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Solidays 2024: everything you need to know about the Paris festival

Solidays returns to the Hippodrome Paris-Longchamp! Join us on June 28, 29 and 30, 2024, to celebrate the 26th anniversary of the Parisian festival, alongside Mika, Trinix, Adèle Castillon, Louise Attaque and Martin Garrix. If you're planning to attend this new edition, then the following may be of interest to you. Site opening times, services available on site, prohibited items and transport to and from the festival... Here's everything you need to know about Solidays 2024!

Solidays 2024 in Paris: the complete program, day by day

Solidays returns to Paris in 2024 for a new edition that's as festive and supportive as ever! Mark your calendars, the world-famous music festival is coming to the Hippodrome de ParisLongchamp from Friday June 28 to Sunday June 30, 2024 with a new series of tasty and memorable concerts. On the program? British artist Sam Smith, rappers Gazo & Tiakola, Louise Attaque and electro artist Martin Garrix, not to mention Mika, Diplo, Adèle Castillon, Werenoi, Charlotte Cardin, Laurent Garnier, Sam Quealy and So La Lune... Click here for the complete program by day!

The Château de Monte-Cristo, Alexandre Dumas' hidden and unusual home

Discover the Château de Monte-Cristo, the residence imagined by the writer Alexandre Dumas. Set in an English garden in the heart of the Yvelines, on the Saint-Germain-en-Laye side, you'll find an exuberantly styled 19th-century château and its small Château d'If. We take you on a tour of this hidden heritage, listed as a historic monument.

Plantes pour Tous: plants from €0.90 in Paris, upcoming sales

Plant lovers, you can count on Plantes pour Tous to stock up on greenery of all sizes and styles, from 90 cents, all year round.

Haute Couture Fashion Week: the set design for the Dior show at the Rodin Museum in Paris - final days

While Fashion Week Haute Couture is making the capital shine, until Sunday June 30, 2024 you too can step into the Dior show set, in the heart of the Rodin Museum sculpture garden. Project yourself into the atmosphere of the show and discover the monumental embroidered works in this Dior showcase!

Hellfest 2024: images from Thursday, June 27

This year, France's biggest metal festival was once again unmissable, with a line-up of over 180 bands to discover over 4 days, less than 3 hours by train from Paris! So, Sortir à Paris leaves the capital for a few days, and brings you the 17th edition of Hellfest as if you were there! Thursday marked the first day of this 2024 edition of the extreme music festival. Here are 10 highlights from June 27, 2024.

Jean Paul Gaultier celebrates Pride Month with an arty fresco of his own in the Marais district of Paris

Jean-Paul Gaultier is celebrating Pride Month by inviting artist Pepo Moreno to paint a committed mural in the Marais district. The work, in the colors of the fashion label and its designer, can be viewed until June 30, 2024.

Iced cookies from Matthieu Carlin (Hôtel de Crillon) return to the Place de la Concorde

Fancy some ice cream? Good news, the ice cream cookie cart at the Hôtel de Crillon is back in Paris as of June 27, 2024, and the concept can be found next to the Place de la Concorde. Pastry chef Matthieu Carlin invites you to join him in the Butterfly patisserie tea room, on the Concorde terrace or to take away for a frosty tasting experience!

La Fête des Loges 2024, the funfair returns to Saint-Germain en Laye - 78

The Fête des Loges is back from June 28 to August 18, 2024 in the beautiful forest of Saint-Germain-en-Laye in the Yvelines. For over 300 years, thrill rides, merry-go-rounds, shows and water games have been waiting for young and old alike, just 20 minutes from Paris, in a beautiful setting accessible by public transport!

July 14: fireworks at the Château de Versailles, Fête Nationale 2024 at Grandes Eaux Nocturnes

The Château de Versailles invites us to celebrate the Fête Nationale again this year, while enjoying the Grandes Eaux Nocturnes with an exceptional date planned for July 14, 2024. The program includes a poetic stroll through the historic gardens, with a sublime fireworks display at the end!

The Brach terrace in Tapas mode for summer, Paris 16th arrondissement

The Brach terrace, the spacious, cosy terrace on the 1st floor of the trendy hotel in Paris's 16th arrondissement, is going Spanish for the opening of Brach Madrid. A menu of revisited cocktails and tapas to share for a gourmet aperitif.

Brancusi at the Centre Pompidou: evening visits for the last days of the exhibition

He left his mark on art history with his original and fascinating sculptures. From March 27 to July 1, 2024, the Centre Pompidou is dedicating a rich and beautiful exhibition to the artist Constantin Brancusi. It's an opportunity to (re)discover the diversity of his work, with his sculptures of course, but also his photographs, drawings and films.

Le Rooftop du Brach, a confidential terrace perched in a vegetable garden with a view of the Eiffel Tower

Arguably one of the most beautiful rooftops in Paris, Le Brach's perched terrace, set in its own vegetable garden, is a real nugget to discover. This confidential terrace, with its panoramic view over Paris, is a great place to soak up the sun. And this year, private dinners are offered as a bonus.

Jade Génin's ultra-refreshing granité-neige ice creams and ice creams are a real treat.

This summer, Jade Génin is once again delighting us with some out-of-the-ordinary ice creams from her chocolate factory: finely grated granités-neige and crèmes glacés, available from June to the end of September 2023. Inspired by Japanese kakigori, these ice creations are a real treat! We tested them and tell you all about it.

Tina, Cristina and Pierre Chomet's new casual tapas bar, Paris 6th arrondissement

Good plan alert! Cristina and Pierre Chomet (Top Chef 2021), are opening a brand new restaurant-tapas bar in the 6th arrondissement of Paris. We set out to discover this cool, gourmet spot, where gourmet Spanish dishes rhyme with conviviality.

Halloween 2024 at Disneyland Paris: dates and programme of festivities

Halloween is back at Disneyland Paris! The park has announced on its social networks that the Disney Halloween Festival will return from October 1 to November 3, 2024. Pumpkins and villains await you in autumn for the best scares of your life... And we've also announced the program of festivities!

La Baignoire, the Sentier's best-kept bistronomic secret

Discreetly tucked away in an alleyway in the Sentier district, La Baignoire is a bistronomic table that deserves attention and praise.

Carnaval Tropical de Paris 2024, date and program

The Carnaval Tropical de Paris returns to Paris this year on October 6, 2024. This colorful parade takes over the Champs-Elysées avenue at the end of the Olympic Games, with music, dance and traditional costumes representing cultures from all over the world.

La Table, the Resistance's new gastronomic ambition

Les Résistants (formerly known as L'Avant-Poste) is opening La Table des Résistants, with a much more gastronomic vision than their previous restaurants.

La guinguette du Grand Parquet, free games for children and DJ sets at Jardins d'Éole

Head for the Grand Parquet to enjoy its bucolic guinguette, from July 10 to 12, 2024. The program includes free games for children and DJ sets in the Jardins d'Éole!