VACANCES SCOLAIRES (French Faculty Holidays) IN PARIS: February 21 – March 9. This often impacts how crowded vacationer sights could also be, in addition to practice and lodge costs.
February 1st (and each 1st Sunday)
Many museums and monuments in Paris are open for free the primary Sunday of the month. In February, that features the Orsay, Picasso, Cluny, Arts-et-Métiers, Musée Rodin, Orangerie, Musée de la Chasse et de la Nature, Musée Delacroix, Musée Gustave Moreau, Cité de l’Structure, Musée des Arts Asiatiques Guimet, Cité de la Céramique de Sèvres, Musée Jean-Jacques Henner, Musée départemental Albert-Kahn, Quai Branly, Musée de l’histoire de l’Immigration, and the Château Fontainebleau. Monuments embody the Arc de Triomphe, Pantheon, Conciergerie, Sainte-Chapelle, Château de Versailles, Château de Vincennes, and Saint-Denis Basilica. Be sure you verify every museum’s web site, as some nonetheless require you to have a timed ticket; even when the doorway is free. See the complete listing right here.
February 1
The primary of many parades in Paris for the Chinese language New Yr takes place immediately on the high of the Avenue des Champs-Elysées (car-free for the day), beginning in entrance of Fouquet’s (#99) at 2pm and ending on the Arc de Triomphe with the normal Dragon and Lion dances alongside….”humanoid robots” (from French and Chinese language robotics producers…not bizarre in any respect). Festivities finish at 6pm. Free entry, anticipate enormous crowds. Discover extra Chinese language New Yr suggestions right here.
February 1
The American Cathedral of Paris (23 Ave George V, eighth) is holding an interfaith Vigil for Peace this Sunday from 2-3pm. “It appears that evidently wherever we glance – Ukraine, the Center East, even the Americas, to call solely these – we see battle and violence. The rhythm of dangerous information is relentless. We may be tempted to really feel alone and overwhelmed, to withdraw. But our hope lies in coming collectively, constructing and strengthening our sense of neighborhood. We’ll come collectively to hunt solace, but additionally power. Be a part of us to maintain watch, to hope, and to share collectively our hopes for peace. RSVP isn’t crucial. ALL are welcome!”
By way of February 3
The twice-annual gross sales (soldes en français) kick off in retailers throughout France, with clothes and residential items as much as 70% off. Even when “every thing is cheaper on-line,” the gross sales are a good time to assist small, unbiased retailers, particularly these which are often a bit out of your worth vary.
By way of February 6
The annual Lézarts de la Bièvre group exhibition takes over the Galerie Bièvre, Athéna, and Antichambre areas on the thirteenth arrondissement Metropolis Corridor, bringing collectively works by round 50 member artists. Portray, drawing, images, printmaking, collage, combined media, and sculpture are all represented, providing a wide-ranging snapshot of up to date native creation. Based in 2001 to arrange open studio weekends alongside the historic route of the now-underground Bièvre River, the affiliation immediately brings collectively greater than 80 artists working primarily within the fifth and thirteenth arrondissements. The exhibition opens with a vernissage on Tuesday, January 27 at 6:30pm, and likewise serves as a preview of the group’s subsequent open studios weekend, scheduled for June 6–7, 2026 throughout Nuit Blanche.
By way of February 6
The summit of the Eiffel Tower is closed to guests from January 5 via February 6 for its annual winter upkeep and renovation works. This momentary closure impacts solely the highest stage (the third flooring). The work is crucial repairs for an area uncovered year-round to excessive wind, chilly, and climate at almost 300 meters excessive. Guests can nonetheless entry the first and 2nd flooring by elevator or stairs throughout this era. The 2nd flooring continues to be greater than 99% of town’s buildings, for panoramic views over Paris, together with retailers, exhibitions, and meals choices.
February 2 – 16
The magical Pavillons de Bercy — Musée des Arts Forains, or Carnival Arts Museum, is exceptionally open for 5 guided excursions in English this month, on February 2nd, sixth, ninth, thirteenth and sixteenth at 10am. The 90-minute excursions are led by a costumed actor for a journey via the totally different adorned rooms and halls, permitting you to journey a few of the vintage carrousel rides and luxuriate in mechanical music exhibits. Advance reserving on-line required, tickets €21 for adults.
