September 21
French movies with English subtitles
Lost in Frenchlation presents La Voie Royale, directed by Frédéric Mermoud.
Le Luminor, Paris
September 21
Street food
This edition of the street-food pop-up Le Food Market, will feature a Biergarten.
1-34, boulevard de Belleville, Paris
September 22
Book launch
Everyone is invited to the launch of The Best of A Flaneur’s Guide to Paris, Left & Right Bank, RSVP via the contact form on www.aflaneursguide.com
Au Caveau Montpensier, Paris
August 31–September 22
Fashion on film
The retrospective Cinema and Fashion in 20 Indispensable Films includes everything from Fellini’s Roma to Phantom Thread.
Cinémathèque Française, Paris
September 23
Dancing in the streets
The annual Techno Parade starts at noon, with after-parties to keep on moving.
Paris (see website for route details)
September 8–24
Big top festival
The pop-up Village du Cirque festival features all types of performances, even a queer act called “Dicklove.”
Pelouse de Reuilly, Paris
September 22-24
Vegie delicacies
Vegetable dishes will take pride at the Food Temple Végétal.
Carreau du Temple, Paris
September 23-30
Dueling Duets
A series of concerts of two-handed piano pieces at the Rungis Piano-Piano Festival.
Various, Rungis
September 30
Open-air art
Ateliers du Père Lachaise Associés presents Galerie d’Artistes Ouverte: artists from Paris’s 2oth arrondissement will exhibit their work on a charming square.
Place de la Réunion, Paris
September 30
Urban Farm Festival
The eco-conscious Ici C’est Prairie festival includes concerts, DJ sets, a “hip-hop village” and food trucks on an experimental farm in the city.
La Prairie du Canal, Bobigny
Through September 30
Candlelit château
Every Saturday through September 30 and Friday in July and August, the Chateau de Vaux-le-Vicomte and its grounds will be lit by 2,000 candles for the Soirées aux Chandelles.
Château de Vaux-le-Vicomte, Île-de-France
September 22–October 1
Antique fair in a bucolic setting
A visit to the Foire de Chatou antique market and regional products fair just outside Paris on the Impressionists Island makes a great weekend outing.
Chatou, Île-de-France
Through October 1
Free outdoor art
Monumental works by eight international contemporary artists are on show during the Extatiques festival.
La Défense & La Seine Musicale, Paris
Weekends through October 8
The New Place des Théâtres
Paris’s Place du Châtelet is no more. Vive la Place des Théâtres, the square’s new name, in celebration of the reopening of the Théâtre de la Ville, now the Théâtre Sarah Bernhardt (its original name, changed by the Nazi occupiers because she was Jewish). On weekends during the month of September, a series of free events will be held there and in its companion theater, the Théâtre du Châtelet.
Place des Théâtres, Paris
October 5-8
Cutting-edge sculpture
C14 Paris, the Contemporary Ceramics Fair, spotlights the latest in the art form.
Mairie du 14ième arrondissement, Paris
October 9
Paralympic tickets
Tickets for the 2024 Paralympic Games go on sale online.
Online, Paris
September 28-October 28
Local photography
An exhibition of the work of eight laureates of the Rencontres Photographiques du 10e, who trained their cameras on residents of the 10th arrondissement.
Mairie du 10ème Arrondissement, Paris 10
Through December 21, 2023
Contemporary arts festival
The Festival d’Automne presents leading international talents in art, dance, film, theater and more.
Various venues, Paris & Île de France
Through December 31
Free outdoor concerts
Free music in the bandstands of Paris’s parks and gardens for Kiosques en Fête.