Sources: Paris Convention and Visitors Office, Paris Mayor's Office
The following guide applies to April 2009.
Seasonal Events
- Banlieue Blues Jazz Festival:
Jazz fans will enjoy this annual festival, which features countless memorable jazz performances in the suburbs just north of Paris throughout April 11th, 2009.
- Foire du Trone (Annual Fair)
Parents and kids can look forward to the annual Paris fair (Foire du Trône, which runs through the end of May and delivers all the traditional fun of a county fair, with Ferris wheels, roller coasters, and cotton candy all in abundance.
- Easter in Paris: Chocolate chickens and bells and other springtime delights will fill the city this April 11th (Easter Sunday) and 12th, which is a public holiday in France.
Arts and Exhibits
- Vassily Kandinsky
A towering, iconoclastic figure in 20th century art, Vassily Kandinsky is being celebrated at the Museum of Modern Art at the Centre Georges Pompidou starting this month. The retrospective brings under a single roof around one hundred of the artist's most important works.
Through August 10th, 2009.
Location: Centre Georges Pompidou
- Montmartre at the Turn of the Century
An exhibit featuring the paintings of Suzanne Valadon and her son Maurice Utrillo pays tribute to the romance and art-drenched Montmartre neighborhood at the beginning of the 20th century.
Through September 15, 2009
Location: Pinacothèque de Paris
28, place de la Madeleine
RER: Madeleine
- Le Grand Monde d'Andy Warhol (Andy Warhol's Big World)
The Grand Palais is currently running an ambitious exhibit on the darling of the pop art movement, Andy Warhol. 250 of Warhol's paintings and photographs are on display here, sure to regale admirers-- but do reserve ahead.
Through July 13th, 2009
Location: Galeries Nationales du Grand Palais
3, avenue du Général-Eisenhower, 8th arrondissement
Metro: Franklin D. Roosevelt (Line 1)
