Paris music festivals: 2017 guide

Dates: January 13-February 5 2017
Genres: Jazz / Blues / World
Venue(s): Various venues in Paris, Vitry-sur-Seine, VIncennes, Créteil, Choisy-le-Roi, Ivry-sur-Seine and Fontenay-sous-Bois
Line-up: Chocolate Genius, Matt Wilson Quartet, Harrison Kennedy, James Brandon Lewis, Kris Davis...
Tickets: Varies by concert (€14-€22)

Dates: February 17-18 2017
Genres: House / Techno / Minimal
Venue: Parc Floral de Vincennes
Line-up: Ben Klock, Floating Points, Omar S, Fatima Yamaha, Seth Troxler...
Tickets: €39.60 for 1-day pass / €65 for both nights. 

Dates: March 3-March 5 2017
Genres: Rock / Garage / Punk / Psych
Venue(s): Le Trabendo, Le Cigale
Line-up: The Dandy Warhols, Gong, The KVB, Traams, Mountain Bike, Fai Baba, Noir Boy George...
Tickets: €57 for 2-day pass

Dates: March 27-March 31 2017
Genres: Indie / Rock / Experimental
Venue(s): Divan du Monde, Trabendo, L’Archipel, Institut Suédois, le Batofar
Line-up: Cannery Terror, Emilie and Ogden, Itasca, Marnie, Little Sims, Austra
Tickets: €30 for 3-day pass / €13 for closing night ticket

Dates: May 6-May 7 2017
Genres: House / Techno / Minimal
Venue: Torcy Beach
Line-up: Agoria, Alan Fitzpatrick, Maya Jane Coles, Joachim Pastor, Kolsch...
Tickets: €77 2-day pass

Dates: May 11-22 2017
Genre: Jazz
Venue(s): Paris-Sorbonne University, Place Saint-Germain-des-Prés, Saint-Sulpice, Centre Culturel Irlandais, Maison des Cultures du Monde
Line-up: Avishai Cohen, Hugh Coltman, Anne Ducros, Laurent Coulondre, Jowee Omicil, Linda Lee Hopkins, Antoine Hervier...
Tickets: Varies by concert

Dates: May 18-May 19 2017
Genres: Indie rock / Electro / Experimental
Venue(s): Le Yoyo, Point Ephemere, Trianon, Trabendo, Badaboum,
Line-up: Honne, She Devils, El Perro Del Mar, San Fermin, Bicep
Tickets: Varies by concert (€14-€22)

Dates: May 25-May 31 2017
Genres : Electro / Rock / Experimental
Venue(s): Grande Halle de la Villette, Trabendo, Cabaret Sauvage, Cité de la musique, the Jardins de la Villette
Line-up: Keiji Haino, Group Doueh et Cheveu, La Colonie de Vacances, Annette Peacock, The Make Up...
Tickets: Varies by concert

Dates: June 1-July 1 2017
Genres: Contemporary classical / Experimental
Venue(s): IRCAM, Athénée Théâtre Louis-Jouvet, the Centre Pompidou, Gaîté Lyrique, the Philharmonie de Paris
Line-up: Lorenzo Bianchi Hoesch, Julia Blondeau, Carmine Emanuele Cella, Hyun-Hwa Cho, Jerome Combier, Ensemble Uysses, Ashley Fure...
Tickets:Varies by concert

Dates: June 9-June 11 2017
Genres: Rock / Metal
Venue(s): Base Aérienne 217, Le Plessis-Pâté / Brétigny-sur-Orge
Line-up: Linkin Park, Green Day, Blink 182, System of a Down, Five FingernDeath Punch, Suicidal Tendencies, Epica
Tickets: €69 for 1-day pass / €65 for 3-day pass  / €8-€20 for camping

Dates: June 10-11 2017
Genres: Pop / Rock / Electro
Venue: Bois de Vincennes
Line-up: A Tribe called Quest, Nicholas Jaar, Solange, Richie Hawtin, Action Bronson, Flying Lotus, Motor City Drum Ensemble, DJ Koze, Jeremy Underground...
Tickets: €66-€83 for 2-day pass (it’s cheaper the earlier you buy)

Dates: June 24-July 9 2017
Genres: Hip-hop / Rap
Venue(s): Zénith, Trabendo, Les Étoiles, Le Hangar, Gaîté Lyrique
Line-up: Cut Killer, Kool G Rap, Sofiane, The Underachievers, Medine, Myth Sizer, Josman...
Tickets:
Varies by concert

Dates: July 14-16 2017
Genres: Pop / Rock / Electro / Hip-hop / Soul
Venue: Parc de la Villette
Line-up: Yasiin Bey, FFF, Faada Frddy, Laura Mvula, Big Freedia, Robert Glasberg Experiment, Petite Noir, Blitz the Ambassador
Tickets: €40 for day pass

