what the Château de Blandy-les-Tours is offering us this Friday, June 28, 2024. L'héritage des Vicomtes de Melun (The Legacy of the Viscounts of Melun) is the name of a new show that's sure to blow your mind. Please remember to reserve your free tickets online for access to the show.

Les Musicales du Châtel in Provins: free concerts and medieval dance initiations this summer

Les Musicales du Châtel liven up the summer season in the medieval town of Provins with a series of free concerts every Saturday evening. Come and relax in the historic setting of the Place du Châtel, between June 8 and August 31, 2024.

Paris Olympics: an Olympic and European carnival to be held in the capital on Saturday, June 15, 2024

This Saturday, June 15, 2024, Paris beats to the sound of its new carnival, organized in honor of the Olympic and Paralympic Games to come this summer.

Cinéma en plein air de la Villette, no edition in 2024, the film festival will return in 2025

La Villette's open-air film festival won't be taking place in 2024 due to the Olympic Games. We'll have to wait until summer 2025 to discover a month of free, open-air film screenings to watch while lounging on the great lawn of La Villette.

Concerts and water games 2024: the free outdoor festival at the Domaine de Saint-Cloud returns

This year, the Concerts et Jeux d'eau du Domaine de Saint-Cloud will be back from June 8 to 9, 2024. The program for the 18th edition of this Parisian festival includes a musical stroll through these historic gardens, magnified by waterfalls and water features. An opportunity to meet a selection of artists from around the world, chosen by Françoise Degeorges, producer at Radio France.

The Aquarium Festival at the Palais de la Porte Dorée: discover the program for the whole family!

The Palais de la Porte Dorée invites you and your family to its big party on Saturday June 8 and Sunday June 9, 2024. This 8th edition features numerous workshops, immersive animations, creative activities and conferences for the whole family.

Garden Parvis 2024, the return of the summer festival at La Défense

The Garden Parvis Festival returns to La Défense for its 5th edition. A free, open-air festival, Garden Parvis offers residents and visitors a place to party, relax and enjoy the summer!

The Montmatre Festival returns to the 18th arrondissement

The Montmartre Festival is back in the 18th arrondissement for another edition. It's a chance to stroll through the Montmartre district and encounter all the arts!

Dolcevita sur Seine, the open-air Italian film festival at the Arènes de Lutèce

Dolcevita sur Seine returns from July 12 to 16, 2024 to take us to Italy. For 5 days, enjoy film screenings, a popular ball and free entertainment, at the Arènes de Lutèce!

Printemps des Cimetières 2024 in Paris, free events

Printemps des Cimetières returns from May 24 to 26, 2024, for a weekend dedicated to funerary heritage. This year's theme is women in cemeteries.

Escales d'Ailleurs Festival at Château de Plaisir, a program of free shows and concerts

The Escales d'Ailleurs Festival awaits you this Saturday, June 8, 2024 at the Château de Plaisir en Yvelines. More than 10,000 people are expected to attend this free, open-air cultural event. Click here for the program!

Festival 240 Street, the street art festival in the Val d'Oise

Festival 240 Street is the name of this urban art festival, sponsored by Jo Di Bona, which awaits you on the weekend of June 8 and 9 in the Val d'Oise, in Cormeilles en Parisis. Over the course of a weekend, discover the works of 27 artists!

Kiosks celebrate the Games with free events in squares and gardens around Paris

Every year, the Mairie de Paris organizes Kiosques en fête, a program of free events in the gardens of Paris. For this special year, the kiosks are getting into the spirit of the Olympic Games, with a rich program of free events. With 40 kiosks offering music, shows, readings, DJ sets and more, from May to December, you're in for a treat!

Festival Coulée Douce 2024, the program of free street shows in Paris' 12th arrondissement

The Coulée Douce Festival returns to the capital's 12th arrondissement on Saturday June 8 and Sunday June 9, 2024, on the Promenade Plantée in the Jardin de Reuilly (Coulée Verte). Enjoy a festive weekend of free shows open to all.

Onze Bouge 2024, the 11th arrondissement's festival of free shows, is back!

The very cool Onze Bouge festival returns for another edition in the streets of Paris' 11th arrondissement, from May 16 to 20, 2024. On the program: dance, theater, music and comedy shows, all presented free of charge for all our enjoyment - we're running, of course.