
Table Of Contents
- Spend a crazy evening at the Louvre with Zao
- Celebrate Chinese New Year from January 29
- Discover the sets of The Friends Experience before it closes
- Celebrate 150 years of the Palais Garnier
- Immerse yourself in Viking history with an immersive experience
- Contemplate the urban fauna of the Paris region
- Lots of fun with Madagascar characters
- Celebrate Epiphany with a gourmet galette des rois
- Enjoy an evening of drag with drag queens
- Clubbez in Paname’s biggest electro space
- Take the kids to the movies
- Vibrate at the Hyper Weekend Festival with your buddies
- Paint yourself a picture at a reduced price
- Open your eyes wide at the unusual nocturne at the Musée Grévin
- Taste the non-alcoholic drinks
- See the Louvre’s first fashion exhibition
- Keep on gliding at Paris’ best skating rinks
- Visit the tattoo planet at La Villette
- Learn with the Science Expériences multi-science trail
What to do in Paris in January The end-of-year festivities are well and truly behind us, but that doesn’t mean we have to let ourselves get caught up in the post-holiday blues. The editors of Paris Secret have rolled up their sleeves to put together a list of outstanding cultural activities and outings! Exhibitions, evening events, film festivals, shows… Follow our schedule, you won’t be bored this new year!
Spend a crazy evening at the Louvre with Zao
In mid-January, the Musée du Louvre will be celebrating the end of its exhibition Figures du Fou. From the Middle Ages to the Romantics. To mark the occasion, the venue is organizing a unique nocturne featuring cabaret, dance performances, mini-tours of the exhibition and a concert by Zaho de Sagazan under the Pyramid!
📍 Location: 75001 Paris
📆 Date: Friday, January 17, 2025 (6:30pm to 8pm)
🎟️ Price: By prior arrangement / Free on presentation of a museum admission ticket
Celebrate Chinese New Year from January 29
Starting on January 29 with the Belleville parade, you can look forward to almost a month of Chinese Lunar New Year festivities. A not-to-be-missed festive event in Paris for many years, Chinese New Year is first and foremost an ancestral tradition, dating back over 4,000 years. Each year, an animal is honored in parades and parades. This year, the mascot is the dragon. But what can you do in Paris to celebrate Chinese New Year in style? The traditional Lion Dance at the Musée Guimet, entertainment in museums, Asian food stalls all over the city… Treat yourself to a one-way ticket to the Middle Kingdom without leaving the City of Light!
📍Location: multiple venues
📆 Date: multiple dates
Discover the sets of The Friends Experience before it closes
“I’ll be there for youuuuu!” We all remember the FRIENDS™ credits, the fountain, the famous orange sofa, the Central Perk Café… If you’re caught up in a wave of nostalgia, you should know that it’s possible to recreate these memories in the series’ mythical settings during a deliriously immersive experience at Galeries Montparnasse. 🎁 Bonus: from January 6 to 16, get 50% off tickets for the experience before it closes with the code TFE50END!
📍 Location: Les Galeries Montparnasse – 22 rue du départ (Paris 15)
📆 Date : multiple dates
🎟️ Price: from €14.25
Celebrate 150 years of the Palais Garnier
On January 5, the Opéra Garnier celebrates 150 years of history, dreams, spectacle and singing through. For the whole month (and all of 2025), come and blow out the 150 candles of this mythical cultural edifice. You’ll be able to visit the Palais on a new tour retracing its history, take part in conferences and enjoy a variety of shows every month… in short, 2025 promises to be a rich year!
📍 Location: Opéra Garnier
📆 Date: from January
Immerse yourself in Viking history with an immersive experience
Vikings have taken the Westfield Carré Sénart shopping center by storm. At Cité Immersive Viking, halfway between theme park and traditional museum, an immersive experience catapults visitors back to the era of the Viking invasions. Digital video mapping projections, 360-degree spatialized sound, smoke machines, smells, monumental decors… The immersion is complete and the experience 100% fun!
📍 Location: level 0, next to the BERSHKA store and next to exit/entrance 1B, Westfield BLAST – Carré Sénart 3 All. du Préambule, 77127 Lieusaint, France
📆 Date: multiple dates
Contemplate the urban fauna of the Paris region
Foxes, owls or herons… They’re there, by our side, but we don’t often see them! A free photo exhibition puts the spotlight on the wild animals that live in and around Paris! Take a journey of exploration through the impressive images of wildlife photographer Nicolas Davy.
📍 Location: Cour Saint-Émilion, 75012 Paris
📆 Date: January 16 to June 1, 2025
🎟️ Price: free admission
Lots of fun with Madagascar characters
If “We like to move it, move it” with the heroes of the Madagascar saga, back on stage at the Théâtre du Gymnase, more motivated than ever to bring you their adventures in a delirious musical comedy . After a lifetime of happy captivity in front of an admiring audience and regular meals, they decide to escape – with the help of mischievous penguins – to explore the world! Join them on an adventure full of twists and turns!
📍Location: Le Théâtre du Gymnase Marie-Bell, 38 Boulevard de Bonne Nouvelle, Paris, 75010
📆 Date : multiple dates
Celebrate Epiphany with a gourmet galette des rois
Whether you decide to make your own thanks to Cyril Lignac’s recipe, or prefer to try one from one of the local patisseries on our list of the best galettes des rois, this year is no exception to the rule: we’re celebrating Epiphany with a well-buttered galette des rois! In fact, La Fabrique aux gourmandises took the prize for the best 2025 almond galette des rois in Greater Paris. But Nina Métayer’s Délicatisserie (photo above) was not to be outdone… The choice is yours!
