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Culture au Quai, the 2018 cultural season kick-off

by Melle Bon Plan
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This year, September 22nd and 23rd, 2018 is when Culture au Quai will take place. This event provides an opportunity, over the course of a weekend, to meet all kinds of audiences.

For this 11th edition, more than 200 cultural actors from the Paris region (theaters, museums, concert halls, heritage sites…) will present their venues and programming for the upcoming season all along the Quai de Loire.

Crowd on the banks of the Seine with houseboats during the cultural season kick-off.

View of the Bassin de la Villette and its lively banks during the cultural season kick-off.

This major entirely free event dedicates an entire weekend to cultural outings: shows, exhibitions, dance, concerts, or cinema—there will be plenty to choose from to plan all your outings for the year!

On the program: 200 cultural venues, 170 free 30-minute activities will follow one another on 8 stages, running continuously throughout the weekend.

Aerial artist performing for the public in front of modern and old buildings during Culture au Quai.

Outdoor performance stage with an actress signaling for silence and the audience by the water.

Culture au Quai welcomes many exhibitors again this year, such as: The Centre National de la Danse, the Musée du Louvre, la maison rouge, the Camille Claudel Museum, La Cinémathèque Française, Cultura, the Théâtre de l’Odéon, La Villette, the Pavillon des Canaux, Radio France,…

Not to be missed:

  • The dance marathon: introductions to all kinds of dance, stage performances by dancers, ballroom dancing, and clubbing at the end of the day.
  • The World Cultures Plaza
  • Several dance shows: Saïdo le Louh & Cie Black Sheep; Ousmane Sy & Cie Paradoxal

Houseboats moored at the right bank quay during the 2013 cultural season kick-off.

The Best Deal: you will be able to attend about a hundred free shows and concerts (34 concerts in two days)

Culture au Quai 2018 poster: woman sitting on a bird.

Culture au Quai

Saturday, September 22nd and Sunday, September 23rd, 2018

Quai de Loire, M°Jaurès, Paris 75019 – from 11 am to 7 pm

Free

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