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Fête de la Musique

For one solstice night, music leaves Paris’s formal rooms and turns neighbourhood streets, courtyards and institutions into the programme.

Paris, France · 21 Jun 2027

WHY IT MATTERS

For one solstice night, music leaves Paris’s formal rooms and turns neighbourhood streets, courtyards and institutions into the programme.

THE NIGHT

What you’re here for

  • The street, genuinely
  • Concrete-lineage warehouse nights
  • Rex Club
BASE CAMP

Where to stay

  • Le Marais
  • Pigalle for the night side
BETWEEN IT ALL

What to eat

  • Anything with an outside table
  • Clamato
  • a late kebab like everyone else
BEFORE YOU BOOK

Know before you go

  • Book the room and choose a neighbourhood; the 2027 official programme will publish later and the best discovery still happens between anchors
  • Free public performances define the Fête, but a paid branded party beside it is not automatically official or free
  • Choose two anchors at most; metro changes and packed streets make cross-city completionism the enemy
QUICK ANSWERS

The practical bits

when is fete de la musique

Typically 21 Jun 2027. Next edition: 21 June 2027. Dates are set.

paris free music night june

For one solstice night, music leaves Paris’s formal rooms and turns neighbourhood streets, courtyards and institutions into the programme.. Typically 21 Jun 2027.