Paris Cultural Activities

Take advantage of the unique flavor Paris has to offer. CEA offers a variety of local cultural activities to match your interests. Whether you enjoy music concerts, clubs, sports, cooking classes, language exchanges or something entirely different, our resident staff can help you get involved in the local culture and speaking with Parisian students.

During most CEA sponsored activities, students can practice French with Parisians looking to improve their English language skills and eager to help others learn French. CEA hosts a variety of activities designed to help students meet French people their own age, after having combed the city to recruit French students and young people who are interested in meeting newcomers and sharing language and culture. Weekend activities include bike riding and rollerblading through Paris, tree climbing, and picnics where CEA students can get to know their French friends—they may even become friends for life! Here are some examples of activities students have participated in:

Cheese Tasting

CEA and local French students organize an evening activity to help initiate students to the world of French cheese. With hundreds of cheeses to choose from at the market or grocery store, many students don't know where to start. A variety of cheeses from the different regions of France is selected, representing cow, goat and sheep varieties. Carefully selected wines accompany the cheeses as students learn about the importance of a good match and the role of cheese at a French meal, the methods of storing and serving cheese, and how best to select and enjoy the many different varieties. Team up with French students to defend your favorite cheese!

Crepe Night

Everyone loves crepes, but how many people have mastered the art of making them? Here is an opportunity to spend an evening with local French students and learn a skill that will be useful for years to come. CEA sponsors a crepe making and tasting evening where students first observe the secrets for making a perfect batter. Students will walk through the recipe learn how to stuff sweet and savory crepes. Then crepe-making experts will give them tips on how it is done. Students can try their hands at flipping crepes, and if that is too ambitious, they can at least enjoy as many crepes as they desire!

Soirée Casino

Get ready for lots of fun, and bring your competitive edge to CEA’s Soirée Casino, where the CEA Global Campus is transformed into a casino for a one-night event. Team up with a French student at the “roulette” table, challenge the dealer at the blackjack table, or try your hand at playing (and why not dealing!) poker. At the end of the evening CEA and French students exchange their chips for fun prizes, and leave the Soirée Casino with new French friends. Place your bets!

Other Activities

Fall - "Nuit Blanche", a night where city stays up all night dancing to music in the streets.
Summer - "Fete de la Musique", a celebration on summer solstice every year, with music concerts till dawn.
Summer - The Paris Jazz Festival
Summer – The Gay Pride in the streets of paris