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

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.

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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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From 9pm, the "Paris est une fête" pre-show brings the world's most beautiful avenue to life with a DJ set "associated with a generative work of art" by DAAULIAC and Amine Rachad respectively. Then, at 11:50 p.m., it's time to admire the grand finale: the unmissable video-mapping projected onto the Arc de Triomphe, with an original soundtrack by composer End Eno and musician French 79.

Immersia Production, in charge of organizing these shows, reveals a few clues about this sound and light show, which should take us through the many facets of the capital: "Capital city, city of light, romantic city, creative city, innovative city, people city, festive city. It will embody metamorphoses like so many promises of a new era of living together".

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The show, staged by Jérémie Bellot and studio AV-Extended, runs for 10 minutes before ending with the traditional countdown. Then, at the first stroke of midnight, the famous monument is illuminated by a fireworks display orchestrated by Fêtes & Feux to a mix by DAAULIAC. The fireworks show, which also lasts around ten minutes, marks the start of the new year.

"Through the triptych of this show, I wanted to capture and celebrate the exceptional energy that animated Paris throughout 2024. It's in this wealth of cultural diversity that our uniqueness lies, a uniqueness we hold dear. At a time when our society is going through difficult times in many respects, it's crucial that Paris remains not only the City of Light, but also a symbol of celebration and joy," says Christophe Gillier, producer and artistic director of the December 31st show for Paris City Hall.

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