What to do in Paris in November? Despite the cold and gloom that are slowly settling in, staying in bed is out of the question. Just the thing: the Paris Secret editorial team has put together a host of activities and cultural outings for the more hyperactive among you. Exhibitions, immersive experiences, the Festival of Lights… Follow our schedule, you won’t be bored!
Stroll through a post-apocalyptic Paris
Two photographers have used AI to produce spectacular images of a Paris completely emptied of its inhabitants. Tourist sites gradually fall into disrepair and lose their original splendor, nature reclaims its rights and silence reigns everywhere! Discover these striking photos in the free photo exhibition, Paris en ruines.
📍 Address: Polka Galerie
12, rue Saint-Gilles, 75003 Paris
📆 Date: November 8, 2024 – January 18, 2025
🎟️ Admission: free
Admire street art in a late 19th-century building
This month’s original encounter! The former Louvre post office, transformed into a multi-purpose space, is hosting an exhibition devoted to street art. Works by 18 artists (Ensemble Réel, Jérôme Mesnager, Kaldea…) will be on view free of charge for almost ten days!
📍 Address: Poste du Louvre
52 rue du Louvre, 75001 Paris
📆 Date: from 16 to 24/11/2024
🎟️ Admission: free
Relive the adventures of FRIENDS™
“OH. MY. GOD!” as Janice would say! At Galeries Montparnasse, the friendliest bunch of friends on the small screen invite you to spend a memorable moment in the settings of the FRIENDS™ series. The mythical orange sofa, Rachel and Monica’s apartment, the unmissable Central Perk Café… It’s so realistic you’ll think you’re hearing Phoebe sing “You stink of cat!”.
📍Location: Galeries Montparnasse, 22 rue du départ
📆 Date: multiple dates
Back to the 80s, 90s and 2000s
A trip back in time with a pop culture accent? Head to the Iconic Festival, which has prepared an event with the air of immersion in the past! Karaoke and blind tests to test your musical culture, zappping cube to relive great TV moments, exhibition of cult objects and roller party… the best of the 80’s, 90’s and 00’s!
📍 Address: Carreau du Temple
4 Rue Eugène Spuller, 75003 Paris
📆 Date: from 10/11 to 01/12/2024
🎟️ Admission: €25
Explore the independent women’s music scene
LFSM (for Les Femmes S’en Mêlent), if you haven’t heard of it, is the music festival committed to women! Set up in 1997, each year it programs independent female artists from a wide variety of musical scenes, each with their own unique projects. Tempted by this musical adventure? A dozen concerts will be held from mid-November onwards in Paris and the Île-de-France region.
📍 Address: several concert halls in Paris/IDF
📆 Date: November 14 to December 1, 2024
🎟️ Admission: paying (price varies according to concert)
Relive 70 years of videogame adventure
It’s an exhibition that’s sure to speak to video game fans, new or old generation! The City of Versailles is currently hosting a 100% video game event(until next spring). Game Story invites visitors to relive the fabulous history of video games from their beginnings in the late 50s!
📍 Address: Ancienne Poste
3, avenue de Paris, 78000 Versailles
📆 Date: October 19 to April 13, 2025
🎟️ Admission: €7 – free for under-26s
Admire Dior creations
Galerie Dior dedicates its current exhibition to Peter Lindbergh. For some thirty years, the German fashion photographer captured outfits from the House of Dior with his distinctive eye. The fruits of this labor are on display alongside Dior outfits until May.
📍 Address: La Galerie Dior
11, rue François Ier, 75008 Paris
📆 Date: until May 4, 2025
🎟️ Admission: €14
Plunge your children into the darkness of a movie theater
The ultimate address for young audiences is the Forum des Images! As part of its latest Ciné Kids series, the venue invites spies, detectives and investigators of all kinds for a special cycle! Mystère et boule de gomme (Mystery and Gumdrops ) is a program of intriguing films, riddles to solve and stories with twists and turns that will enthrall children aged 3 and over!
📍 Address: Forum des Images
2 rue du Cinéma, 75001 Paris
📆 Date: until December 22, 2024
🎟️ Admission: €5.80 for children / €7.20 for adults
Attend a torrid aerial dance show
Temperatures are dropping, but there seems to be a tropical micro-climate around the Théâtre du Gymnase, where the hottest show of the season is taking place. What’s it called? The AirOtic evening. With its breathtaking aerial dance numbers, gorgeous performers and super-sexy aesthetics, you’ve got something to warm you up.
