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Spring: • Paris Trade Fair – April - May: Covering the three areas of 'Home and the Environment', 'Well-being and Leisure' and 'Cultures of the World', the annual Paris Trade Fair takes place in the cavernous Porte de Versailles Exhibition Arena. It is the place to be to learn more about up and coming industry trends in these fields. .


Spring: • Foire du Trône – April -May 31st : The Foire du Trône is an enormous funfair with merry-go-round for everyone. .


Spring: • Museums Night – May 15th : As part of the global Museum Night event, Paris museums will open their doors free of charge to visitors until late until the night. Special events and illuminations stand in many of Paris' major museums. .


Spring: • Roland Garros, French Open – May - June: Tennis fans should not miss one of France's most exciting and important tournaments. Tennis greats like Steffi Graf made their debuts at Roland Garros, and the French Open continues to host some of the world's unforgettable matches..


Spring: • Festival Jazz à Saint-Germain-des-prés – May: The festival pays tribute to Paris as one of the leading jazz cities in the world today. During the festival, you can enjoy everything from musical tours of the left bank in a vintage bus to jazz concerts in the St. Sulpice church..


Spring: • Puces du design – May: Considered as a key event by all collectors and design dealers from everywhere..


Summer: • Solidays – June: As big as any other European music festival, Solidays is France’s Glastonbury, both musical and militant, fun for adults and kids, and guaranteed chock-a-block with moving moments. .


Summer: • Gaypride – June: The Gay Pride takes the streets of the city of light by storm, and everyone's invited to the party. One of the year's most popular festivals for locals and visitors of all stripes..


Summer: • Summer Sales – June- August: During five weeks, enjoy discounts on clothes and accessories collections in every shop of Paris..


Summer: • Alstom Open of France – July: On July 1st to July 4th, the venue for the Alstom Open de France, a major tournament in the European Tour, is once again at The Golf National. Some of the best world players are expected, playing to get the precious points needed to qualify for the Ryder Cup European team..


Summer: • Bastille Day – July 14th each year : Bastille Day marks the beginning of the French revolution and the country's long, chaotic road to becoming a republic, it is not to be missed and offers a chance to see top-notch fireworks or organize a picnic in one of the city's beautiful parks and gardens. .


Summer: • Open-Air Cinema Festival – July - August: Every year, Parisians and visitors spread out blankets at the ultramodern Parc de la Villette, where some 36 movies are shown for no charge on a giant outdoor screen..


Summer: • Tour de France bike race Arrival – July: Competitors in the hotly-anticipated sweep through the finish line in Paris..


Autumn: • Techno Parade – September: For clubbers, the Paris Techno Parade – held at the end of September each year – is an event not to be missed with over 400,000 people taking part. It’s a crazy scene to behold..


Autumn: • White Night – October: An annual event in which hundreds of Paris sites, including museums, galleries, and monuments stay open all night, allowing for some promising cultural discoveries and surreal nocturnal itineraries..


Winter: • Ice-skating rinks – from December to February: Every winter, ice-skating rinks are set up at several locations around the city. .


Winter: • Valentine’s Day – Every February 14th: Romantics cruises are organised on the river Seine, some of them with special set menus..


Autumn: • FIAC – October: International meeting between galerist, colectors, museum directors and international artists of the contemporary art at Grand Palais and inside la Cour Carrée du Louvre..


Summer: • Paris Street Musique Festival – June 21st each year: The annual Fête de la musique turns the streets, bars, and cafes of Paris into an unforgettable (and free) celebration of all musical genres. .


Autum: • European Heritage Days – September: If you've ever wondered what the Moulin Rouge looks like backstage, or wanted to get past the reception area at Paris City Hall, make sure to reserve space in your agenda for European Heritage Days (Journées Européennes du Patrimoine). For two days a year in Paris and the rest of France, thousands of monuments, government buildings, and privately owned sites of interest open their doors to give the public free reign to areas that are generally not .


Winter: • Christmas shop windows – November and December – One of the most compelling draws of the Parisian city at Christmas is that of the department store window displays. Themes vary from toy-building reindeer to whimsical, animated photo-taking polar bears… .






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