SLEEPLESS NIGHT. The Parisian cultural event is back this Saturday, June 3, 2023 in Paris. What facilities should not be missed? Which suburban Paris city is participating? All the program of the Nuit Blanche 2023.
[Updated May 30, 2023 at 6:13 p.m.] This Saturday, June 3, 2023, the Nuit Blanche is writing a new page in its history, now taking up residence in the summer, following a vote by the inhabitants of Paris and the municipalities of the Greater Paris Metropolis.
The contemporary art event will reinvent the capital with an eclectic program imagined by artistic director Kitty Hartl who has chosen to honor the Seine, but also the ambiguity of the world, and the importance of environmental resilience. . With Paris, 24 municipalities of the Greater Paris metropolis are taking part in the celebration. The river will embody an imaginary path for one night.
Nuit Blanche will take an artistic look at the Seine Axis, engine of economic development and cultural influence which crosses the capital, the Greater Paris Metropolis and joins Rouen and Le Havre, partners of the event for the second consecutive year. “The event will also allow special attention to be paid to the river, which will host celebrations and competitions during the 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games. The cultural establishments located along its banks will be closely associated with the event”, announces the press release from press.
More than 200 artistic projects are to be discovered for free in Paris and its metropolis, on June 3, 2023, from 7 p.m. to 1 a.m., such as the fun Yeti Pop, the acrobatic performance of the lion dance, the costumes for kids Playsack by Fredun Shapur or even the very quirky Mexican wrestlers Lucha Vavoom by Rita D’Albert!
The Nuit Blanche 2023 extends from Paris to the suburbs. In addition to intramural Paris, it is found in Hauts-de-Seine (92) in Gennevilliers, Nanterre; in Seine-Saint-Denis (93) in Bobigny, Saint-Ouen or in Val-de-Marne (94) in Nogent-sur-Marne, Alfortville or in Essonne (91) in Juvisy-sur-Orge. Discover the interactive map of the Nuit Blanche facilities in Paris and its suburbs from the Mapstr mobile application, downloadable on Ios or Android, designed to find your way during the Nuit Blanche:
The Seine was chosen as the theme for this new edition by artistic director Kitty Hartl, who is once again organizing the Nuit Blanche this year 2023 (after the year 2022). A recognition for the Austrian artist, who knew the inventor of the event, Jean Blaise, while she was in Nantes. At the same time, in 2004 she founded the Cabaret New Burlesque, made famous through the film Tournée by Mathieu Amalric, which won an award at Cannes in 2010.
The artistic festivities have been organized on the first weekend of June since this year 2023, i.e. on the night of Saturday June 3 to Sunday June 4, 2023.
