Since 2008, Carnaval des Femmes has been brightening up the streets of Paris, reviving an old festive tradition from the Mi-Carême festival organized by Parisian laundresses. Just after Carnaval de Paris, it's time for women (and men in disguise).
Every year, the washerwomen elected a queen for each washhouse and a queen for the community, and then strolled through the streets, dressed up and happy. The festive tradition had an important dimension in earlier centuries.
To perpetuate a popular tradition and turn Paris back into a festive city, the Carnaval des Femmes will take place in Paris on Sunday April 6, 2025. Each year, a theme is suggested, but we're free to follow it or not.
We remind you that this carnival is a festive event that is free, voluntary, traditional, independent, self-managed, apolitical, non-profit-making and non-subsidized. Everyone is welcome! You don't have to register to take part. You can decide at the last minute whether or not to take part, in fixed or mobile mode, on all or part of the route. Placement is free in both processions. This is the real carnival, not a street show.
An opportunity for women to express themselves, celebrate and have fun, a few days after Women's Rights Day. As the festival is a carnival, men are welcome to dress up as women, who in turn are invited to dress up as queens.
The meeting point is at 1pm on the Place du Châtelet median strip. The procession will set off at 2.30pm to criss-cross the streets of the capital.
The route :
Dismissal at 6 p.m.
Remember, the watchword is: women as queens, men as women!
Dates and Opening Time
On April 6, 2025
Prices
Free
Recommended age
For all
Official website
carnaval-des-femmes.org
