With a new year just around the corner, we have donned the positivity hats and are looking forward to a year with a bumper crop of openings – mainly due to the many events and openings that had to be postponed from earlier this year.
 
An exciting range of accommodation, museums and exhibitions, shopping outlets, sporting events and facilities, tourism initiatives and anniversaries will set the tone for France in the coming 12 months. 

Click here to download the full press release 2020 - 2021.

Please note that due to the pandemic, dates are subject to change and events may need to be cancelled or postponed. All information listed here is correct at the time of publication, but we advise you to check with the individual destinations or venues for the latest updates going forward. If you have any questions, feel free to drop us a line at pressoffice.uk@atout-france.fr

Many thanks!
Take care and all the best from the Atout France Press Team

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ALL NEWS AT A GLANCE

What have we missed in 2020?

• January - The Dragon of Calais, a new addition to La Machine Company
• 10 June - The Bassins de Lumières opens in Bordeaux
• 14 June - Four-star hotel Les Quais de Lutèce opens at Parc Astérix
• 18 June - The world's largest urban farm opens in Versailles, Paris
• September 2020 – September 2021 - Lille: 2020 World Design Capital
• 1 October - The Palais Galliera fashion museum in Paris reopens
• 8 November - The 9th Vendée Globe sets sail from Les Sables-d'Olonne
• 19 December - A new modern art museum opens at Fontevraud Abbey
• December (TBC) - Narbo Via, a new antiques museum, opens in Narbonne

 What's new for 2021? 

• 23 January - Collection Pinault Paris, Bourse de Commerce, opens
• January - The 9th Vendée Globe returns to Les Sables-d'Olonne
• 6 February - Fondation Pernod Ricard, a cultural site, opens in Paris
• February - Department store La Samaritaine reopens
• February – Opening of Airelles Château de Versailles, Le Grand Contrôle
• March - Les Franciscaines, cultural venue in a former convent in Deauville
• 13 April - Hotel de la Marine opens in Paris
• 28 April – 22 August - The Saint-Etienne International Design Biennal
• April - DinoPlagne, a site containing dinosaur footprints, opens in Ain
• 5 May – 18 October - Jeff Koons at MuCEM, Marseille
• Spring - The Marcel Proust museum opens in Cabourg
• Spring - France's first underwater museum opens in Marseille
• Spring - The Gehry Tower opens at Fondation Luma, Arles
• Spring – Reopening of Hotel du Palais Biarritz
• Spring - Domaines de Fontenille hotel opens west of Paris
• Spring - The first Aloft hotel in France opens in Dijon
• Spring – Oceana Lumina – Enchanted nocturnal show in Rochefort
• 17–20 June - The Bordeaux Wine Festival
• 26-27 June – Nature is Bike: France's first ever gravel bike festival
• June - The British Normandy Memorial is unveiled in Normandy
• June – The Paris Food Forum
• 9–25 July - 60th anniversary of the Jazz a Juan Festival, Juan-les-Pins
• 6–15 August - 50th anniversary of Festival Interceltique de Lorient
• Summer - The first Soho House hotel in France opens in Paris
• 18 September – 3 October – 'The Arc de Triomphe, Wrapped' by Christo
• 2021 - 30th anniversary of Nausicaa Sea Life Centre
• 2021 - 200th anniversary of the birth of writer Gustave Flaubert
• 2021 - Food Society, the largest food hall in Europe, opens in Paris
• 2021 - The Chanel Métiers d'Art Workshop in Paris
• 2021 - A temporary Grand Palais opens on the Champs de Mars, Paris
• 2021 - Mob House Paris Les Puces, a new urban residence by Starck
• 2021 - France's first Bulgari Hotel opens in Paris
• 2021 - The Cheval Blanc hotel opens in La Samaritaine, Paris
• 2021 - Maison Heler by Starck opens in Metz