February 14
The annual LOVE Night returns to the Musée Rodin for a Valentine’s night time devoted to like via the ages via artwork, efficiency, and dance. Guests can rediscover Rodin’s works via a romantic lens, with reside theatrical scenes evoking legendary {couples} like Romeo and Juliet and Francesca and Paolo, a guided tango expertise recalling early Twentieth-century Parisian nights, and an allegorical parcours impressed by the Seventeenth-century Map of Tenderness. Inventive workshops invite you to put in writing or illustrate a private love word, whereas a pop-up bar, picture name, and curated reward choice within the museum store spherical out the night. The occasion runs from 7pm to 11:30pm, with timed entry each half-hour (final entry 9:30pm). Advance on-line reserving required. Tickets €27.
February 16-25
To mark the Lunar New Yr, the courtyard façade of the Centre Culturel de Chine (1, boulevard de la Tour-Maubourg, seventh) turns into the setting for a 10-20 minute outside sound-and-light set up impressed by the Grottes de Yungang. A UNESCO World Heritage website in Shanxi, begun within the fifth century, Yungang is understood for its greater than 50,000 Buddhist sculptures and its position in inventive exchanges alongside the Silk Street. The periods happen one to 3 occasions every night, relying on the date. Free admission with advance reservation required right here. There’s a Pop-up Tradition Hub snack bar on the second flooring of the cultural heart the place you’ll be able to hang around in case you get there early.
February 17
Have fun Mardi Gras in Paris in type on the Duc des Lombards (42 Rue des Lombards, 1st), the place New Orleans native drummer Jeff Boudreaux is internet hosting the Mumbo Gumbo Brass Band for 3 units at 7:30pm, 9pm, and 10:30pm, FREE entry,
February 19
Le Meals Market celebrates the Chinese language Lunar New Yr with a particular version devoted to the Yr of the Hearth Horse, bringing collectively a few of Paris’s finest Asian delicacies street-food distributors, with stalls serving dishes cooked to order: woks, grilled skewers, soups, and spiced specialties, designed to be eaten standing up like a traditional market (there are additionally loads of tables to sit down). A standard lion dance is scheduled in the course of the night. Open from 6pm to 10:30pm on Boulevard de Belleville, between the Ménilmontant and Couronnes metro stations. Free entry. Count on enormous crowds if the climate is tolerable!
February 19
FFRandonnée Paris’s month-to-month “Panamée” city stroll is an interesting option to see town with the locals. The February stroll is a free, three-hour cultural stroll devoted to one of many nice French writers, Anatole France, who received the Nobel prize for literature in 1921. This stroll will discover lots of the locations in Paris named after him. These walks typically entice giant teams (generally just a few hundred individuals), nevertheless it’s not a decent tour format: the group naturally spreads out, there’s no obligation to work together, and many individuals come alone merely to pay attention and stroll. Consider it as a shifting, open-air lecture (en français!) via town slightly than a small guided tour. The stroll departs at 7pm from Porte Dauphine and ends round 10pm in entrance of the Académie Française. Free, no registration required, and open to everybody: simply present up, gown for the climate, and be prepared for a protracted night stroll, totally en français.
February 27
The Hôtel de la Marine brings the spirit of the Revolution again to life with a one-night-only interval ball staged by the affiliation Carnet de Bals, specialists in historic dance. Within the courtyard of the previous royal monument on Place de la Concorde, costumed dancers recreate the ambiance of 18th-century receptions with formal quadrilles, contredanses, and reside demonstrations. The general public can watch free performances within the Cour d’Honneur and be a part of participatory dances, whereas common museum ticket-holders (€17) may entry the ceremonial salons after a go to of the monument to see demonstrations in a extra formal setting. Count on a night that mixes historic reenactment with hands-on immersion slightly than a proper gala. From 5:30-8:30pm, 2 place de la Concorde, eighth.
March 1
The Chinese language New Yr Parade within the largest Chinatown in Paris — the thirteenth arrondissement — takes place immediately from midday to 5pm, starting in entrance of Tang Frères at 48 Avenue d’Ivry, and parading alongside the Avenue de Choisy, Porte de Choisy, and Avenue d’Ivry (simply observe the crowds). In case you don’t get there early to safe a great spot, it is going to be very onerous to see over individuals’s heads! Discover extra tips about celebrating the Chinese language New Yr within the thirteenth arrondissement right here.
By way of March 22
LV DREAM (26 Quai de la Mégisserie, 1st) is internet hosting “Louis Vuitton Artwork Deco Exhibition,” a free, reservation-only exhibition tracing the home’s position within the 1925 Worldwide Exhibition of Fashionable Ornamental and Industrial Arts. Unfold throughout eight rooms and that includes over 300 archival items, it explores the model’s connection to the Artwork Deco motion via uncommon objects and immersive shows. Prolong your go to with pastries or cocktails at Le Café Maxime Frédéric, and cease by the Reward Retailer for limited-edition gadgets. Open Wednesday-Sunday from 11am-7pm.
