Île de la Cité Events Calendar 2027
Every dated event on and around the island in 2027, month by month. Six months have a page of their own; the other six are set out in full here.
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January 2027
The free first Sunday at both monuments on the 3rd, the parvis lights until the 6th, two Notre-Dame evenings, Zurbarán's last weeks at the Louvre, and Cassatt closing at the Orsay.
February 2027
Festival Présences opens at the cathedral on the 2nd, the free first Sunday falls on the 7th, an organ recital on the 9th, Mosaïque vénitienne on the 16th, and exhibitions at the Louvre and the Carnavalet.
March 2027
The free first Sunday on the 7th, Pergolesi's Stabat Mater at Notre-Dame on the 9th, and Louvre Photo and Viktor&Rolf both running.
April 2027
The Carnavalet's environmental history exhibition opens on the 2nd, the cathedral plays three Tuesdays, and Louvre Photo enters its last month.
May 2027
Louvre Photo closes on the 3rd, Olivier Latry plays on the 11th, Mozart's Solemn Vespers with Haydn's Nelson Mass on the 18th — and the Carnavalet runs on.
June 2027
Two Notre-Dame concerts, on the 1st and the 8th, the Carnavalet's environmental history exhibition, and Vuillard at the Orsay.
July 2027
Not yet published: the cathedral publishes no concert for July or August 2027 — its 2027-28 season does not exist yet — and no Sainte-Chapelle concert is listed for any 2027 date. The Ville de Paris has not published its Paris Plages dates.
Le monde de Viktor&Rolf. 30 ans de haute couture
📅 to Sunday, July 4, 2027 — final days
The final week of a retrospective built on more than 100 haute-couture creations, the house's miniature dolls and its archives.
📍 Location: Musée des Arts décoratifs, 107 rue de Rivoli, 1st — 17 to 19 minutes on foot from the parvis
Note: Tuesday to Sunday 11am–6pm, Thursday to 9pm.
Paris, au naturel — Une histoire environnementale
📅 to Sunday, August 22, 2027 — two months left
More than 200 works on the city's own environmental history, made with the Atelier Parisien d'Urbanisme, the Inspection Générale des Carrières and Eau de Paris.
📍 Location: Musée Carnavalet, 23 rue de Sévigné, 3rd
Note: Tuesday to Sunday 10am–6pm.
August 2027
Not yet published: no Notre-Dame concert, no Sainte-Chapelle concert, no Paris Plages dates. The two exhibitions below are the month's whole offering.
Leonor Fini (1907–1996)
📅 Friday, March 26 – Sunday, August 15, 2027. The museum is closed on 15 August, so the last day to see it is Saturday, August 14
Around 200 works by a painter the Surrealists kept at the edge of the group — a retrospective made with the Schirn Kunsthalle Frankfurt.
📍 Location: Musée d'Art Moderne de Paris, 11 avenue du Président Wilson, 16th — about 25 minutes by Métro
Note: Closing day as listed by the museum; plan the visit before 15 August.
Paris, au naturel — Une histoire environnementale
📅 to Sunday, August 22, 2027
The last three weeks of the city's environmental history show.
📍 Location: Musée Carnavalet, 23 rue de Sévigné, 3rd
Note: Tuesday to Sunday 10am–6pm.
September 2027
Half published: the heritage weekend has its dates; the island's own programme — which rooms open, and when — comes out in the spring.
Carte blanche à Claire Tabouret
📅 Wednesday, September 15, 2027 – Sunday, March 12, 2028
A living painter's work placed among the Cognacq-Jay's 18th-century rooms — two centuries in one museum.
📍 Location: Musée Cognacq-Jay, 8 rue Elzévir, 3rd — about 13 minutes on foot
Note: Tuesday to Sunday 10am–6pm. €0–11, booking required.
Journées européennes du patrimoine — 44th edition
📅 Saturday, September 18 – Sunday, September 19, 2027. Friday, September 17 is the school-only Levez les yeux ! day
The weekend the Palais de Justice corridor opens along with both monuments, and the Sainte-Chapelle is free for the two days.
📍 Location: City-wide; on the island, the Palais de Justice corridor, the Sainte-Chapelle and the Conciergerie are the participating sites
Note: Dates from the Ministère de la Culture; the island's opening times for each room are not published yet.
October 2027
Not yet published: Paris Photo's 2027 dates — the 2026 fair ran 12–15 November — and nothing else in October has a published date.
Carte blanche à Claire Tabouret
📅 Wednesday, September 15, 2027 – Sunday, March 12, 2028 — running
Tickets top out at €11, and it runs to 12 March 2028.
📍 Location: Musée Cognacq-Jay, 8 rue Elzévir, 3rd — about 13 minutes on foot
Note: Tuesday to Sunday 10am–6pm. €0–11, booking required.
Art Basel Paris 2027
📅 Friday, October 22 – Sunday, October 24, 2027
Art Basel's Paris fair, three days in the Grand Palais — the one fair on the 2027 calendar.
📍 Location: Grand Palais, avenue Winston-Churchill, 8th — about 20 minutes by Métro
Note: Ticketed. Dates from artbasel.com — the fair publishes its own dates, and no second source carries 2027 yet.
November 2027
Not yet published: Paris Photo 2027, the Christmas lights switch-on, and any Notre-Dame concert for the end of the year.
Free first Sunday — the Sainte-Chapelle and the Conciergerie
📅 Sunday, November 7, 2027
Both monuments free on the same Sunday, and for the Conciergerie it is the last free day of 2027.
📍 Location: Both monuments, 10 boulevard du Palais — minutes apart
Note: Free admission is each monument's own published policy — the Sainte-Chapelle lists January, February, March, November and December; the Conciergerie January, February, March and November. Check the day before you travel.
Carte blanche à Claire Tabouret
📅 Wednesday, September 15, 2027 – Sunday, March 12, 2028 — running
Running to 12 March 2028 and booked in advance, so November is as good a month as any for it.
📍 Location: Musée Cognacq-Jay, 8 rue Elzévir, 3rd — about 13 minutes on foot
Note: Tuesday to Sunday 10am–6pm. €0–11, booking required.
December 2027
Not yet published: any Notre-Dame concert for December 2027 — the 2027-28 season does not exist — and the Christmas market's 2027 run.
Free first Sunday — the Sainte-Chapelle
📅 Sunday, December 5, 2027, 9am–5pm
The upper chapel's glass for nothing, on the last free Sunday of the year.
📍 Location: Sainte-Chapelle, 10 boulevard du Palais
Note: This is the Sainte-Chapelle's list only. The Conciergerie runs its free first Sundays in January, February, March and November; December is not on its list.
La photographie au musée d'Orsay — un parcours inédit dans les collections
📅 Tuesday, September 14 – Sunday, December 26, 2027
Part of the Orsay's photograph collection moves out of the store and into the permanent route, so the visit becomes a walk through the museum's own photographic history.
📍 Location: Musée d'Orsay — one RER C stop from Saint-Michel
Note: Dates from the Ministère de la Culture's bicentenary programme; the museum's own page for it is not live yet, so check before you travel.