Ongoing at La Galerie Au Bonheur du Jour, 11 rue Chabanais. 200 vintage to modern era male nudes: photography, paintings drawings, 1870-2013. Painters/sculptors models, sports, naturalism, erotic images, and contemporary iconography. Permanent exhibit of artists such as von Gloeden, Vincenzo Galdi, Lehnert et Landrock, Jean Boullet, Soungouroff, Paul Smara.
Every Saturday midnight-7am at 18 rue du Faubourg du Temple. 18+ men-only dance parties, 3 areas, terrace, cruise zone, xxx movies, performers & live shows, top-level resident & guest DJs. Scream, Cassanova, SuperMatXé, and Wicked rotations. Wake Up After-party 6am-1pm, Theatre Rouge, 77 rue Jean Baptiste, Pigalle. 15 euros cover. See party photos from previous events:
Alternating Saturdays, midnight - late, at Bataclan, 50 boulevard Voltaire. Big retro party with French hits mixed with songs from years back - Crazyvore includes international and English-language hits; crazy costumes and lots of fun for all. Mixed, mostly men of all kinds.
Saturday night / Sunday morning WakeUp! after parties, 7am - 1pm at Theatre Rouge, 77 Rue Jean-Baptiste Pigalle. DJs Lylou Dallas, Thomas Evans.
Sundays 7pm -1am at Jammin Club, Châtelet à Beaubourg, 94 rue St-Martin. Gay dance night, music of the Middle East. 8€ between 8-9pm, 10€ after 9pm.
Every Sunday, from 7pm at KitKat/ Le Depot, 10 rue aux Ours. Tea-Dance and darkroom frolics. Get free passes when you visit Sun City Sauna.
Every Sunday, 11pm-6am, at Folie Pigalle, 11, place Pigalle. Unique Parisian Black and Arab party for 16 years. An incredible party with beautifull boys, RnB and Arabic music mixes, erotic male strippers and diva shows. See photos and videos at their website.
March 11- April 24, 2015. Photographer, born St Louis 1931, studied under Norman Rockwell and in NY City. US Army officer in Germany 1953, remained in Berlin from 1956 until his death, Jan 29, 2015. Known for street photography and male youth nude studies, later painter/sculptor. Exhibition includes intimate scenes from Salem Castle boarding school, most never shown or published before.
March 14, 2015, 8pm-2am at Le YOYO. Bears, cubs, and friends' dance party with DJs MAXIME IKO, le duo PANDA LOCO, and MANUE G + After Sunday March 15th at Papillon with JON DOE and RICARDO OSOLOCO. Next dates: May 9th at Yoyo 8th Anniversary XXL Weekend and After Sunday May 10th at Papillon.
March 15, 2015, 7:30pm-1:30am at Planches Paris, 40 rue du Colisée. One Sunday each month. Brighten your evening with interesting people, vintage records, random discoveries and pop classics. Mingle memories with discs that recall another time. BAR: Mojitos, wine, cocktails, shots, "a wide selection of elixirs of joy, served generously."
March 20, 2015, 11pm-6am at Social Club, 142 Rue Montmartre. Monthly gay alternative house, techno and hip-hop dance night, new style genre cabaret, young artists and burlesque performers, vintage and underground erotic art movies, darkroom. DJs Ivan Smagghe and Maxime Iko. Entry: 12 €
March 21, 2015, 11:30pm-6am, Club Haussmann, 23 rue Taitbout. XXL Burger Menu Emotions/ 100% pure. Fast Food that will not make you fat /a night of erotic PornFood. You came by accident! One SAT night/month themed, decandent club night; grandiose, visionary, hedonistic, epicurean. Pop, Remix, Club Classic, NU- DISCO, House. Special cocktails/ service bottles.
April 5, 2015, 8pm-6am at VIP Room, 188Bis, Rue de Rivoli. Gay party with the Matinée gogo dancers and DJs Lenz Garcia + Flavio Zarza. Hosts: Michael Kaiser & Aurel Devil. Live act by VANESSA KLEIN. New sound system powered by VOID + giant new LEDS SCREEN.
May 14-17, 2015. Annual bears & bear-lovers rendezvous, organized by Les Ours de Paris, the paris bear association. Bear Pride - six days of fun, friendship, pleasure; Saturday night Monsieur Ours 2015 election; many events at Bear's Den, 6 rue des Lombards and other clubs.
May 28-31, 2015. Second annual fetish weekend. Events include: Opening/COX Bar; Oh My Dog/La Mine; Full Leather/Krash; Wild Rubber/Full Metal; Paris Twin Leather Tour; Historic Cruise Place Tour; Fetish Shopping; Sex Bond + Fist Fetish + Monster Meat/Keller; Black + Bruthel Party/7 Spirits; After/Mensch; Skin Army + Piss Play/SecteurX; Pup/Full Metal; Bikers+Co and Final Fetish/La Mine.
June 21, 2015, annual Summer Solstice evening of music: solos or groups, on corners, in shop doors, public places, marching, dancing, or running as they play, through downtown Paris. Music & percussion of most every nation & subculture in a smorgasbord of sound & song.
June 27, 2015, annual march and other events around town. Full schedule of Pride events online, as many as a half million people come to Paris to march, party and make their presence known.
Early July, 2015. Annual film festival to bring out the auteur in anyone at only 5 euros per screening. More than 300 films were screened in previous years, offering the best films available to all audiences. See website for more details:
November + December, 2015 (to be confirmed) - annual festival of theater, performance art, music, dance, the visual arts and film; a festival of contemporary arts, embracing and combining different art forms, with over forty events. Download program pdf (English or French) from website.
Annual July 14 celebration, National Day of France. In Paris many events mark the holiday, including parade with pomp of a state event, followed by fireworks. The date is the anniversary of the storming of the Bastille in 1789, the most symbolic event in the birth of modern France.
November 12-15, 2015, at the Grand Palais, Avenue Winston-Churchill. The 19th Anniversary Edition: 19th-century, modern, & contemporary photography from the world's greatest galleries and editors. See website for more details and to keep up to date with all the latest trends in fine art photography and visual arts all year long:
Mid-July through August, 2015. For one month starting around Bastille Day, the Seine banks acquire a beach, with fake palm trees, chaises longues and even some imported sand.
November - December, 2015 The 21st annual LGBT film festival at MK2 Bibliothèque and MK2 Beaubourg cinemas, along with other screens around Paris. Check their website for details on films and screening times.
August 4-12, 2018. 38 sports in competition, with more coming. Also Ball, Choral Festival, Fanfare and Pop-Rock Music, Fashion Show, Film Festival, Guided Tours, Improvisational Theater, Symphony Concerts, Rainbow Run, Visual Arts, opening and closing ceremonies and parties. The Gay Games X Village will be located at Paris City Hall Square. See full details on their website.