Where to stay
Where to Stay in Lyon: Areas Compared, With Verdicts by Trip Type
Stay in the Presqu'île on a first visit. Vieux Lyon for old streets, Croix-Rousse for a local feel, Part-Dieu for trains. Areas compared by trip type.
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What's on in Lyon, every event and gig on one map
Theatre, concerts, football and rugby, markets and the Fête des Lumières, filtered by the dates you pick.
Photo: Daniel Jolivet / Flickr (CC BY 2.0)
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Lyon events and gigs by date, pinned where they happen.
Save what appeals, plan your days around it, and open any stop in Google Maps. Hotels for your dates are one tap away on whichever part of the city is on screen.
Coming up
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20 Nov to 24 Dec Lyon Christmas market Place Carnot - 28 to 29 Nov Japan Touch 2026 Eurexpo Lyon
- 5 to 8 Dec Festival of Lights Streets, squares and parks across the city
- 21 Jan to 25 Jan 2027 Sirha Lyon trade show Eurexpo Lyon
- 27 Mar to 5 Apr 2027 Lyon Fair Eurexpo Lyon
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2 Apr to 4 Apr 2027 Quais du Polar 2027 Hôtel de Ville de Lyon, Palais de la Bourse and other venues
Today This weekend November 2026December 2026
Planning ahead:January 2027March 2027April 2027June 2027
The full events calendarLive music, the next few nights
- Tonight, 18:30 · Electronic and club Ajna Le Sucre, Confluence
- Tonight, 20:00 · Classical Mozart, Grande Messe en ut Auditorium - Orchestre national de Lyon, Part-Dieu
- Tonight, 20:00 · Classical François Mardirossian, Sogol Mirzaei La Trinité, Presqu'île
- Tonight, 20:00 · Classical Transkabar - Ritual Riots Opéra de Lyon, Presqu'île
- Tonight, 20:00 · Rock and indie Radwan Ghazi Moumneh, Frédéric D. Oberland, Gentiane Le Sonic, Vieux Lyon
- Tonight, 20:00 · Rock and indie LOUV' Kraspek Myzik, Croix-Rousse
All 80 gigs this week Live music on the map
Every gig, night by nightNeighbourhoods
Where to base yourself and where to spend an afternoon, with the best places in each and how to get there.
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Presqu'île The peninsula between Rhône and Saône
Photo: patrick janicek
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Villeurbanne Gratte-ciel, theatre and a big public library
Photo: Karl Dupart
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Croix-Rousse Silk workers' hill, traboules and Sunday markets
Photo: Muriel Rocher
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Parc de la Tête d'Or A free park of 105 hectares, plus the Brotteaux streets around it
Photo: patrick janicek
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Monplaisir Where cinema began
Photo: Velvet / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 3.0)
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Vieux Lyon Renaissance lanes between the Saône and the hill
Photo: patrick janicek
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Gerland Concert hall, stadium and riverside park
Photo: patrick janicek
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Confluence Where the two rivers meet
Photo: Fred Romero
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