Thespian Thursday

Caught in the act.

 

A masked actor hands out leaflets at a metro entrance in Montmartre.

 

Théâtre Funambule

53 rue des Saules 75018 

  

Below: from Le Bal des Voleurs

A comedy (in French)

  

                                                 photo image: Le Funambule

 

 

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 Montmartre is dotted with intimate theaters (typically under 100-150 seats) with an authentic, off-the-main-drag charm often featuring contemporary plays, comedy, and emerging companies and playwrights. These small neighborhood venues tucked away in some of the most picturesque and upscale parts of the butte - near the Moulin de la Galette, on leafy squares... - make for delightful evenings that usually end somewhere nearby for drinks or even a late dinner and lively discussion. For the latest shows, tickets, or any changes, be sure to check official sites. - BPJ

 

Festival Friday

  

All this weekend:

 

Live music, dancing, street food, wine...

 

 Place des Abbesses 

 Montmartre 

 

Seafood lovers 

 Fête de la coquille Saint-Jacques and Saint Vincent 2026

 

January 24 - 25 

 

INFO

 

 

Vendanges 2024

 

 

- ALL WEEKEND -

 LA VILLAGE EN FÊTE 

Fête des Vendanges 

 Ends Sunday October 13, 2024

 

Marching Monday

 

From this year's colorful Montmartre grape harvest parade in celebration of France's many diverse wines.

 

Starting point: cabaret Lapin Agile, just across from Paris' symbolic last vineyard

 

 

Below: marching bands, dancers, regional costumes

 

Tomorrow: The Tasting Trail

              

                 

Christmas blues

"Christmas isn't over until we say it is!"

 

In France, we love holidays and try to prolong the Christmas season for as long as possible. Decorations, cards, holiday wishes and even galettes des rois (so far we've had three) are tout à fait normale until the end of January. - BPJ

 

Above: Place du Tertre in Montmartre

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Sans culottes

Montmartre's sans-culottes march to their own beat at a joyful celebration on the butte.

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Storm clouds

The Basilica of Sacré Coeur from Place Dalida, a one-minute walk from chez nous.

 

2019

 

Atop beautiful Montmartre.

Above: Place du Tertre as evening falls

 

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 🎉

Sous la neige

Much of the snow had been cleared away or melted. Then a fresh layer fell the next evening.
 

A chance of snow

The day after up on the butte.

Into white

Paris woke up today to freshly fallen snow.

A bench on Place Dalida.

And everything emptying into white....  Cat Stevens

Food fair

La Fête de la Coquille

All this weekend: live music, dancing, street food, wine....

Posting from:
Place des Abbesses 75018

Above: Aussie tourists uncork a bottle to go with their oysters; strolling bagpipers from Edinburgh; farm apple cider; crêpes; onions sausages sandwiches

Harvest parade

Montmartre's mad annual vendanges parade celebrates the fall wine harvest, with regions from all over France represented.

Below: one of several drum bands winding through streets

And here they come... Best results w/earphones

 

Your color is ready

Vibrant tables at one of the many sidewalk cafés on Montmartre's hilltop.

 

Au chat noir

A bright storefront of a small shop on a Montmartre back street.

 

 

Artsy

A funky café-resto-bar in Montmartre on a corner of a steep street. 

 

Autumn in Montmartre #7

Montmartre can astonish with quiet passageways, artists' studios and single family houses.

Autumn in Montmartre #6

Fall foliage illuminates this street even on an overcast day.

 

 

Autumn in Montmartre #5

  This stairway leads to the street where Vincent Van Gogh lived with his brother Theo.

 

 

Autumn in Montmartre #4

Walkway to a hidden hotel, once a private home.