Bastille Day: fireworks at La Courneuve (93) on July 13, 2024

For the Fête nationale, La Courneuve invites you to join us on Saturday, July 13, 2024 near the Palmers Bridge to admire the traditional fireworks display!

Feel like celebrating Bastille Day? Join us on Saturday July 13 and Sunday July 14, 2024, for a whole host of celebrations. During this popular event, there are, of course, the many fireworks displays that light up the skies over the Ile-de-France region, from the Yvelines to the Seine-et-Marne, via the Val-d'Oise and not forgetting Paris. During the Fête nationale, firemen's balls are also very numerous, delighting amateur and/or professional dancers.

Other Fête nationale celebrations? A military parade down the Champs-Élysées, a symphony concert in front of the Hôtel de Ville and a garden party at the Hippodrome Paris-Longchamp.

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But let's get back to the traditional, flamboyant fireworks displays. While the Paris fireworks display is traditionally fired from the Eiffel Tower on July 14th, other pyrotechnic displays usually light up the Paris skies the day before, on July 13th. It's precisely on this day that the town of La Courneuve will be staging its fireworks display, starting at 10:45 p.m. near the Palmers Bridge.