📍Address: Théâtre du Gymnase, 38 Boulevard Bonne Nouvelle, 75010
📆 Date: multiple dates
Discover Pollock’s early works
This is the artist who brought dripping to the forefront of contemporary art! Jackson Pollock is at the heart of an exhibition that retraces his early creative years! Come to the Musée Picasso to admire his earliest works, somewhere between cubism and primitive art!
📍Address: Musée Picasso
5 rue de Thorigny, 75003 Paris
📆 Date: until 19/01/2025
🎟️ Admission: €16
Let yourself be fooled by the Paradox Museum’s illusions
In this unusual museum, you’ll have to pinch yourself to make sure you’re not dreaming. Here, nothing makes sense, and all your senses are challenged. As you push open the doors of this illusory paradise, even your most ingrained certainties will be challenged. During this visit for all ages, young and old alike can take part in a number of challenges, such as the upside-down room, the camouflage décor that makes visitors disappear, the paradox sofa that dislocates those who sit on it, the paradox tunnel that makes your head spin, the kaleidoscope that gives your reality another dimension… This museum of all paradoxes promises to make you lose your head!
📍Address: Paradox Museum, 38 Boulevard des Italiens, Paris, 75009
📆 Date : multiple dates
Follow the adventures of Madagascar’s characters in music
On the stage of the Théâtre du Gymnase Marie-Bell, the favorite heroes of the Madagascar saga (Alex, Marty, Melman and Gloria) await you to relive their adventures in a breathtaking musical comedy. The script: they’ve spent their whole lives happily captive in front of an admiring public, with regular meals provided for them. Dissatisfied with his life alone, Marty lets his curiosity get the better of him and escapes – with the help of some phenomenal penguins – to explore the world! Full of twists and turns, this theatrical epic promises to enchant the whole family for an evening of anthology.
📍Address: Le Théâtre du Gymnase Marie-Bell, 38 Boulevard de Bonne Nouvelle, Paris, 75010
📆 Date: multiple dates
Relive the best of Afro-American music
Pay tribute to Afro-American music past and present with Black Legends! This autumn, the Théâtre Bobino will resonate with the classics that make up the genre! Part concert, part show, this creation celebrates and revisits the repertoire of cult artists such as Ray Charles, Billie Holiday and Beyoncé!
📍 Address: Théâtre Bobino
14-20, rue de la Gaîté, 75014 Paris
📆 Date: from 14/11/2024 to 05/03/2025
🎟️ Admission: from €29
Let yourself be dazzled by Candlelight’s candlelit concerts in November!
You’re already familiar with Candlelight‘s innovative concept of candlelit concerts that dust off the classical repertoire and bring it up to date, like Vivaldi’s timeless 4 Seasons. The greatest classical composers are brought to light, but not only! The most beautiful soundtracks by Ludovico Einaudi, Hans Zimmer, Joe Hisaishi… And – new – from the hit series Bridgerton! But also real stars like Coldplay, Adèle or Beyonce, are reinterpreted, always lit by thousands of candles and in the most iconic locations in Paris. In short, there’ s bound to be a Candlelight concert for you!
📍Location: multiple venues
📅 Date : multiple dates
Chinez au Salon de Vintage
This November, Salon du Vintage moves to a brand new venue! Bye bye the Carreau du Temple, hello the former Musée Pierre Cardin, transformed into a large exhibition space! Over the weekend, some sixty exhibitors specializing in vintage fashion (luxury, from the 60s to the 00s, jewelry…) will be on hand with their incredible collection of marvels from the past!
📍 Address: Ancien musée Pierre Cardin
5, rue Saint-Merri, 75004 Paris
📆 Date: from 23 to 24/11/202
🎟️ Admission: €10
Stroll the Lumières en Seine light trail!
Avis aux esthètes et aux amateurs de festivals de lumière. A brilliant experience promises to brighten up your long autumn (and winter) evenings. The Domaine National de Saint-Cloud will be transformed by a nocturnal stroll of light and music on November 15, 2024. Following the resounding success of previous editions (over 250,000 visitors), Lumières en Seine intends to fill visitors with wonder and plunge them into the magic of the festive season with an all-new illuminated route. Sophisticated scenography, light shows, sound effects, lasers, projections and pyrotechnics… You’re in for a real treat!
📍Location: 1 Av. de la Grille d’Honneur, 92210 Saint-Cloud
📅 Date: from November 15, 2024
Put your feet under the table in the capital’s best bistros
The bistro is a veritable art of living, an institution celebrated each year by an award, the Trophées Pudlo des Bistrots. In its most recent edition, the competition rewarded several establishments: “bistro of the year” for La Grille Montorgeuil, “conviviality” award for Sancerre Rive Gauche… In all, seven fine restaurants were honored!
