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Major Events
| Salon de l'Agriculture, finest animal specimens from rural France displayed alongside regional produce, late Feb-early Mar 2001, Paris Expo, place de la Porte de Versailles, 15th
La Nuit des Publivores, advertisments - publicités - are fêted or shamed by 6000 people in two night-long events, mid-March, Grand Rex, 1 boulevard
Poissonnière, 2nd Marathon de Paris, early Apr, starts approx 0900, avenue des Champs-Elysées, finishes avenue Foch
Festival du Film de Paris, Mar/Apr, Cinéma Gaumont Marignan, 27 avenue des Champs-Elysées
Foire de Paris, fair for tourism, multimedia and gastronomy, late April-early May, Paris Expo, place de la Porte de Versailles
Fête de la Musique, 21 Jun, free concerts throughout Paris (and the rest of
France), in the streets and in venues such as Sainte-Chapelle, the Musée d'Orsay and Palais de Justice
Gay Pride March, late Jun, along République and the Bastille plus club
events
Grandes Fêtes de Nuit de Versailles, son et lumière display evoking the era of Louis XIV with costumed dancers and music, Jul, Aug and Sep, gardens of Versailles Le Cinéma en Plein Air (free outdoor film festival), mid-Jul-end Aug, Parc de la Villette, 19th
Le Tour de France, end Jul-early Aug, race finishes on the avenue des
Champs-Elysées
Journées du Patrimoine, nationwide weekend festival; historic buildings,
including the President's residence and the Palais de l'Elysée, open their
doors to the general public, mid-Sep
Foire Internationale d'Art Moderne et Contemporain (FIAC, the Contemporary Art Fair), mid-Sep, Paris Expo, Porte de Versailles, 15th
Festival de l'Automne, international contemporary drama, dance and music festival, 15 Sep to 31 Dec, Théâtre de la Ville, Odéon and other venues
Mondial de l'Automobile, biennial international motor show in even-numbered years, early Oct, Paris Expo, Porte de Versailles, 15th
Mois de la Photo, biennial photography exhibitions in even-numbered years, Oct, various museums and galleries throughout Paris
Fête du Beaujolais Nouveau, first availability of the season's Beaujolais
Nouveau wine, third Thurs in Nov, wine bars and cafés everywhere
Africolor (African music festival), Théâtre Gérard Philippe, late Dec, 59
boulevard Jules-Guesde
Réveillon (New Year's Eve), crowds by the thousand along the Champs-Elysées
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