Sources: Paris Convention and Visitors Office, Paris Mayor's Office
The below calendar applies to June 2011.
Festivals and Seasonal Events
- LGBT Pride (Paris Gay Pride)
The LGBT Pride Parade (Paris Gay Pride) takes the streets of the city of light by storm on Saturday, June 25th. One of the year's most popular festivals for locals and visitors of all stripes, this year's festival kicks off near the Montparnasse-Bienvenue metro station at 2:00 pm (on the Place du 18 Juin 1940), winding through the city to Bastille on the right bank.
- The 2011 French Open at Roland Garros
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.
When: Through June 5th, the 2011 French Open at Roland Garros takes Paris by storm.
- Fête de la Musique (Free Citywide Music Festival)
Every June 21st, free musical performances of all genres are on across the city, making for one of the year's liveliest and most convivial events.
Arts and Exhibits
- Manet, Inventor of Modernity
The Musee d'Orsay will open a major retrospective on Edouard Manet in April, with a focus on the historical context of the artist's work and his intense public and political life. While Orsay's permanent collection already features an important selection of Manet's best works, this exhibit promises to provide even stronger insight into Manet's myriad influences and artistic experiments, and to highlight his intense dialogue with fellow artists, writers and poets.
When: Through July 3rd, 2011.
Location: Musee d'Orsay
Metro/RER: Solferino (Metro line 12) or RER Musee Orsay
- Stanley Kubrick
The genius (and arguably, madness) of the mind responsible for cinematic classics Dr. Strangelove, 2001: A Space Odyssey and A Clockwork Orange is being celebrated at the Cinematheque Francaise: a vast retrospective and exhibit comprising films (including unfinished works), scripts, letters, photos from sets, costumes and accessories. A dream for cinephiles.
When: Through July 31, 2011
Location: Cinematheque Francaise
51 rue de Bercy, 12th arrondissement
Metro:Bercy
Tel: +33(0)171 19 33 33
- Nature and Ideal: Landscape and Rome, 1600-1650
In collaboration with the Louvre and the Prado Museum in Madrid, the Galeries Nationales du Grand Palais is exploring the history of landscape painting, whose origins stretch back to early 17th-century Rome. Over 80 paintings and some 30 drawings from landscape masters including Annibal Carrache, Adam Elsheimer, Pieter Paul Rubens and Nicolas Poussin show the powerful emergence of landscape as a subject in its own right, rather than a mere background.
When: Through June 6th, 2011.
Where: Grand Palais
3, avenue du Général-Eisenhower 8th arrondissement
Metro: Franklin Roosevelt or Champs-Elysees Clemenceau
Tel: +33 (0)1 44 13 17 17
- From Lutecia to Paris
An important exhibit curated on the site of the archaeological crypt at Notre Dame Cathedral reveals how Paris evolved from its Greco-Roman guise (it was formerly called "Lutecia") to become a medieval capital of a Christianized Europe. Those interested in Paris history should reserve time for an exhibit that promises to be illuminating.
When: Through February 26th, 2012.
Where: Notre Dame Cathedral, Archaeological Crypt