Take part in a remote-controlled car race in the world of Gotham City
Have you always dreamed of driving the Batmobile? Batman Escape makes your dream come true with Gotham City Race. Discover a thrilling car race where you can get behind the wheel of one of Gotham City ‘s iconic characters: Batman, The Penguin, The Joker, Harley Quinn, Robin, Batgirl and many more. Sound effects, vibrations, design, lights… Everything, right down to the live commentator, has been thought out to allow you to embody the heroes or villains of the Batman universe.
📍 Address: Batman escape, Boom Boom Villette
30 Avenue Corentin Cariou, Paris, 75019
📆 Date: Until December 31
Take part in the craziest evening of the season
Uniting the love of cheese and electro music, Mad Jacques and Jacques Fromage have done it! The Mad Jacques Fromage, Raclette Edition is a 12-hour party with DJ sets, cheese bars, regional stands and festive entertainment!
📍 Address: Hippodrome d’Enghien
Place André Foulon, 95230 Soisy-sous-Montmorency
📆 Date: Saturday 30/11/2024
🎟️ Admission: €35
Stroll through the most beautiful Christmas markets in Paris
In November, the Christmas markets are already opening! This is your chance to buy unique gifts, and why not treat yourself to local delicacies from local producers!
In November, enjoy a pumpkin spice latte!
It’s THE comfort drink of autumn! Pumpkin spice latte can be enjoyed hot or cold, but above all, it’s best prepared well! And that’s just as well, because in Paris, there are some unmissable places to enjoy it!
Experience a blind dinner!
Turn off the lights, turn on your taste buds. Dining in the Dark is an unusual culinary experience where sight is replaced by taste. It’s a well-known fact: 80% of people eat mainly with their eyes. Once you’ve put that option aside, you’re in for a whirlwind of sensations as you take in the flavours of each bite. To prove it, Restaurant l’Envol – Philarmonie has concocted an ephemeral bistronomic menu for you to discover blindfolded on November 16. Ready to take a bite out of the unknown?
📍Location: L’Envol – Philharmonie, Parking Nord Q Park, 221 Avenue Jean Jaurès Inside the Philharmonie, 6th floor, 75019
📅 Date: November 16, 2024
Halve the bill at the restaurant
A dream? No, it’s a reality… but only until the end of November! TheFork festival is back with 50% off special offers at several Parisian (and French, for that matter) restaurants! To take advantage, book a table at one of the participating restaurants, and when it’s time to pay, tadaa, enjoy your lighter bill!
📍 TheFork Festival
in several participating restaurants (Paris/IDF + France)
📆 Date: until 24/11/2024
Treat yourself to a good laugh!
There’s no question of laughing into your beard, at Barbès we laugh out loud! Clever wordplay, sarcasm, satire, parody, absurdity, black humor, imitations… At La Scène Barbès, anything goes, and it’s so much fun you’ll be at a loss for words. La Nouvelle Vague invites you to discover 6 rising stars of the comedy world. Like a talent incubator, La Scène Barbès, a guarantee of quality, unearths nuggets and takes them under its wing. Comedy Night, meanwhile, features 5 of Paris’s top comedians. Last but not least, the Scène Ouverte gives comedians the chance to test out their sketches on stage.
On November 1, La Scène Barbès offers a special gala date to celebrate 2 years at La Nouvelle Ève!
📍Location: La Scène Barbès, 11 rue d’Oran
📅 Date: multiple dates
Have a cosy tea time!
When it’s cold, it’s well known that our whole body craves comfort! For November, we’re inviting you to try out one of Paris’s tea rooms… Our current favorite? Kodama! Kodama prepares Taiwanese-style tea like no other.
📍 Location: 30 rue Tiquetonne, 75002 Paris
Go to the theater this November!
There’s nothing like an evening at the theater to keep you on your toes! And in Paris, there’s no shortage of plays to choose from: vaudeville, comedy, drama, thrillers… the choice is yours!
📍Location: multiple venues
Meet in a hidden bar!
“How about a drink tonight? There’s no shortage of bars in Paris. But it’s true that speakeasies (or hidden bars) have something extra! The decor is often immersive and elaborate, and the atmosphere is very hushed. Perfect for a date!
📍Location: multiple venues
Discover a free exhibition!
Photos, paintings, sculptures, fashion… Who says free exhibitions are boring? Every month, a variety of free exhibitions are organized in Paris. And there’s something for everyone.
📍Location: multiple venues
Also read: What to do in autumn in Paris?