Like a taste of the holidays, every year for 20 years (and yes Paris-Plage is celebrating its 20th anniversary this year), the arrival of Paris Plage is the iconic event of the Parisian summer.For this new edition, the activities are concentrated on the two historic sites of the capital, the quays of the Seine from the Pont des Arts to the Pont de Sully and on the banks of the Bassin de la Villette.To blow out its candles with us, the City of Paris has gone all out. From July 9 to August 21, many summer activities take over the capital.On the program: free swimming, kayaking, shaded relaxation area, mist garden, petanque…Something to enjoy sunny days.Since 2002 and the publicized example of Paris, many French cities and foreign capitals have taken up this idea, such as Metz, Toulouse, Brussels and Jerusalem.

The 126th Rolland Garros French Tennis Tournament will start on Sunday May 22, 2022.Since 2006, Rolland Garros has traditionally opened on a Sunday with single matches over the first three days. Then the double matches will take place from Wednesday May 25, 2022 and the double mixes on Friday May 27, 2022.In total, the competition brings together 128 players, 64 double teams and 32 mixed teams.The men’s final will take place on Saturday June 4th and the women’s final is scheduled for Saturday June 12th.Price: from 40 eurosLocation: Stade Rolland-Garros, 3 Avenue Gordon Benett, 75116 PARIS.Line 9: Michel-Ange Auteuil, Michel-Ange Molitor stationsLine 10: Porte d’Auteuil, Michel-Ange Molitor, Boulogne Jean-Jaurès or Pont de Saint-Cloud stations

La Villette presents “Pop Air”, produced in collaboration with the Ballon Museum in Rome.After “Beyond the Limits” in 2018, a monumental exhibition by the Japanese collective teamLab, La Villette returns to an immersive and playful art project.Monumental works by more than fifteen international artists gathered for 5 months for a unique inflatable experience.The 5000 square meters of the Grande Halle are transformed and invite you to live an extraordinary experience at the heart of monumental works, from the most inflated to the most colorful.“Pop Air” is an innovative and tailor-made format in which art, artist and public coexist.“Pop Air” promises to be the unmissable event for young and old, curious and keen on unusual experiences.From April 14, 2022 to August 22, 2022Location: the Great HallOpen every day from 2 p.m. to 8 p.m.Price: 20€Metro: Line 5 Porte de Pantin stationTram number 5 Porte de Pantin station

Antoni Gaudi (1852-1926) is an architect and creator of genius, who left his mark on Spain at the turn of the 20th century.For the first time in fifty years in France, and at the Musée d’Orsay, a large-scale exhibition is dedicated to this master of Art Nouveau.In an immersive museography, it will show the spectacular creations of this singular artist, notably presenting sets of furniture never exhibited in France.Through the few surviving drawings by the artist, models and numerous works of furniture, the exhibition will reconstruct what characterizes Gaudi.The exhibition will also endeavor to show the creative process of the architect in the midst of an exceptional local artistic profusion linked to “Modernism” or the Art Nouveau movement in Spain, supported by distinguished sponsors, anxious to distinguish the Catalonia, identity land of Mediterranean nature.Date: until July 17, 2022.Orsay Museum1 rue de la Legion d’Honneur 75007 ParisPrice: 12€Bus 73, Musée d’Orsay stationRER C station Musée d’OrsayLine 12 Solferino station

A major figure in the art of our time, the American sculptor Charles Ray (born in 1953), is making cultural headlines: in dialogue with the artist, the Bourse de Commerce-Pinault Collection is devoting a major exhibition to him.The works of Charles Ray are part of a deep knowledge of the history of classical art and Antiquity.Whether the work is produced in steel, cement, fiberglass, polished steel, or aluminum, Charles Ray’s practice calls upon various processes, between artisanal work and cutting-edge industrial technology, always concealing its sometimes dizzying complexity. and the often very long time of its elaboration.His artistic practice places the question of space at the center of his research and offers the viewer an experience of the relationship to reality, more complex, more mysterious.The artist also has fun “making us look twice”. Even more: as much by their « strange familiarity », their ambiguity, as by their unspeakable precision that looks like prowess, Charles Ray’s works destabilize, as if under the effect of a hallucination, almost managing to shake the space around them. they, reality itself, silently bringing the observer into a form of fiction.The exhibition will end on June 06, 2022Trade exchange: 2 rue Viarmes 75001 ParisHours: 11 a.m. to 7 p.m.Closed Tuesdays and May 01Price: 14€Metro: line 1 station Louvre6Rivoliline 4 station Les Hallesline 7, 11 and 14 Châtelet station

In 2001, Olivier packed his bags and left for the United States. He obtained a 6-year visa, and quickly became Maître d’Hôtel in one of the most prestigious hotels on the East Coast, in Palm Springs, Florida.With his professional experience on the other side of the world, Olivier was passionate about the cultural differences he observed between the French and the rest of the world.He then decided to write a show about Parisians because his American clients always asked him the same question: “Why are Parisians so arrogant?” “. This show is written all in English, and will be interpreted as such.After two years of writing, he presented his project to many entertainment professionals to obtain their support. Unfortunately his project is cataloged as doomed to failure. No one wants to bet on him, a choice is then necessary: ​​to create his own production company “La French Arrogance Production”.The show attracts both French and international spectators.Date: until June 30, 2022Venue: New Arrivals TheaterAddress: 24 Boulevard des Poissonnières 75009 ParisPrice from 24€Metro: line 6 and 9 Grand Boulevards stationsBuses: 85, 74, 48, 39 and 20

The band was formed in 1962, and hail from London, England.The original band was made up of guitarist and frontman Brian Jones (now deceased), pianist Ian Stewart (also sadly deceased), vocalist Mick Jagger and guitarist Keith Richards.Today the group is made up of Mick Jagger, still on vocals, as well as his sidekick Keith Richards, on guitar, and Ron Wood, also on guitar.Today March 14, 2022, the legendary group announced a major European tour called Sixty, to celebrate the group’s 60th anniversary.With two dates in France. The first date will take place on July 19, 2022 in Lyon, and the second date in Paris at the Paris Longchamp racecourse on July 23, 2022, just after the Lollapalooza festival.The tour will pass through 10 countries, for a total of 14 concerts. It will begin on June 1, 2022, and end on July 31, 2022 in the mythical city of Liverpool, where another great rock group, the Beatles, is from.Places: Longchamps racecourse in Paris.Address: 2 Routes des Tribunes 75016 Paris.Price: from 56.50€ to 342.50€Bus line 43 – Hippodrome de Longchamps station.2 shuttles will be available: one leaving from Porte Maillot and one from Porte d’Auteuil.