DAYLIGHT SAVINGS DIFFERENCE: in France is Sunday, March twenty ninth (at 2am, clocks will spring ahead to 3am), three weeks later than Daylight Financial savings within the US (which takes place March eighth).
VACANCES SCOLAIRES (French Faculty Holidays) IN PARIS: February 21 – March 9. This normally impacts how crowded vacationer sights could also be, in addition to prepare and resort costs.
March 1
The Chinese language New Yr Parade within the largest Chinatown in Paris — the thirteenth arrondissement — takes place immediately from 2pm 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). When you don’t get there early to safe a great place, it will likely be very laborious to see over individuals’s heads! Discover extra tips about celebrating the Chinese language New Yr within the thirteenth arrondissement right here.
March 1st (and each 1st Sunday)
Many museums and monuments in Paris are open for free the primary Sunday of the month. In March, 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. Make sure to examine every museum’s web site, as some nonetheless require you to have a timed ticket; even when the doorway is free. See the complete record right here.
March 6-8
The French soup kitchen charity Restos du Coeur are holding their annual assortment drive in supermarkets all through the town for 3 days. Volunteers will probably be on the exits with packing containers to gather meals and hygiene gadgets, “a field of rice, a can of meals, a bathe gel…every donation is a useful assist for these we assist.” For more information (together with on how you can volunteer for the occasion): https://collecte.restosducoeur.org/
March 7
The Cercle de France affiliation hosts its 4th Gala Night and Ball of the Two Empires on the InterContinental Paris Le Grand (2 rue Scribe, ninth). This elegant charity night celebrates two anniversaries directly: the 2 hundredth birthday of Empress Eugénie and the 250th anniversary of American Independence. The evening begins with a theatrical lecture, cocktail reception, and pictures workshop, earlier than a full gala dinner with interval leisure — together with the dramatic “arrival” of Louis XVI, Marie Antoinette, Benjamin Franklin, and his fellow American envoys, full with interval dance performances. At 9pm the Second Empire Ball opens with the doorway of Napoleon III and Eugénie herself. Proceeds profit the Fondation Eugène Napoléon, which helps younger ladies going through social, financial, or household hardship. Costume code is black tie or darkish go well with, with lengthy gown or Second Empire apparel inspired. Tickets obtainable through the Cercle de France web site, from €110 to simply attend the dance ball (with a glass of Champagne), or €290 for the complete night with dinner, leisure, and ball (€520 for the VIP seating and extras).
March 7-8
The Gros Marché is internet hosting Le Gross sales Connes Fest at Floor Management (81, rue du Charolais, twelfth) with a feminist market on Saturday (12 stands), and a road artwork tribute on Sunday, along with spherical tables, video games, and stay DJ. As standard, there would be the bookstore, file store, and the Floor Management meals court docket. Free entry, open Saturday noon-midnight, Sunday till 10pm.
March 8
At the moment is Worldwide Ladies’s Day, recognized in France because the Journée Internationale des Droits des Femmes (Worldwide Ladies’s Rights Day). There are numerous totally different occasions throughout Paris on March seventh and eighth, and this yr People in Paris can take part within the French custom of 100% authorized and arranged protest marches by becoming a member of the Indivisible Paris contingent in solidarity with ladies within the US for the Grève Féministe March in Paris immediately from 1:30pm at Place de Stalingrad (44 Quai de la Loire – Metro Laumière). There will probably be a Feminist Village of French ladies’s organizations there from 11am.
March 8
The Purple Wheelbarrow English Bookstore (11 rue de Médicis, sixth) is internet hosting a particular e-book launch Worldwide Ladies’s Day, “A Historical past of France in 21 Ladies” by Kathryn Pangonis, from 7pm. RSVP to francebooklaunch@gmail.com earlier than March third to attend.
March 13-22
The a hundred and tenth annual Foire de Chatou gathers practically 500 vintage and second-hand sellers at île des Impressionnistes, 10 minutes from Paris. Anticipate prime quality items from classic jewelry to industrial furnishings, mid-century lighting to 18th century antiquities. Plus regional French meals, oysters and each a cocktail and a champagne bar! Entry €10 (free for under-15s), buy on-site; there’s a free shuttle bus from RER station Rueil-Malmaison from 10am to 12:30pm and from 2pm to 6pm, roughly each half-hour. Open 10am-7pm.
March 15 & 22
The primary and second rounds of French municipal elections happen all through France two Sundays in a row. Outcomes will probably be posted on Paris Metropolis Corridor’s web site as they arrive in: Paris.fr
March 18-22
The Paris Music Pageant returns with 51 distinctive live shows throughout 17 sudden venues within the capital. This pageant, showcasing rising and proficient artists, gives brief, immersive performances the Sundown-Sunside, Hôtel de la Marine, Floor Management, La Manufacture Chanson, Château de Vincennes, Studio de l’Ermitage, and the Bateau El Alamein. Ticket costs vary from €5 to €20, with particulars and reservations obtainable at paris-music.com.
March 19
FFRandonnée Paris’s month-to-month “Panamée” city stroll is an interesting technique to see the town with the locals. The March stroll is a free, three-hour cultural stroll devoted to the Founding Fathers of he United States for 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, together with locations frequented by Benjamin Franklin and Thomas Jefferson, amongst others. These walks usually appeal to massive teams (generally a number of 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!) by way of the town relatively than a small guided tour. The stroll departs at 7pm from Sq. Alboni (close to Passy metro) and ends round 10pm in entrance of the Métro Palais Royal. Free, no registration required, and open to everybody: simply present up, gown for the climate, and be prepared for an extended night stroll, totally en français.
Via 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 Trendy 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 by way of uncommon objects and immersive shows. Prolong your go to with pastries or cocktails at Le Café Maxime Frédéric, and cease by the Present Retailer for limited-edition gadgets. Open Wednesday-Sunday from 11am-7pm.
March 22-24
The annual Printemps du Cinéma is a three-day pageant the place the entire collaborating movies are simply €5, from indie movies to blockbusters each French and worldwide (see the record right here).
March 28–29
The Harlem Globetrotters convey their legendary mixture of basketball wizardry and comedy to the Accor Area (8 boulevard de Bercy, twelfth) for 2 exhibits — Saturday at 7pm and Sunday at 3pm. This yr is further particular: the enduring group is celebrating its one centesimal anniversary with what they’re billing as their most legendary tour ever, that includes gravity-defying dunks, jaw-dropping tips, and loads of crowd-pleasing humor. New this tour is a golden basketball by Spalding, plus pre-game leisure and post-game interactions with the gamers. A household ticket low cost is out there (2 adults + 2 kids, or 1 grownup + 3 kids beneath 20). Tickets from €38.25-€78.75; VIP experiences additionally obtainable. Purchase on the official web site or at any FNAC in the event you’re in Paris.
