Paris, January 2021

It’s a New Year and it’s January again (even though last January seems like just yesterday!) Everyone’s recovering from a busy holiday season, and it’s quieter and calmer in Paris. But there’s no shortage of things to do. Keep warm by catching that exhibition you were meaning to see, listen to some classical music in a Paris church, or grab a bargain at the winter sales:

New Year’s Concerts – Various locations & dates

There are many New Year’s concerts in Paris, including on January 1: Don Quixote at Opéra Bastille (also on Jan 2), concerts at the Eiffel Tower and Église de la Madeleine, as well as Vivaldi’s Four Seasons & Christmas Songs at Église Saint‐Eustache, and Vivaldi’s Four Seasons & Mozart’s A Little Night Music at Église Saint‐Germain‐des‐Prés (also on Jan 29). There’s also Chopin with candlelights at Église Saint‐Éphrem (also on Jan 17, 21, 26).

For the rest of the month, there’s a New Year’s concert with Champagne, wine, and tapas at La Sainte‐Chapelle on Jan 2; Offenbach’s La Vie Parisienne at Théâtre des Champs-Élysées on Jan 2, 4-9; Vivaldi’s Four Seasons at Église de la Madeleine on Jan 8, 14, 21, 29; Brahms, Beethoven & Chopin at Église Saint‐Éphrem on Jan 19 and 27.