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- Treat yourself to the Salon du Chocolat from October 29 to November 3!
- Attend the immersive Asterix exhibition at the Atelier des Lumières!
- Relive the adventures of FRIENDS™!
- Contemplate the works of the dripping master
- Feast your eyes on a giant pumpkin!
- Visit the ephemeral pop-up store dedicated to the Ghibli universe
- Awaken your inner witch on October 26!
- Fill up on restaurants without emptying your bank account
- Shop 100% One Piece
- Immerse yourself in the work of Caillebotte and his men at Orsay!
- Thrill to Japanese cinema
- Take the kids to the movies
- Take the kids to a metal concert
- Celebrate Halloween with your friends
- Get your fright on with giant monsters on the big screen!
- Step back in time with the immersive Toutankhâmon exhibition at Galeries Montparnasse!
- Treat yourself to a Candlelight concert!
- Take to the skies with the Airotic evening!
- Shiver with a horror escape game!
- Enjoy a delicious waffle at Maison Meert!
- Immerse yourself in a broth of culture!
- Let yourself be hypnotized by the magic of kinetic art!
- Sip hot chocolate at Angelina’s!
- Admire the Grandes Eaux Musicales at the Château de Versailles!
What to do in Paris in October? Autumn is slowly setting in, but 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. Salon du Chocolat, candlelit concert, immersive horror experience… Follow our schedule if you want to break the autumn routine.
Treat yourself to the Salon du Chocolat from October 29 to November 3!
The must-attend event for epicureans and brown gold seekers in Paris and beyond. The Salon du Chocolat – Paris will take place from October 29 to November 3, 2024 at the heart of Paris Expo – Porte de Versailles. On the menu: a parade of chocolate dresses (enough to make Bella Hadid melt with envy), monumental chocolate sculptures, exhibitions, discovery workshops… Not to mention tastings orchestrated by the greatest names in the world of chocolate and patisserie. We’re already salivating !
📍Location: Paris Expo, Porte de Versailles, 1 Pl. de la Prte de Versailles, 75015 Paris
📅Dates: October 29 to November 3, 2024
Attend the immersive Asterix exhibition at the Atelier des Lumières!
The irreducible Gaul and all his friends are invited to the Atelier des Lumières in October for an immersive exhibition. Discover not only the Gaulish village, but also all the key characters from this comic strip so dear to the hearts of the French.
📍 Address: Atelier des Lumières
38 rue Saint-Maur, 75011 Paris
📆 Date: 18/10 to 5/01/2025
🎟️ Admission: €17
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 sets 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 (Paris 15), 75014
📅 Date: from October 9
Contemplate the works of the dripping master
The artist Jackson Pollock, who made the dripping technique his trademark, is on show at the Musée Picasso until mid-January! How about discovering Pollock before he became Pollock? Or explore his less popular works? This event puts the spotlight on the painter’s early work, which lies somewhere between primitive art and cubism, and offers you a new perspective on his career!
📍Address: Musée Picasso
5 rue de Thorigny, 75003 Paris
📆 Date: until 19/01/2025
🎟️ Admission: €16
Feast your eyes on a giant pumpkin!
In autumn, pumpkins are everywhere! On your plates, in your Halloween decor… and even in public spaces! To coincide with the Art Basel contemporary art fair, the artist Yayoi Kusama, who has made the cucurbit her emblem, will place a pumpkin of gigantic proportions, covered in peas, at the foot of the Grand Palais!
📍 Address: Avenue Winston Churchill, 75008 Paris
📆 Date: from 15 to 20/10/2024
🎟️ Admission: free
Visit the ephemeral pop-up store dedicated to the Ghibli universe
Fans of the Ghibli universe will be delighted to discover a unique pop-up store in the Marais, open from October 19 to December 31. This temporary store will feature exclusive items direct from Japan, including music boxes, collectible figurines and much more. This pop-up store is sure to delight young and old alike!
