Three events have confirmed dates for December 2026 in Paris: the Salon du Cheval de Paris and the Salon des Vins des Vignerons Indépendants, both at Porte de Versailles, and the Paris La Défense Christmas market. The Notre-Dame Christmas market has also published its official dates. The rest of the year-end programme, the Tuileries, the Champs-Élysées and Carreau du Temple, remains to be confirmed at the time of writing. Here is the agenda as it currently stands, with what is confirmed on one side and what remains pending on the other.
Salon du Cheval de Paris: Three Days of Competition and Shows
The Salon du Cheval de Paris runs from Friday 4 to Sunday 6 December 2026 in Halls 4 and 6 of Paris Expo Porte de Versailles. It is open from 9am to 9pm on Friday and Saturday and from 9am to 6pm on Sunday, with the Nuits du Cheval evening shows from 9pm to 11pm on Friday and Saturday. The organiser announces the return of international show jumping competitions, around 500 horses and ponies and 180 exhibitors. Prices vary by day and profile: booking online is recommended as places are limited, and entry is free for visitors with disabilities on presentation of documentation.
Four Days of Tasting at Porte de Versailles
The Salon des Vins des Vignerons Indépendants holds its 48th edition from Thursday 10 to Sunday 13 December 2026, in Hall 7.2 of Paris Expo Porte de Versailles (place de la Porte de Versailles, 15th arrondissement).
The fair is open from 10am to 8pm on 10, 11 and 12 December, then from 10am to 7pm on Sunday 13. The winegrowers sell their own production on site: it is as much a tasting event as a pre-Christmas shopping trip, so it is worth arriving with something to carry your bottles in. The entry fee was not published on the fair's official page at the time of writing; it is worth checking with the organiser before going. Visitors in Paris for a business trip will find the December trade fair agenda useful.
La Défense: The Big Christmas Market of the Year-End Season
From 12 November to 31 December 2026, the Paris La Défense Christmas market spreads across the esplanade, between Puteaux and Courbevoie, with more than 350 chalets. Its organiser presents it as the largest Christmas market in Île-de-France; the entertainment is free, and the festive area "Le Sommet" stays open until 3 January 2027.
The traditional market is open Monday to Thursday from 11am to 9pm, Friday from 11am to 11pm, Saturday from 10am to 11pm and Sunday from 11am to 9.30pm. Le Sommet keeps the same hours, with one difference: it closes at 10pm on Thursday.
Notre-Dame, Tuileries, Champs-Élysées, Carreau du Temple: Where the Dates Stand
The Notre-Dame Christmas market is the only one in this section whose going ahead is confirmed: from 26 November to 27 December 2026, at square René Viviani (2 rue du Fouarre, 5th arrondissement). It is open every day from 10am to 8pm, until 9pm on Friday and Saturday, and entry is free.
The Christmas market at the Tuileries Garden and its Magie de Noël (funfair and chalets, ice rink to be confirmed) are expected in the heart of Paris (1st arrondissement). According to the press, entry to the market is free and the attractions are paid. Sortiraparis announces 14 November 2026 to 3 January 2027, while other listings give other dates: the sources diverge and no official source confirmed them as of this writing; the previous edition ran from 15 November 2025 to 4 January 2026. Checking the site before crossing Paris is worthwhile.
On the Champs-Élysées, the City of Paris has launched a call for applications to reinstall a Christmas market on the lower part of the avenue (8th arrondissement), from 22 November 2026 to 4 January 2027. Applications closed on 10 August 2026. The press reports that the award went to 2A Organisation, from about 22 November 2026 to 4 January 2027, on the lower part of the avenue, but the City of Paris page still listed the operator as not yet designated at the time of writing. Until the City confirms it, this market is best treated as announced by the press, to be confirmed, rather than an outing to pencil into the programme.
Finally, the Carrousel des Métiers d'Art et de Création is announced for December 2026 at Carreau du Temple (4 rue Eugène Spuller, 3rd arrondissement). The Paris je t'aime tourist office places it from 4 to 7 December 2026 and announces more than 130 artisans, with free entry, in this covered market in the 3rd arrondissement well suited to year-end shopping. Carreau du Temple did not list these dates on its website as of this writing (opening hours and prices not published by the venue): dates to be confirmed before going.
Getting Between the Venues from the 9th Arrondissement
These addresses are spread out, from the 15th arrondissement to the esplanade of La Défense. The Hôtel R de Paris is located at 41 rue de Clichy, in the 9th arrondissement, a few steps from Place de Clichy (lines 2 and 13), Liège (13) and Trinité-d'Estienne d'Orves (12) stations, and 7 minutes on foot from Gare Saint-Lazare. A position close to Parisian transport that avoids long connections at the end of the day.
Line 12 serves Porte de Versailles from Trinité-d'Estienne d'Orves; the Tuileries are reached via Concorde or Pyramides; Carreau du Temple via line 3 from Saint-Lazare. For La Défense, allow for one more connection: the esplanade lies outside central Paris, between Puteaux and Courbevoie. Check the day's route on the Île-de-France Mobilités app, as engineering works and station closures are common at year-end. For a late return from La Défense or the 15th, laden with bottles and packages, our guide to taxis and ride-hailing apps gives you the fallback options.
Several dates are not yet official: the events flagged here as unconfirmed deserve a final check before crossing Paris. Once the programme is set, the neighbourhood takes over in the evening: the Casino de Paris is right opposite the hotel and the Théâtre Mogador just a few streets away.
