Don’t know what to do this weekend? Paris and its region are full of free festivals open to all. Here are some suggestions for outings.
Do you dream of spending an entire night in the woods? The Nights of the Forests invites you this weekend. This festival in the heart of nature offers a hundred free activities in many forest areas in the region. On the program: artistic tours, shows, vigils, wood pruning, awareness of the know-how of foresters, and wood professionals.
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This festival aims to help people discover the forests that surround us in Île-de-France and their multiple functions, whether they are environmental, productive or recreational. One way to raise awareness of forestry issues.
Find the full program of events on the festival site. Please note, places are limited, prior registration is required.
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Summer by the Canal
The essential meeting point in Seine-Saint-Denis: Summer on the Canal, and its river shuttles, returns for its 14th edition. Until Sunday August 15, every weekend, the banks of the Ourcq canal await you for free activities and entertainment offered by the Departmental Tourism Committee of Seine-Saint-Denis.
Water parks, pedal boats, mini-golf and trampolines are still in the game this year! Several new features are on the program: a mechanical surfing area, a labyrinth with a fogger and the youngest to slide in an inflatable play area.
The department’s media libraries also open their doors until mid-July for games, reading corners, digital workshops. L’Eté du canal also offers floating concerts on the Ourcq canal, not to mention the traditional guided discovery cruises: on street art or the history and uses of the canal.
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All the cities of Seine-Saint-Denis are mobilized, Bobigny, Noisy-le-Sec, Bondy, Pantin, Aulnay-sous-Bois, Aubervilliers, Saint-Denis.
Note, on July 24, an unprecedented performance by Nova Materia: “Sonic ecology” combines electronic sounds and rhythms from organic sounds such as stones, wood or water.
All the programming on the site of Summer of the Canal.
Open gardens
Do you know the Bergerie des Malassis in Bagnolet, its 19 goats and 7 sheep and its garden which mixes aromatic plants and sculptures in recycled materials?
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For the first time, La Bergerie is participating in the 5th edition of Open gardens, organized by the Île-de-France Region as part of the #monetemaregion operation. Not to be missed this Sunday, July 4 at the Bergerie des Malassis, at 6.30 pm, a musical and educational show “Around a worm” by the company LM Créations.
From July 3 to August 29, nearly 200 small corners of nature are transformed every weekend into scenic, fun and educational spaces and host the artistic program of Open Gardens.
On the program this Saturday and Sunday, the concert of the Vittoria choir of Île-de-France in front of the colonnades of the magnificent Caillebotte property in Yerres en Essonne or the exceptional opening of the Hôtel de Massa at 38 rue du faubourg Saint-Jacques in the 14th arrondissement in Paris. A musical visit with Carol Robinson and the Impact Quartet, in a creation for Birbyne, a traditional Lithuanian instrument, and string quartet in five movements.
From children’s literature to 6 B
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Prepare for your next weekend! Passionate about literature, the very young festival Budding Books returns to 6 B in Saint-Denis from July 9 for three days dedicated to reading. Reading corners, book-making workshops, shared readings, storytelling walks and acoustic and literary aperitifs in the presence of authors, youth illustrators and booksellers. It’s at 6 B in Saint-Denis.
More info on the site of the Books in the Grass festival.
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