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On March 24, Banlieues Bleues will play its 40th edition. From Nina Simone to Emicida, a look back on 39 years of existence. The Festival emblematic of Seine-Saint-Denis offers, until April 21, rich eclectic jazz programming and creative...

More than 500 days separate us from the Paris Games. For the past two years, the DRAC Île-de-France has been mobilizing within the framework of the Cultural Olympiad to make these Olympic and Paralympic Games a true celebration of sport...

On the occasion of March 8, International Women’s Rights Day, the DRAC gathered in a document the main actions it carries out internally and in the policies it implements on the territory of Ile-de-France, to reduce inequalities between...

"A place for linguistic diversity", a no-brainer for Vanessa Mestre, director of the Choisy theatre. "The promotion of culture through languages combined with artistic creation highlight the diversity of the populations that make up the...

In view of the general increase in energy costs, the State has introduced a number of cross-cutting aids (tariff shield, guaranteed prices, electricity shock absorber) which can also benefit the cultural sector. In addition to these measures,...

2022 ended with the signing of 30 protection orders: 17 inscriptions for historic monuments, 9 classifications for historic monuments, 2 rankings for movable historical ensembles and 2 rankings for movable ensembles encumbered by a maintenance...

As part of its policy of support for live entertainment, the Regional Directorate of Cultural Affairs of Ile-de France gives priority to strengthening the artistic presence in the territories and within the structures of the various creation...

Author, singer, actor, director, Abdel SEFSAF is a multi-faceted artist and human smuggler, who was appointed director of the Sartrouville Theatre, a national drama centre, on January 1, 2023. The DRAC Île-de-France went to meet him to...

The stained glass windows of the ambulatory of the Basilica Saint-Denis Cathedral, dating from the middle of the 12th century, are a real milestone in the history of the stained glass window and their value is, as such, exceptional. Very...

The 2023 Reading Nights will be thrilling from January 19 to 22, 2023. Among the 1000 events organized in Île-de-France, organized around the theme of fear, four exceptional evenings will offer to large and small readers to cultivate the...

The years 2021 and 2022 gave rise to the five-year review of the Remarkable Gardens labeled in 2005 on the Ile-de-France territory. 4 renewals in 2021 and 9 renewals in 2022. During the same period, two exceptional gardens - the greenhouses...

A day of studies dedicated to the architectural work of Le Corbusier, inscribed on UNESCO’s World Heritage List, was organized by the DRAC Île de France on 9 December at the Institut national d'histoire de l'art (INHA). Focus on the...

On 2 and 3 December, Les Journées archéologiques d'Île-de-France 2022 welcomes professionals and the general public to the auditorium of the Musée d'archéologie nationale in Saint-Germain-en-Laye. For this new edition, organized by...

The Rencontres franciliennes Culture et Tourisme, organized by the Ministry of Culture – Direction régionale des affaires culturelles (DRAC) of Île-de-France, the Île-de-France Region and the Comité Régional du Tourisme (CRT) Paris...

The festival "Les Femmes S'en Mêlent", takes its autumn quarters in Paris and in five Paris municipalities from November 14 to 26. The 24th edition, supported by the DRAC Île-de-France, presents, under the ALLIANCE Diversité et Égalité...

This autumn several directions of places of creation and dissemination labeled by the Ministry of Culture have been renewed in Île-de-France: Marion Fouilland-Bousquet has been appointed to the Ferme du Buisson, national stage of Marne-la-Vallée,...

Entries for the 2023 Recruitment of State Architects and Planners (AUE) competition are open until December 13, 2022. On this occasion, two information meetings were organized in the chapel of the Récollets in Paris, on 28 and 30 September,...

As part of the Cultural Olympiad, on October 18, Marie-José Pérec, three-time Olympic champion, was the guest of honour at a sports and literature evening at the PUC Social Club, with the support of the DRAC Île-de-France. A round table...

From 14 to 16 October, the DRAC Île-de-France invites visitors to discover architecture and its professions through numerous initiatives throughout the Ile-de-France region. Under the theme «Architectures à habiter», this 7th edition...

De la mi-septembre à la mi-octobre, les évènements relatifs au patrimoine et à l’architecture sont nombreux. Cette année la DRAC Île-de-France, sous l’initiative du ministère de la Culture, lance un Mois de l’architecture....