Saut Hermès meets pop-ups
Paris’s spring calendar is buzzing: Saut Hermès runs March 20–22 at the Grand Palais and has spilled a festive parade into the 9th arrondissement with food pop‑ups and tastings tied to the event. (sortiraparis.com) The city also kicks off Tulip Day and a plant festival with some 80,000 tulips on display as neighborhood markets and budget-friendly food specials roll out for March 23–29. (sortiraparis.com)
The programme includes ten CSI5* classes and a dedicated “Les talents Hermès” U25 competition as part of this year’s edition, according to the event organisers. (sauthermes.com)) Official startlists published for the Grand Palais event name international riders such as Mathieu Guéry, Thijmen Vos and Clara Propp among the entrants. (results.worldsporttiming.com)) The Fédération Française d’Équitation lists a dedicated FFE-licensed day on the opening Friday and reports that online tickets for that licensed day were fully distributed. (ffe.com)) SortiràParis’s week guide says the Saut Hermès programme has been extended into the city with food pop-ups and tasting activations centred in the 9th arrondissement during the same week. (sortiraparis.com)) For scale, Paris Match noted a previous edition attracted roughly 17,000 visitors across three days (report dated March 22, 2025), a figure frequently cited when discussing public turnout at the Grand Palais event. (parismatch.com)) At Château de Dampierre in Yvelines, organisers plan a display of 80,000 tulips across the restored Le Nôtre gardens, with a Tulip Day on April 18 and a Plant Festival scheduled for May 9–10. (sortiraparis.com))
