07 September 2017 | Top

Music festivals in Paris : we provide you the best 10 festivals ever !

In Paris, you can enjoy your stay by visiting monuments but also by attending music festivals. There are many of them in the capital but we picked ten festivals that we consider to be the best !

Rock en Seine

This fest is a really famous rock festival in Paris created in 2003. It is celebrated at the end of the summer in august during three days. There are five scenes it is located in the « Domaine national de Saint-Cloud » near the city of Paris. More than 100 000 spectators come each year to listen rock music but also pop and electronic music ! This year the festival will start the 25th of august 2017 and will end the 27th of august 2017.

ADDRESS : Domaine National de Saint-Cloud 92210 Saint-Cloud

Solidays

This fest is made for raise funds for the struggle against AIDS. This fest exists since 1999 and takes place every year on the Hippodrome Longchamp in Paris. 150 artists from different nationalities come to give a performance with no remuneration at the end, all the funds are given to an association against AIDS. This fest lasts 3 days from the 23rd of june 2017 to the 25th of june 2017.

ADDRESS : 2 Route des Tribunes, 75016 Paris

Paris Jazz Festival

This fest was created in 1994 and is organized by the floral park of Paris. There you can listen to very good jazz, blues, soul, rhythm and blues artists. It’s the first jazz fest in France with more than 100 000 spectators by year. It starts the 17th of june 2017 and ends the 30th of july 2017 in the floral park of Paris.

ADDRESS : Route de la Pyramide, 75012 Paris

Pitchfork Music Festival

The Pitchfork Music Festival, it’s an unavoidable festival. It comes from America and the festival takes place in Paris since 2011. The Ptichfork Music Festival lasts three days in november : from 2nd of November 2017 to 4th of November 2017 and it’s located in the 19th district of Paris.

ADDRESS : Grande Halle de la Vilette 75019 Paris

We love Green

We love green is a mayfly fest that change every year of place. This year it’ll take place in the huge Vincennes wood in the 12th district of Paris. This fest lasts two days from the 10th of june 2017 to the 11th of june 2017. The type of music that you can hear there, is mostly electronic music from different artists with various nationalities : Solange, Justice, Moderat, Nicolas Jaar …. There are 4 stages and 43 concerts during these 2 days. You can camp in the wood and attend to diffrent exhibitions or conferences. You have some places to eat and the facilities are environmentally friendy.

ADDRESS : Route de la Pyramide, 75012 Paris

Weather Paris Festival

The Weather Paris Festival is for all the electronic music lovers ! It was created in 2013 and you can discover hundred of different international artists. Every year this festival has a great success. This year they decided to change the dates and the place where the festival will take place. The festival will start the 6th of october 2017 and will end the 7th of october 2017. The address is still secret … 

Les femmes s'en mêlent

This festival is an event which celebrate the women musicians from every countries. It takes place in four different cities in France and will be in Paris from the 23rd of march 2017 to the 31st of march 2017. There you can listen several types of music like rock, samba, blues, hip –hop and electronic music. It will be the 20th edition of this festival this year.

ADDRESS :

Le Divan du Monde : 75 rue des Martyrs 75018 Paris 18 (27-28-29/03/17)

Le Batofar : 11 quai François Mauriac 75013 Paris

La Gaîté Lyrique : 3 Rue Papin 75002 Paris

Le Trianon : 80 boulevard de Rochechouart 75018 Paris

Le Trabendo : Parc de La Villette, 211 avenue Jean Jaures 75019 Paris

The Peacock society

The peacock society is an electronic music festival which takes place in the floral parc of Paris during two days. It starts the 7th of july 2017 and ends the 8th of july 2017.

ADDRESS : Route de la Pyramide, 75012 Paris

Brunch Electronik Paris

Another festival which takes place in the floral park of the Vincennes wood in the 12th district of Paris : the Brunch Electronik Paris. It’s an indoor and outdoor festival where you can listen to local artists and international artists. There are several activities for children so you can come with your family. Furthermore you can eat delicious meals there. There are three dates : 21/05/17 – 28/05/17 – 04/0617.

ADDRESS : Esplanade du château de Vincennes – Route de la Pyramide – 75012 Paris

Classique au vert

For classical music lovers, this festival is for you. During seven week-end you can listen several concerts and performances around classical music from international artists. You can enjoy this festival in a beautiful place : the floral park in the 12th district of the capital.
It starts the 5th of august 2017 and ends the 17th of september 2017.

ADDRESS : Esplanade du château de Vincennes – Route de la Pyramide – 75012 Paris

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