Paris: Easter food & free art
Paris is rolling out a free cultural and street‑food program over Easter weekend, April 4–6, with museum openings, street‑food festivals, egg hunts and hanami events — a budget‑friendly window into the city’s food and arts scene. Also note the Onze Bouge festival returns May 28–31 in the 11th arrondissement, promising outdoor dance, theatre, music and comedy. (sortiraparis.com) (sortiraparis.com)
Permanent collections at national museums will be free on Sunday, April 5, 2026 — named highlights for that first‑Sunday free access include the Picasso Museum (3rd), the Musée national du Moyen Âge (Musée de Cluny) and the Musée d’Orsay, with the Musée d’Orsay requiring online reservation for that day. (sortiraparis.com)) Hanami at the Domaine départemental de Sceaux runs from April 4–19, 2026, with lawn access in the Bosquet Nord limited to 3,500 people per day and free reservations for picnic spots opened on March 15, 2026 to manage visitor flows. (tourisme.sceaux.fr)) Organised Easter egg hunts will take place across Paris and Île‑de‑France over April 4–6, 2026, including a family hunt at the Bibliothèque nationale de France on April 4, a Bercy Village hunt on April 5, and an indoor Beaugrenelle hunt on April 6 that hides 250 Chapon berlingots. (parismomes.fr)) Spring street‑food programming around the same period includes JAPAN Fes Paris — a large Japanese street‑food festival at Place Charles‑de‑Gaulle showcasing ramen, takoyaki and okonomiyaki — and the recurring Le Food Market on Boulevard Belleville (next listed edition April 16, 2026). (parisjetaime.com)) Onze Bouge returns to the 11th arrondissement from May 28–31, 2026 as a free, open‑air street‑arts festival billed as the event’s 30th edition, with two “préludes” on May 21–22 and organisers framing the edition under the name “Onze Bouge, toujours!” following the festival’s recent leadership changes. (sortiraparis.com))