📍 Location: Marais, Paris
🗓️ Dates: October 19 to December 31
Awaken your inner witch on October 26!
Put away your broomstick – at the Witch Festival we’ll be dusting off the image of the witch! Magic, feminism and nature are just some of the themes that will be at the heart of this hybrid, immersive event, which brings together a market of creators and a program of animations/workshops/lectures!
📍Location: Ground Control Paris, 81 Rue du Charolais, 75012 Paris
📅Date: October 26, 2024
Fill up on restaurants without emptying your bank account
Good news for foodies and pierced baskets, TheFork festival is back! Until the end of November, the platform allows you to take advantage of huge discounts on restaurant bills! Book your table, enjoy, and when it’s time to settle the bill, surprise, surprise, a 50% discount will apply!
📍 TheFork Festival
in several participating restaurants (Paris/IDF + France)
📆 Date: until 24/11/2024
Shop 100% One Piece
Until early November, the universe of the One Piece manga is coming to Paris! Discover a 500m² pop-up created to celebrate the saga’s 25th anniversary! Luffy fans will flock there to see and buy no fewer than 400 items (figures, plush toys, t-shirts…). There’s also a One Piece Café, a photo booth, a mini exhibition…
📍 Address: 101, rue Réaumur, 75002 Paris
📆 Date: from 19/10 to 03/11/2024
🎟️ Admission: free on reservation
Immerse yourself in the work of Caillebotte and his men at Orsay!
This autumn, the Musée d’Orsay is devoting an exhibition to Gustave Caillebotte, a key figure in the Impressionist movement. Until January 2025, visitors will be able to explore his work and the figure of masculine representation that fueled so much of his work!
📍 Address: Musée d’Orsay
Esplanade Valéry Giscard d’Estaing, 75007 Paris
📆 Date: from 08/10/2024 to 19/01/2025
🎟️ Admission: €16
Thrill to Japanese cinema
You’ve got one day – we’ll let you guess which one – to fill up on J-Horror! Horror films made in Japan are coming to the Musée Guimet to give you a few scares! Four films will be shown (including the famous Ring) until midnight! For the brave!
📍 Address: Musée Guimet
6 place d’Iéna, 75016 Paris
📆 Date: 31/10/2024
🎟️ Admission: €6
Take the kids to the movies
Mon Premier Festival is the 7th art event designed for young audiences! Screenings of cult films, shorts and features, sessions for toddlers, documentaries, previews – there’s something for all ages! Visit a dozen Paris cinemas to enjoy these screenings and a special program of activities (workshops, ciné-goûter, karaoke…).
📍 Address: in several Paris cinemas
📆 Date: from 23 to 29/10/202
🎟️ Admission: paying
Take the kids to a metal concert
The star singer of playgrounds invites his young audience to discover his evil double Helldebert! Author of the album Enfantillages 666, he will take to the stage at the Philharmonie de Paris for a concert where guitar riffs meet amusing lyrics about everyday family life!
📍 Address: Philharmonie de Paris
221 avenue Jean-Jaurès, 75019 Paris
📆 Date: 31/10 to 02/11/2024
🎟️ Admission: €20 to €35
Celebrate Halloween with your friends
October means Halloween! On October 31, get out your best (and scariest) costumes and party the night away with the Midnight Demons!
📍Location: Paris
📅 Dates: evening of October 31
Get your fright on with giant monsters on the big screen!
Godzilla, Rodan and their monster friends don’t scare you? Push open the door of the Maison de la Culture du Japon, which is devoting a brand-new cycle to “kaijū eiga“, the Japanese monster movie! Seventy years of productions will be shown on the big screen!
📍Venue: Maison de la Culture du Japon, 101 bis Quai Jacques Chirac, 75015 Paris
📅 Dates: October 24 to November 2, 2024
Step back in time with the immersive Toutankhâmon exhibition at Galeries Montparnasse!
