What Families Love This Week

Our picks of events, camps, and places in Paris.

Performance

Slava's Snowshow: Slava Polunin's Clown Show in Colombes

Russian clown Slava Polunin's show has been a hit for over 30 years, mixing slapstick with a melancholy streak, and it doesn't keep the clowns on stage.

Wed-Sun Nov 11-15

Performance

Nocturne (Parade): Phia Ménard's Wind and Plastic Puppet Show

Plastic puppets twirl in the wind from fans and dance around a circular stage, in Phia Ménard's show for kids that travels from darkness toward light.

Thu-Sat Nov 12-14

Performance

Drag Queen Storytime: La Conteuse est une DragQueen

A drag queen reads fairy tales where princesses rescue themselves, heroes are allowed to cry and the frogs are hairy. Free, but you have to book ahead.

12th ArrondissementSat Nov 14

Workshop

In the Manner of Calder: Kids' Mobile Workshop at Bibliothèque Drouot

Kids glue, assemble and hang their own mobile inspired by Alexander Calder, in a free session at a 9th-arrondissement library. Spots go by reservation only.

9th ArrondissementSat Nov 14

Workshop

Little Nature at La Villette: free nature workshops for children

Animal figurines, a pretend fruit-and-veg market and a stamped floral mural at Little Villette's free nature weekend, plus short forest films for kids 4 and up.

19th ArrondissementSat-Sun Nov 14-15

Performance

Storytelling Day at Bibliothèque Aimé Césaire

Two shows by storyteller François-Moïse Bamba, one of animal tales and one of stories from Burkina Faso, plus an open stage where anyone can take a turn telling.

14th ArrondissementSat Nov 14

Performance

Terre de Rêves: Folk Story Concert for Kids at the Musée de l'Armée

A shipwrecked Irishman travels with the Anishinaabe people to the Great Lakes, a story told in French with banjo, mandolin, double bass and violin.

7th ArrondissementSat Nov 14

Festival

Lire en Délire: Children's Book Festival in Belleville

Three weeks of kids' plays, author signings and pop-up book workshops across Belleville, ending in a book fair where kids meet the people who write and draw their books.

11th ArrondissementThrough Nov 21

Performance

Circo Infinito: Feel-Good Circus Show at Bobino

Acrobats defy gravity among sails and light while live music plays, in a wordless circus show about teamwork that kids can follow without any French.

14th ArrondissementMultiple dates in November

Performance

Jazz and Snack: November Children's Concerts at Sunset Sunside, Paris 1st

Live jazz for kids in a Paris jazz club, with a new theme each show, from the Beatles to jazz divas to Disney, and one show in English.

1st ArrondissementMultiple dates in November

Workshop

Louvre Family Clay Workshop: Fil de Terre

A close look at a mysterious ancient statuette in the Louvre's Near Eastern galleries, then kids and parents fold and twist clay into a figurine of their own.

1st ArrondissementMultiple dates in November

Festival

Playground Festival: Dance Shows for Kids Across Île-de-France

More than 150 dance events for babies to teens across Paris and its suburbs, from dancing clowns to a landscape of kites.

Through Nov 29

Workshop

Family workshops at Lafayette Anticipations

Baby art visits, a sensory walk for preschoolers and Japanese kite making for older kids, all around Yu Nishimura's paintings. Plus a Super Kids Party weekend.

4th ArrondissementMultiple Dates Nov-Dec

Performance

Au Pays du Père Noël: Santa Musical at Théâtre Marigny

Elves lead a guided tour of Santa's North Pole home, until the snow won't fall and the audience has to help save Christmas.

8th ArrondissementWed Nov 11 - Tue Dec 29

Festival

Natural History Museum 400th Anniversary at the Jardin des Plantes

Paris's natural history museum turns 400, with the Jardin des Plantes flowered in its colors and an exhibition on four centuries of artists and naturalists.

5th ArrondissementThrough Dec 31

Collection

Summer Camps in Paris for Ages 4-7

Summer camps that take four- to seven-year-olds, with ages, hours, languages and weekly prices side by side so you can compare before booking.