Overview

• The free grand concert in the Carrousel gardens near the Louvre gathered around 35,000 spectators and featured 21 French and international artists with a live broadcast on France 2.
• The Olympic cauldron reappeared in the Tuileries Gardens, rising for the first of nightly summer illuminations to an electro remix of Daniel Balavoine’s “Sauver l’amour.”
• Health authorities urged festival-goers to stay hydrated and limit alcohol consumption as temperatures climbed above 35 °C during the nationwide festivities.
• Social media hype drew thousands of British, American and European visitors to Paris, where they joined locals for free concerts and pop-up street performances.
• The celebrations marked the close of the inaugural France Music Week, during which the government pledged €500 million through Bpifrance to support the music industry by 2030.