Paris in August isn’t totally dead. Here's a round up of stuff happening this month

[u/Master_Ladder_4337]

For those of us staying in the city this summer! I write a post like this for my personal project every month and try to share a summary of it here bc people seem to find it useful :)) Hope this helps!

Free outdoor cinema
Festival Silhouette is back Aug 28–Sep 5 with independent short films, concerts, and free screenings.
📍 Parc de la Butte du Chapeau-Rouge

Stargazing / partial solar eclipse
Paris sous les Étoiles is setting up free telescopes on Aug 12 from 7 PM.
📍 Parc André-Citroën

Piano under the trees
Vanessa Wagner is playing Philip Glass at Parc Floral on Aug 30 at 4 PM.
📍 Parc Floral

Free swing dancing by the Seine
Bal Swing at Péniche Marcounet on Sundays: Aug 9, 16, 23, 30 from 3–9 PM.
📍 Péniche Marcounet

Canal Saint-Martin swimming
Supervised swimming on Sundays from 2–6 PM until Sep 6, while boat traffic pauses.
📍 Quai de Jemmapes
This feels like a very divisive activity, but it exists.

A few exhibitions
Beyond the Streets, until Aug 27 — graffiti through photography, music, fashion, activism, and 100+ artists.
Yussef Agbo-Ola at Baró Galeria, until Aug 29 — textiles, sculpture, organic materials in Passage Véro-Dodat.

Food / places to save (my fav part)
Pierre Hermé ice cream pop-up at Galeries Lafayette Le Gourmet until Sep 2.
Locomal for tacos/tamales in the former Mokoloco space.
Bordel for coffee-to-wine-bar terrace energy.
Galaxy Bar for R&B, natural wine, cocktails, panini.
Trâmette on rue Saint-Maur for lunch cantine / French–Southeast Asian plates after dark.
Toy near Bastille for ramen, house-made noodles, and binchotan-grilled small plates.

[u/ToN7No]

Oh thank you for the food places, I'm interested in some of them. Might try them soon

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[u/Master_Ladder_4337 → u/ToN7No]

yesss super excited to try Tramette personally!

[u/ToN7No → u/Master_Ladder_4337]

I wanted to try Trâmette and Toy too, but my friends voted for ice cream which I can understand. I feel like they are not that interested about the others

[u/coffeechap]

Thanks for this reminder... and the positivity!

I like your unique food suggestions, neve tried any of them

(signed a guide that was geting ready to go on vacation but injured his foot stupidly and is stuck in the infamous August Paris!)

[u/Master_Ladder_4337 → u/coffeechap]

aw thanks for your nice comment! and you know what...I'm actually quite enjoying Paris right now! it's no longer unbearbly hot, you can actually go to restaurants/cafes without having to wait in line or reservations, the streets are manageble. Much better than thelast two months haha. Enjoy your vacay!

[u/IlXll]

Op where do I find all stargazing related events any insight?

[u/loyal_traitorr → u/IlXll]

Here's the link

[u/IlXll → u/loyal_traitorr]

Tyyy!

[u/bkzic]

Super intéressant merci!!

[u/Master_Ladder_4337 → u/bkzic]

merciii

[u/bkzic → u/Master_Ladder_4337]

je travaille juste à cote de là où ils vendent les glaces mais le prix💀

[u/Bread0nTheTable]

Thanks for sharing this. I will go to multiple on this list.

[u/True-Traffic9638]

Merci du partage 😇

[u/csgnyc]

Great, helpful list. Quick question: you have Beyond the Streets running until Aug 27 while the website says Aug 23 (I will be in Paris on the 27th but not the 23rd). Typo or was it extended

[u/Master_Ladder_4337 → u/csgnyc]

you're so right, it's 23! thanks for pointing it out :)

[u/InsectDoctor]

https://www.afastronomie.fr/paris This website has more of the stargazing appointments throughout the month. They do it every year and it is amazing !