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<\/a>Saint Gervais in the 4th arrondissement with a double rainbow, taken from inside Hotel de Ville<\/p><\/div>\n
The following is a list of annual holidays and trade shows in Paris. If you have visited the city before or are staying for a week or longer, what a great way to mingle with the locals. For concerts or additional information about these events, be sure to buy l’Officiel des spectacles or visit l’Officiel on line<\/a> for up-to-date information on holiday events. For information on Paris trade shows visit the Web site links below or visit the Paris Tourist Office Web site.<\/p>\n Paris Travel Around French School Holidays<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n New Year\u2019s Day<\/strong>: January 1 Paris festivals<\/strong> (foire = fair) Annual Trade Shows and Fairs<\/strong><\/p>\n Salon Agriculture<\/a> (International Trade Show for Agriculture)<\/strong> Porte de Versailles second and third week in February Sources: Paris Tourist Office<\/a>, French Ministry of Education<\/a>, Wikipedia<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The following is a list of annual holidays and trade shows in Paris. If you have visited the city before or are staying for a week or longer, what…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1750,"parent":0,"menu_order":1,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1678","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging-wptechsupport.com\/colleensparis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1678","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging-wptechsupport.com\/colleensparis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging-wptechsupport.com\/colleensparis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-wptechsupport.com\/colleensparis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-wptechsupport.com\/colleensparis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1678"}],"version-history":[{"count":56,"href":"https:\/\/staging-wptechsupport.com\/colleensparis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1678\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21135,"href":"https:\/\/staging-wptechsupport.com\/colleensparis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1678\/revisions\/21135"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-wptechsupport.com\/colleensparis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1750"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging-wptechsupport.com\/colleensparis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1678"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nF\u00eate des Rois (Epiphany)<\/strong>: first Sunday after New Year (“galettes des rois<\/a>” round, flat pastry filled with almond paste and a small porcelain figurine hidden inside)
\nEaster<\/strong>: three weeks ending Easter Monday
\nF\u00eate du Travail (Labor Day)<\/strong>: May 1
\nVictory 1945 (V-E Day)<\/strong>: May 8
\nAscension<\/strong>: 39 days after Easter (June 2, 2011 and May 17, 2012)
\nWhit Monday (Pentecost)<\/strong>: 50 days after Easter (June 13, 2011 and May 28, 2012)
\nBastille Day<\/strong>: July 14
\nAssumption Day<\/strong>: August 15
\nJourn\u00e9es de Patrimoine (Heritage Days)<\/strong>: third weekend in September
\nLa Toussaint (All Saints\u2019 Day)<\/strong>: November 1
\nBeaujolais Nouveau<\/strong>: third Thursday in November
\nArmistice 1918<\/strong>: November 11
\nChristmas Day:<\/strong> December 25<\/p>\n
\nNouvel An chinois( Chinese New Year)<\/strong>: end of January beginning of February
\nMarathon de Paris Paris Marathon<\/strong>: beginning of April
\nFoire du Tr\u00f4ne<\/strong> (once known as the Foire aux pains d’\u00e9pices<\/a> – gingerbread – between 957 and 1965): end of March, beginning of May
\nLa F\u00eate des m\u00e8res (Mother’s day)<\/strong>: last Sunday in May
\nGay Pride<\/strong>: last weekend in June
\nCanal en f\u00eate (Canal Saint-Martin festival)<\/strong>: last weekend in June
\nF\u00eate de la Musique (Musical festival)<\/strong>: June 21
\nFoire Saint-Germain<\/strong>: beginning of June to beginning of July
\nLa Goutte d’Or en f\u00eate<\/strong>: beginning of July
\nLavagem do Sacr\u00e9 Coeur<\/strong>: beginning of July
\nF\u00eate de Ganesh (Ganesh festival)<\/strong> : beginning of September
\nF\u00eate de l’Humanit\u00e9 (Festival of the humanities)<\/strong>: second weekend in September
\nTechno Parade<\/strong>: mid-September
\nF\u00eate des Vendanges (Wine harvest festival) Montmartre<\/strong>: first or second weekend in October
\nNuit Blanche (White nights)<\/strong>: beginning of October<\/p>\n\n
\nFoire de Paris<\/a> (Paris Home Show)<\/strong> Porte de Versailles last Thursday in April to second Sunday in May
\nMondial de l’automobile (International car show)<\/strong> Porte de Versailles –\u00a0 in October
\nSalon du Chocolat<\/a> (Chocolate trade show)<\/strong> Porte de Versailles –\u00a0 in October
\nSalon International de l\u2019A\u00e9ronautique et de l\u2019Espace<\/a> (International Air and Space Show)<\/strong> Le Bourget held every two years – June 20, 2011 to June 26, 2011
\nPari Fermier de Printemps<\/a> (Spring regional farmer’s market)<\/strong> Parc Floral Vincennes(free invitations on their Web site) first weekend in April
\nSalon saveurs des plaisirs gourmands (Gourmet pleasures trade show) <\/strong> – Espace Champerret – third weekend in May<\/p>\n<\/a><\/a><\/a><\/div>\n