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August Events in Paris

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Sources: Paris Convention and Visitors Office, Paris Mayor's Office

The below calendar applies to August 2009.

Festivals and Seasonal Events

  • Paris Plage (Paris Beach)
    From July 20th to August 20th, a full-fledged beach with sand, games, cafes, and even boating will take over the banks of the Seine and the Bassin de la Villette in North Paris. Paris Plage has enjoyed enormous success since its launch in 2003 and attracted millions of visitors last year. On hot nights, sipping a drink at one of the open-air bars installed on the beach or enjoying live music is always enjoyable.

  • Open-Air Cinema Festival at the Parc de la Villette
    Dates: July 15th through August 16th, 2009
    Every year, Parisians and visitors spread out blankets at the ultramodern Parc de la Villette, where some 36 movies are shown on a giant outdoor screen. Starting to see why July is a great month for movie aficionados? In 2009, entry is free.

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. 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

  • The Bath and the Mirror: Grooming and Cosmetics from the Antiquity Through the Renaissance
    A joint exhibit on now at the National Medieval Museum (Musée de Cluny) and the National Renaissance Museum at the Chateau d'Ecouen explores daily rituals around bathing and grooming from the Greco-Roman era through the Renaissance. Through September 21st.
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