Entirely conceived by the creators of Ramses and Tutankhamun at La Villette, this new immersive experience promises to be ambitious, even pharaonic. In a 3,000 m2 museum space, Egypt enthusiasts can experience a unique adventure. At the heart of a collection of over 1,000 pieces, official reproductions from the Cairo museum, brought together for the first time, visitors will face a major challenge: accessing the “ Treasure Room “.
📍Location: Les Galeries Montparnasse, 22 rue du Départ, 75014
📅Dates : Multiple dates
Treat yourself to a Candlelight concert!
You’re already familiar with Candlelight‘s innovative concept of candlelight concerts, which dust off the classical repertoire and bring it up to date. The greatest classical composers, such as Chopin, are brought to light, but that’s not all! The most beautiful soundtracks by Joe Hisaishi, Hans Zimmer, or even those of superhero films (Marvel fans beware), rock or pop stars, from Queen to ABBA, including the best of 80s rock… 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
Take to the skies with the Airotic evening!
From circus acts to aerial dances, the Airotic evening puts everyone in agreement with a show worthy of the greatest. Indeed, this Cirque du Soleil or Crazy Horse-influenced show has nothing to envy them. Starting on October 18, the Théâtre du Gymnase Marie-Bell will welcome the best artists of the genre in a high-flying performance created by Stéphane Haffner, founder and creative director of Les Farfadais, and American gymnastics champion Kyle Kier.
📍Location: Théâtre du Gymnase, 38 Boulevard de Bonne Nouvelle, 75010
📅 Date: from October 18
Shiver with a horror escape game!
What could be better than a scary escape game with friends? Our favorite: the Paris slaughterhouse ! A breathtaking escape game in which you must escape from the clutches of a serial killer… Sensitive souls please!
📍Location: L’abattoir, 23 Rue Servan 75011
📅Date: Any date
Enjoy a delicious waffle at Maison Meert!
Méert? It’s a Lille institution founded in 1761! This extra-thin waffle is filled with Madagascan vanilla cream. It’s easy to see why everyone wants one: from Napoleon to Churchill, not forgetting the great names of French history! And they’re particularly delicious!
📍Location: Maison Méert, 16 rue Elzévir, 75003
Immerse yourself in a broth of culture!
How about taking advantage of the month of October to see an exhibition? The end-of-year program is particularly rich! We’re off to see the Surrealism exhibition at the Centre Pompidou, where masterpieces by Kandinsky, Duchamp, Frida Kahlo and Henri Matisse, to name but a few, await you!
📍Location: Centre Pompidou, Place Georges-Pompidou, Paris 4 (Level 6, Galerie 1)
📅Date: multiple dates
Let yourself be hypnotized by the magic of kinetic art!
Add a little color to the autumn gloom with La Fondation Cherqui. This former pharmaceutical laboratory houses France’s largest collection of optical and kinetic art . Nestled in Aubervillers, it features over 5,000 works, each more hypnotic than the last. A unique and unusual place, perfect for some pretty Instagram photos!
📍Location: Fondation Cherqui, 61 Rue Lécuyer, 93300 Aubervilliers
Sip hot chocolate at Angelina’s!
In October, temperatures cool down. So what better way to warm your heart than with a delicious hot chocolate? If you haven’t already, we recommend Angelina’s: creamy and comforting as we like it!
📍Location: Maison Angelina, 226 Rue de Rivoli, 75001 Paris
Admire the Grandes Eaux Musicales at the Château de Versailles!
Until October 31, don’t miss the magical night-time show at the Château de Versailles. See the 55 fountains of the estate like never before! As night falls, the gardens of the Château de Versailles are decked out in their finest finery… Light shows, pyrotechnics, special effects… 2h30 of magical entertainment!
📍Location: Château de Versailles, Place d’Armes, 78000 Versailles
📅 Date: Until October 31, 2024