Enjoy an evening of drag with drag queens
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When it comes to partying in January, turn to drag duo Rose & Punani! On January 16, they will present their show, La Joujou, halfway between a show (with guests) and a dance party! Good vibes, glitter, magic, humor, music and inclusivity are on the menu for this joyous evening!
📍 Location: access via 59 Bd Macdonald, 75019 Paris
📆 Date: Thursday, January 16, 2025
🎟️ Price: from €26.25
Clubbez in Paname’s biggest electro space
Paris is about to go head-to-head with Europe’s big electro clubs (hello Berghain!)! The MIA MAO, a vast 3,000 m² space, will open its doors in mid-January at La Villette! The club, housed in an industrial building, is set to host some of the world’s most cutting-edge programming, and the party kicks off on January 17 with DJ Laurent Garnier!
📍 Location: Entrance via the Canal de l’Ourcq
12/A Rue Ella Fitzgerald, 75019 Paris
📆 Date: opening January 17, 2025
🎟️ Admission: paying
Take the kids to the movies
The biggest film festival for young audiences(children and teenagers), no less, arrives at the end of January! Ciné Junior is extending its program to some forty towns in the Paris region, and there’s something for every taste and age (from 2 years upwards!). Animated films, new releases, cult movies… Fill up on 7th art and popcorn!
📍 Location: at several sites in the Paris region
📆 Date: January 29 to February 11, 2025
🎟️ Price: paying
Vibrate at the Hyper Weekend Festival with your buddies
In January, get your feet tapping at the Hyper Weekend Festival, organized by Maison de la Radio et de la Musique. Among the artists you’ll meet and hear: Chilly Gonzales, Jorja Smith, Voyou and Pierre Lapointe. A super vintage!
📍 Location: 16, Avenue du Président Kennedy, 75016 Paris
📅 Date: January 24-26, 2025
🎟️ Price: paying
Paint yourself a picture at a reduced price
Low-cost cinema? We say yes to this great January offer, and thank you Télérama! Every year, Télérama organizes its film festival, offering the public the chance to see a selection of productions released in 2024 for €4! To take advantage, pick up a pass in the magazine or on the Télérama website and go to one of the 452 participating cinemas in France!
📍 Location: several participating theaters in IDF
📆 Date: January 22-28, 2025
🎟️ Price: €4 (in exchange for a pass)
Open your eyes wide at the unusual nocturne at the Musée Grévin
Every first Saturday of the month, the Musée Grévin organizes its unusual monthly nocturne during La Nuit au Musée. On the program: a dreamlike evening between fiction and reality. Laughter, song, magic, dance… Your evening will be punctuated by a wealth of entertainment, enhanced by lighting effects and embodied by professional actors amidst the iconic wax statues of the Musée Grévin. See you on Saturday, January 4, 2025 for the next one!
📍 Location: 10 Boulevard Montmartre, 75009 Paris
📅 Date: January 4
🎟️ Price: paying
Taste the non-alcoholic drinks
The month of January, aka Dry January, is the perfect opportunity to cut back on alcohol consumption and try your hand at 0% alcohol drinks! Intrigued by alcohol-free wine, keen to try a really good mocktail or discover “gin” made in France? We’ve got you covered with bars, cellars and boutiques for this Dry January 2025!
See the Louvre’s first fashion exhibition
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In January, for the first time in its history, the Musée du Louvre is staging its very first fashion exhibition, Louvre Couture! Running from January 24 to July 21, it’s sure to be one hell of a show!
📍 Location: Musée du Louvre, 75001 Paris
📅 Date: January 24 to July 21, 2025
🎟️ Price: €22
Keep on gliding at Paris’ best skating rinks
Like Patins en Folie, open until January 31 in the Parc André Citroën! With 450 m² of real ice, it’s the biggest outdoor ice rink in Paris! So don your down jackets, put on your skates, and treat yourself to a moment of sliding and pure fun in a 100% winter atmosphere, with its gourmet chalets and typical hot chocolate and waffle specialities. Just the thing to prolong the warmth of the festive season!
📍 Location: Parc André Citroën, 2 Rue Cauchy, Paris, 75015
📅 Date: until March 2, 2025
🎟️ Price: from €11 full price
Visit the tattoo planet at La Villette
At the very end of January, the Grande Halle de la Villette will take on the air of an XXL tattoo show. Almost 400 tattoo artists from all over the world are expected to attend the new edition of the Mondial du Tatouage! Tattoo stands, exhibitions, rock concerts… it’s the place to be for tattoo culture buffs!
📍 Location: 211 Avenue Jean Jaurès, 75019 Paris
📆 Date: January 31 to February 2, 2025
🎟️ Price: from €25
Learn with the Science Expériences multi-science trail
At Bercy Village, embark on a true journey to the heart of science. Through 7 themed rooms, Science Expériences invites you to explore all the possible and unimaginable sciences. Travel to the farthest reaches of the universe in virtual reality in a new kind of planetarium, venture on a multisensory dive into the abyss, take part in a volcanic video-mapping experiment, discover the secrets of the human body or quantum physics… The perfect activity for the whole family!
📍 Location: Science Expériences – Bercy Village 75012 Paris 12
📅 Date: multiple dates
🎟️ Price: €22 full price / €14 child price