2024 promises to be a rich year for sporting events, concerts, exhibitions and trade fairs. Discover the major dates of 2024 in and around Paris.
Major sporting events in 2024The big event of 2024: the Paris Olympic and Paralympic Games
The 2024 Olympic Games are fast approaching! In 2024 make way for the sporting events and festivities of the Paris Olympic Games.
SLS Championship Tour 2024 Paris
The SLS Championship Tour 2024, a professional street skateboarding competition, will be setting up its skatepark on February 24, 2024 for the first time in France at the Adidas Arena!
Martial arts festival in Paris
The 2024 Martial Arts Festival takes place at the Adidas Arena Porte de La Chapelle on April 27, 2024. Meet the biggest stars and champions of martial arts and combat sports.
What about soccer?
On the hexagonal soccer side, the French Cup final will be played on the pitch perhaps in Lille instead of the Stade de France, which this year is dedicated to hosting the Olympic Games until mid-September 2024. Return in May 2025?
> Discover the main sporting events in north-east Paris
Concert events in 2024At the Stade de France
Singer Mylène Farmer toured French stadiums in 2023. She stops at the Stade de Saint-Denis on September 27 and 28, 2024 and October 1.
Concerts at the Adidas Arena
In 2024, the Adidas Arena Porte de La Chapelle will welcome a number of artists: Zola on May 3, 2024, Within Temptation on November 21, 2024 and Hoshi on December 12, 2024.
Concerts at the Philharmonie
The Philharmonie de Paris welcomes internationally renowned artists throughout the year. The new season is usually announced in March 2024.
DJ Snake at the Stade de France in 2025
Internationally renowned French DJ DJ Snake will perform at the Stade de France in May 2025.
> Main concerts and music festivals in Paris
Philharmonie de Paris - Music Museum
Metal! An exhibition at the Philharmonie de Paris looking back at the origins of this musical genre. April 4 to September 29, 2024.
Air and Space Museum
The Musée de l'Air et de l'Espace presents Les Années Folles de l'aviation, an exhibition dedicated to the period between the two world wars: using numerous restored items, the Musée du Bourget invites us on a journey through time and technical innovation.
Environmental exhibitions at the Cité des Sciences et de l'Industrie
The Cité des Sciences et de l'Industrie is dedicating two exhibitions to climate and ecological awareness: Urgence climatique and Précieux déchets.
Sports exhibitions
2024 is an Olympic year, and many venues are taking advantage of the exceptional presence of an international sporting event to offer programming that gives pride of place to sport. Visit Campus Condorcet, for example, for an exhibition on militant figures in popular sport, or the Cité des Sciences for an exhibition on dance. The Mémorial de la Shoah in Drancy, meanwhile, offers an exhibition entitled Paris 1924-2024: Les Jeux Olympiques, miroir des sociétés.
Not-to-be-missed shows in 2024 in ParisShows at La Villette
La Villette hosts a wide range of shows in its park. The 100% multidisciplinary festival condenses the essence of the rich programming of La Villette's park and great hall.
Equestrian show at Zingaro
Every year, the Zingaro equestrian theater in Aubervilliers presents a remarkable show orchestrated by equestrian and stage designer Bartabas. Le Cabaret de l'Exil, created in 2022, returns for a new edition, with a new theme, from late 2023 to March 2024, on the theme of Persian Women.
> All shows in north-east Paris
Cercle Festival at Le Bourget
The Cercle electro festival returns for its second season on the Tarmac of the Musée de l'Air et de l'Espace at Le Bourget.
Banlieues Bleues
The Banlieues Bleues festival is one of the great festivals we look forward to every year. Taking place in numerous venues in the 93 region, it is a benchmark festival for improvised music, held every year in March/April.
Jazz à la Villette
Every year for the past 20 years in its current form, the Jazz à la Villette festival has been offering cutting-edge, eclectic concerts to (re)discover jazz artists. In 2024, the festival will take place in late August/early September.
The northeast of Paris continues to be richly endowed with conventions, trade shows and fairs, thanks in particular to the Villepinte and Le Bourget exhibition centers, the Docks de Paris (chateauform), the Paris Event Center and the Grande Halle de La Villette.
From the Japan expo public show to Automédon (youngtimer, old cars) and the Maison et Objets trade show, the choice is more than eclectic!
SIMA - farmers' show
SIMA - SIMAGENA is the place to be for agricultural professionals in November 2024. Sima is dedicated exclusively to professionals at the Parc expo de Villepinte (every two years).
The Salon de l'agriculture 2024 at Paris Porte de Versailles is open to the general public at the beginning of the year (February 24 to March 3, 2024).
Paris Air Show 2025 (SIAE)
The Salon de l'aéronautique - SIAE will be held in June 2025 at Le Bourget exhibition center, where numerous stands and shows await you.
> Public fairs and trade show schedule
