New Year's Eve 2025 on the Champs-Elysées: fireworks & video mapping at the Arc de Triomphe, the program

It's one of the highlights of New Year's Eve in Paris! The Champs-Elysées, known as the traditional venue for celebrations in the capital, comes alive for December 31, 2024. On what is considered to be the most beautiful avenue in the world, we're getting ready to experience a whole program of festivities, with a final bouquet awaiting us for the countdown. To celebrate the transition to the new year 2025, the City of Paris is once again inviting Parisians and tourists to the Champs-Élysées, which will be pedestrianized for the occasion.

Pedestrian Champs-Elysées: the world's most beautiful car-free avenue for New Year's Eve 2025
The Champs-Elysées are reserved for pedestrians one Sunday a month. An opportunity to discover the world's most beautiful avenue in a different way, and to take a selfie in front of the Arc de Triomphe without a car to spoil the picture. Next dates to note: Tuesday December 31, 2024 and Sunday February 2, 2025. [Read more]

It's fair to say that the year was full of twists and turns, including the Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games, a first in a century, and, more recently, the reopening of Notre-Dame de Paris Cathedral , marking a reunion with this symbolic monument of the capital. Now, as the sun sets on a 100-hour year, it's time towelcome 2025.

So what's in store for New Year's Eve 2025 on the Avenue des Champs-Elysées? For this New Year's Eve on December 31, 2024, the general public will see a parade of artists including David Hallyday, Chimène Badi (with a hundred backing singers), Stars 80, Collectif métissé, Lio, Ceronne, Dany Brillant, Titouane (Eurovision Junior) accompanied byPetites Mains Symphoniques and Imaginations. The world of cabaret is also invited to the party, with dancers from the Moulin Rouge and Paradis Latin, while Cirque Phénix and Folies Gruss also unveil their magical performances.

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La Grande Soirée du 31 de Paris: discover the musical program that awaits you on France 2
France 2 invites you to ring in the New Year with the "Grande Soirée du 31 de Paris". Hosted by Stéphane Bern, the program will welcome a host of artists to be discovered live from the Champs-Élysées, but also in several of the capital's emblematic venues. Discover the musical program that awaits you on Tuesday, December 31, 2024 on France 2! [Read more]

Finally, at 11:50 p.m., it's time to admire the grand finale: the unmissable video-mapping projected onto the Arc de Triomphe for 10 minutes, ending with the traditional countdown. Then, at the first stroke of midnight, the famous monument is illuminated by fireworks. The pyrotechnic show, which also lasts ten minutes, marks the start of the New Year.

New Year's Eve 2025 in Paris: where to celebrate near the Arc de Triomphe and Champs-Elysées?
New Year's Eve 2025 is just around the corner, and Paris is celebrating. Fancy counting down the days to the Arc de Triomphe and the festive Champs-Elysées avenue? Here are some ideas for places to celebrate New Year's Eve on December 31, 2024! [Read more]