Dates: June 17-July 31 2017
Genres: Jazz / World / Experimental
Venue: Parc Floral de Vincennes
Line-up: Olivier Ker Ourio, Laisse Venir, Anne Paceo, Magma, Jacques Schwarz Bart, Mathis Haug, Raul Midon...
Tickets: Varies by concert

Access to all events: €222 (adult), €11 (ages 7-25)

Dates: June 23-25 2017
Genres: Pop / Rock / Electro / French 
Venue: Hippodrome de Longchamp
Line-up: The Prodigy, Diplo, La Femme, Archive, Toots and Maytals, Mac Miller, Petit Biscuit, Wax tailor, Tale of Us...
Tickets: €39 for 3-day pass

Dates: July 8-9 2017
Genres: Electro / Experimental / Drone
Venue: The Musée du Quai Branly 
Line-up: Sourdure, Piu Piu, NMO, Danny L Harle, Carl Stone, Manu le Malin, Jean Rouch...
Tickets: Free

Dates: June 30-July 10 2017
Genres: Pop / Rock / French
Venue: Philharmonie de Paris
Line-up: Air, Metronomy, Jarvis Cocker and Gilly Gonzales, Room 29, Planetarium, Sufjan Stevens, Nico Muhly...
Tickets: Varies by concert

Dates: July 7-9 2017
Genres: Techno / House / Electro-pop 
Venue: Château d’Egreville 
Line-up: Agar Agar, Polo and Pan, Rendez Vous, Otzeki, Birth of Joy, Pardonnez-Vous, Cabaret Contemporain...
Tickets: €35 for weekend pass

Dates: June 30-July 2 2017
Genres: Hip-hop / Soul / Funk / Disco / Techno / Electro
Venue: Parc de Carrières-sur-Seine 
Line-up: Rush Hour 20 years, Soichi Terada, Antal, Hunnee, Folamour, San Proper, Margie, Cortex, BCUC...
Tickets: €43 for 2-day pass

Dates: July 6-8 2017
Genres: Pop / Rock / Electro / French
Venue: In front of the Hôtel de Ville
Line-up: TBC
Tickets: Free if you sign up in advance

Dates: July 7-8 2017
Genres: House / Techno / Minimal
Venue: Parc Floral de Vincennes
Line-up: Nina Kravitz, Dixon, Kaytranada, Marcel Dettman, Apollonia, The Black Madonna, The Martinez Brothers, Carl Craig
Tickets: €39 for 1-day pass / €65 for 2-day pass / €99 for 3-day pass

Dates: July 22-23 2017
Genres: Pop / Rock 
Venue: Hippodrome de Longchamp
Line-up: Red Hot Chilli Peppers, The Weekend, London Grammer, Lana Del Rey, Alt J, Imagine Dragons, Skepta
Tickets: 2 day pass €150 

Dates: August 5-September 17 2017
Genres : Classical / Jazz 
Venue: The Parc Floral 
Line-up: Geneva Camerata, Sébastien Von Kuijk, Gilles Colliard, Konstantin Trinks...
Tickets: Free 

Dates: August 25-27 2017
Genre : Pop / Rock / Indie / Metal / Hip-hop
Venue: Domaine National de Saint-Cloud
Line-up: The XX, PJ Harvey, Flume, Franz Ferdinand, At the Drive in, Jesus and Mary Chain, The Pretty Reckless, The Shins...
Tickets: €49 for 1-day pass / €119 for 3-day pass

Dates: August 31-September 13 2017
Genre: Jazz / Hip-hop / World
Venue(s): Cabaret Sauvage, Atelier du Plateau, La Dynamo de Banlieues Bleues, Trabendo, La Cité de la Musique, Grande Halle de la Villette
Line-up: De La Soul, Jeff Mills and Emily Parisien, Gregory Porter, Pharoah Sanders, Zakir Hussain, Joachim Khun, Archie Shepp...
Tickets: Varies by concert

Dates: October 6-7 2017
Genres: House / Techno / Minimal
Venue(s): Parc Floral de Vincennes
Line-up: TBC.
Tickets: TBC

Dates : November 2-4 2017 
Genres : Indie Rock / Electro / Experimental
Venue(s): Grande Halle de la Villette
Line-up: The Nationals, Run the Jewels, Ride, BADBADNOTGOOD, Talaboman, The Blaze, Polo and Pan
Tickets: €100 for 3-day pass

Dates: November 24-26 2017
Genres: Hip-hop / R&B / Jazz / French
Venue(s): Various locations in the Hauts-de-Seine area
Line-up: TBC
Tickets: Weekend pass: TBC

Dates: November 26-27 2017
Genres: Rock / Experimental / Psychedelic
Venue(s): Carré Belle-feuille, Boulogne-Billancourt
Lineup: tbc
Tickets: tbc