After visiting Afropunk Brooklyn, then coming to Afropunk Paris (2017)... I will say that this…read morefestival was a bit smaller by comparison, however, the culture, fashion, food, vendors, artist line up, pride and overall vibes were the same in scale to the aforementioned. I enjoyed myself. Locals were surprising receptive to Americans (a lot of us were there) and I made tons of new friends to share experiences with going forward. I had the VIP treatment, unfortunately, most others did not, so it was quiet in that section by comparison to prior experience, so I would say that a general admission ticket will suffice. While the Brooklyn experience was the best, Paris is not short of a good time... The African Diaspora was global, in the US, and in more recent times, I believe that we have just created a bigger culture of activism... which in turn brings larger crowds. I highly recommend this experience no matter where in the world the festivities happen. Don't get me wrong, the crowd was large, but Brooklyn is epic.

Went, not to a concert, but to see the Doisneau & Music exhibition…read more Fantastic, fun, not expensive, well organised and you also get to wander round the permanent exhibition as well which was fascinating - just go and enjoy!!! Its on till April

Wow, wow, wow. This is such an amazing concert hall. We listened to the 3rd and 4th symphonies by…read moreBrahms, performed by the Budapest Festival Orchestra. The design and acoustics of the main concert hall are just incredible. A minor point was that finding the bathrooms during the intermission was confusing and the fist bathroom was out of service. Getting to the Philharmonie is very easy with the subway. If you come, I suggest that you have dinner at the restaurant Aux Arts et Sciences Réunis where they were very attentive to have dinner over in 1 hour so that we could arrive on time for the show.