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Special Events

Salon de l'Agriculture, finest animal specimens from rural France displayed alongside regional produce, late Feb-early Mar 2001, Paris Expo, place de la Porte de Versailles, 15th

La Nuit des Publivores, advertisments - publicités - are fêted or shamed by 6000 people in two night-long events, mid-March, Grand Rex, 1 boulevard

Poissonnière
, 2nd Marathon de Paris, early Apr, starts approx 0900, avenue des Champs-Elysées, finishes avenue Foch

Festival du Film de Paris
, Mar/Apr, Cinéma Gaumont Marignan, 27 avenue des Champs-Elysées

Foire de Paris
, fair for tourism, multimedia and gastronomy, late April-early May, Paris Expo, place de la Porte de Versailles

Fête de la Musique
, 21 Jun, free concerts throughout Paris (and the rest of
France), in the streets and in venues such as Sainte-Chapelle, the Musée d'Orsay and Palais de Justice

Gay Pride March
, late Jun, along République and the Bastille plus club
events

Grandes Fêtes de Nuit de Versailles
, son et lumière display evoking the era of Louis XIV with costumed dancers and music, Jul, Aug and Sep, gardens of Versailles Le Cinéma en Plein Air (free outdoor film festival), mid-Jul-end Aug, Parc de la Villette, 19th

Le Tour de France
, end Jul-early Aug, race finishes on the avenue des
Champs-Elysées

Journées du Patrimoine
, nationwide weekend festival; historic buildings,
including the President's residence and the Palais de l'Elysée, open their
doors to the general public, mid-Sep

Foire Internationale d'Art Moderne et Contemporain (FIAC, the Contemporary Art Fair)
, mid-Sep, Paris Expo, Porte de Versailles, 15th

Festival de l'Automne
, international contemporary drama, dance and music festival, 15 Sep to 31 Dec, Théâtre de la Ville, Odéon and other venues

Mondial de l'Automobile
, biennial international motor show in even-numbered years, early Oct, Paris Expo, Porte de Versailles, 15th

Mois de la Photo
, biennial photography exhibitions in even-numbered years, Oct, various museums and galleries throughout Paris

Fête du Beaujolais Nouveau
, first availability of the season's Beaujolais
Nouveau wine, third Thurs in Nov, wine bars and cafés everywhere

Africolor
(African music festival), Théâtre Gérard Philippe, late Dec, 59
boulevard Jules-Guesde

Réveillon (New Year's Eve)
, crowds by the thousand along the Champs-Elysées



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