Top seasonal events in Paris include the French Open Tennis Championships in May, the Fête de la Musique on June 21, July's Bastille Day, the Festival Estival musical event in the summer, and the Autumn Festival from September through December.

• Mid-June-mid-July: Festival du Marais features everything from music to dance to theater in the churches and historic mansions of the Marais (tickets: 44 rue François-Miron, 4e, tel. 01-48-87-60-08). A similar celebration takes place at the Butte Montmartre Festival (tel. 01-42-62-46-22).
  
  
• June: The Paris Air Show, which takes place in odd-numbered years only, is a display of old and new planes and an update on worldwide technological developments in the aeronautical industry, at Le Bourget Airport.
  
  
• Mid-June: Grand Steeplechase de Paris is a popular horse race at Auteuil Racecourse :
  
  
• June 21: Fête de la Musique celebrates the summer solstice with parades, street theater, and live bands throughout the city.
  
  
• Late June: Grand Prix de Paris, a major test for three-year-old horses, is held on the flat at Longchamp Racecourse.
  
  
• July 14: Bastille Day celebrates the storming of the Bastille prison in 1789. There's a military parade along the Champs-Elysées in the morning, fireworks at night at Trocadéro, and (often July 13) local firemen's balls that spill into the streets of every arrondissement.
  
  
• Late July: Tour de France, the world's leading bicycle race, finishes on the Champs-Elysées.
  
  
• Late July-end Aug.: Musique en l'Ile is a series of concerts held in the picturesque 17th-century Eglise St-Louis on the Ile St-Louis (tel. 01-45-23-18-25 for details).
  
  
• Paris, quartier d'Eté proof that life continues even when Parisians seem to have left town for the summer. World and classical music, unusual circus, dance, cabaret, theatre...Held in the Luxembourg garden, the Tuileries garden, the Sorbonne university, the Palais Royal... (tel. 01-44-83-64-40).
  
  
• Mid-July-late Sept.: Festival Estival of Paris features classical music concerts in churches, museums, and concert halls throughout the city (tickets: 20 rue Geoffroy-l'Asnier, 4e, tel. 01-48-04-98-01).
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• Sept.: Fête à Neu-Neu amusement park is in the Bois de Boulogne.
  
  
• Late Sept.: On the Journée du Patrimoine, the third Sunday in September, normally closed historic buildings are open to the public.
  
  
• Late Sept.: Biennale des Antiquaires (even-numbered years only), the world's swankiest antiques fair, takes place at the Carrousel du Louvre.
  
  
• Mid-Sept.-Dec.: The Festival d'Automne is a series of concerts, plays, dances, and exhibitions throughout Paris (tickets: 156 rue de Rivoli, 1er, tel. 01-42-96-96-94).
  
  
• Early Oct.: Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe, one of Europe's top horse races, takes place at Longchamp Racecourse.
  
  
• Early Oct.: The Fêtes des Vendanges, held the first Saturday of October, marks the grape harvest in the Montmartre Vineyard, at the corner of rue des Saules and rue St-Vincent (and at Suresnes, just west of Paris).
  
  
• Early Oct.: FIAC (International Fair of Contemporary Art) takes place on quai Branly.
  
  
• Oct.: Paris Motor Show (even-numbered years only) at the Porte de Versailles features the latest developments in the international automobile industry.
  
  
• Mid-Oct.-early Nov.: Festival de Jazz de Paris is a two-week celebration that includes lots of big-name jazz artists (tel. 01-47-83-33-58 for information)
  
  
• Oct.-Nov.: Festival d'Art Sacré features concerts and exhibitions held in churches throughout the city (tel. 01-42-77-92-26 for information).
  
  
• Nov. : Mois de la Photo. Classic and contemporary art and documentary photography on show at museums, cultural centres and galleries.(tel.01-44-78-75-00).
  
  
• Nov. 11: Armistice Day ceremonies at the Arc de Triomphe include a military parade down the Champs-Elysées.
  
  
• Third Thursday in Nov.: Beaujolais Nouveau, a light, fruity wine from the Beaujolais region of France, is officially "released" at midnight on Wednesday; its arrival is celebrated on the third Thursday in November in true Dionysian form in cafés and restaurants around the city.

• Early Dec.: Salon des Caves Particulières brings French producers to Porte de Champerret for a wine-tasting jamboree.
  
  
• Late Dec.: Christmas in Paris is highlighted by illuminations throughout the city, particularly on the Champs-Elysées, avenue Montaigne, and boulevard Haussmann. A giant crèche with automatons is set up outside the Hôtel de Ville.
  
  
• Feb.: Foire à la Feraille de Paris is an antiques and bric-a-brac fair held in the Parc Floral de Paris and the Bois de Vincennes in the 12th arrondissement.

• Mar.: Salon du Livre, the international book exposition, is held annually at the end of the month.
  
  
• Mar.-Apr.: Foire du Trône amusement park is in the Bois de Vincennes.
  
  
• Mar.-Apr.: The Prix du Président de la République takes place at the Auteuil Racecourse.
  
  
• Late Apr.: The International Marathon of Paris runs through the city and nearby woods.
  
  
• Early May: At the Foire de Paris hundreds of booths display everything from crafts to wines.
  
  
• End of May: The Course des Garçons de Café is an entertaining race through the streets of Paris by waiters bearing full trays of drinks. It begins and ends at the Hôtel de Ville.
  
  
• May-late Sept.: Grandes Eaux Musicales is a fountain display at the Château de Versailles (Sundays only).
  
  
• Late May-early June: Festival de Jazz de Boulogne-Billancourt attracts big names and varied styles of jazz in the suburbs of Boulogne-Billancourt.
  
  
• Late May-early June: French Open Tennis Championships take place at Roland Garros Stadium.