September 9, 2016 | 8:00 PM | Los Angeles. Touted as the ‘Ben Stiller of France” and the “Jerry Seinfeld of French Comedy” Gad Elmaleh is arguably the biggest and most loved comedic star in France. He is currently on tour in the United States with his English show. Get your tickets now!

September 18 - November 12, 2016 | Pasadena. A Noise Within, the acclaimed classical repertory theatre, presents the second production of their 25th Anniversary Season, The Maids, by French dramatist Jean Genet. Get your tickets to see this great performance today!

August 18 - September 18, 2016 | Los Angeles. Open Call is one of LA’s premier exhibitions for emerging artists and students to exhibit their artwork and achieve recognition through cash prizes. This year, 300 artists will be competing for 6 prizes, including French artists Pascaline Doucin Dahlke and Valérie Daval.

August 30th - November 27th, 2016 | Los Angeles. Organized around the Getty Museum’s holdings and supplemented with important international loans, this exhibition highlights the work of four photographers who were integral to the development of paper photography: Édouard Baldus, Gustave Le Gray, Henri Le Secq, and Charles Nègre. Free admission!

September 9, 2016 | Denver. The Alliance Française de Denver offers a retrospective of the career of Polish-American great artist Witold-K and his work in his Parisian studio.

September 11, 2016 – May 28, 2017 | Denver. Shock Wave: Japanese Fashion Design, 1980s–90s, shows works by Japanese designers who started a fashion revolution in Paris. The exhibition features 70 looks by powerhouse designers Issey Miyake, Kenzo Takada, Kansai Yamamoto, Yohji Yamamoto, Comme des Garçons, and Junya Watanabe, whose impact on fashion still resonates today.

September 13 - November 6, 2016 | Los Angeles. 'DISSENT: What they Fear is the Light' is a group exhibition that explores the changing understanding of privacy and control in a world inundated with surveillance and oversharing. DISSENT features work from French artist Christine Rebet.

September 16- October 29, 2016 | Los Angeles. In partnership with the Cultural Services of the French Embassy, Ghebaly Gallery is pleased to present Broken Things Float Faster, French New York-based artist Davide Balula’s second solo exhibition with the gallery. The exhibition features new sculptures prioritizing shade, wind, and water. A performance will take place during the public opening on September 16th, at 7:00 PM.

From September 21st, 2016 | Los Angeles. Please Do Not Enter presents 'Eat The River' by French artist Frederick Gautier. This is a two-month long site-specific intervention into the LA River's history and landscape. The exhibition will feature 100 unique objects inspired by the Los Angeles River.

September 15-16, 2016 | Los Angeles and Boulder. Come see in concert talented singer Yael Naim, who won 'Female Artist of the Year' at France's Les Victoires de la Musique! She will be performing at Hotel Café in LA on September 15 and at the Boulder Theater on September 16. Be sure not to miss this great event!

September 29, 2016 | Los Angeles. Theatre Raymond Kabbaz, the innovative performance space at Le Lycée Français de Los Angeles, proudly presents the opening performance of the Los Angeles Virtuosi Orchestra’s 2016/2017 season featuring Gabriel Fauré.

September 13, 2016 | Los Angeles. Ludovic Morlot and Gautier Capuçon will celebrate French Music at the Hollywood Bowl in partnership with the Los Angeles Philarmonic Orchestra. Rediscover Ravel, Saint-Saëns and Fauré with these amazing musicians!

September 9, 2016 | Colburn School, Los Angeles. French composer and pianist Nicolas Mazmanian gives his first piano recital in the United States at the Colburn School's Mayman Hall.

September 29, 2016 | Los Angeles. Riad Sattouf, best-selling cartoonist and a former contributor to the satirical publication Charlie Hebdo, shares his highly anticipated continuation of The Arab of the Future — a recollection of his childhood as his family shuttled back and forth between France and the Middle East. This is an event you won't want to miss!

Ongoing Event | Los Angeles & Denver. Book lovers will get their reading lists ready! Independent libraries across the United States and more specifically in Los Angeles (Book Soup) and Denver (Tattered Cover Book Store) present curated "French Corners", designed to bring you the best of French and Francophone literature!

June 21 - September 11, 2016 | Los Angeles. "Unruly Nature: The Landscapes of Théodore Rousseau" is opening at the Getty Museum on June 21st! Rousseau's pictures are grave in character, with an air of exquisite melancholy. Rousseau spent so much time developing his subjects that his absolutely completed works are comparatively few!

Ongoing | Los Angeles. Sculpt, produced for LACMA, is Loris Gréaud's first major exhibition project to take place on the West Coast of the United States and his first feature-length film.

September 16 - December 10, 2016 | Los Angeles. 'We Dance, We Smoke, We Kiss', curated by Myriam Ben Salah, aims to shift away from the established ‘East-West’ binary and to create some kind of “vernacular desorientalism”, decongesting the stigmatized visions of the region in a post 9/11 context, challenging stereotypes playfully and providing alternative narratives through image production. 

November 2-6, 2016 | New York. The third annual Festival Albertine will take place from November 2nd through 6th, 2016. The Festival will explore the changing nature of identity and how the arts interrogate our national, social, and cultural labels today in France and the US. It will be live streamed nationwide!

October 15th, 2016 | Los Angeles. Christine and the Queens, known for her minimalist music and androgynous style, is coming back to California! The French artist, who was awarded 5 platinum certifications in just over a year, will be performing at the Ace Hotel Theater.

October 3-4, 2016 | Los Angeles. Parisian singer Jain will be performing live at School Night and Hotel Café in Los Angeles this October! Performing pop music with Arabic and African influences, this concert is not to be missed!

October 6, 2016 | 7:30 PM | Los Angeles. Théâtre Raymond Kabbaz is proud to welcome award-winning French choregrapher Anne Nguyen and Par Terre Company with Autarcie (….). This performance is a game of strategy where, for 50 minutes, four dancers engage in a frantic ritual, alternating between forward-facing dance moves and free digression. With the support of the FACE Foundation. 

From October 2d | Los Angeles. Le Salon de Musiques presents the first concert of its seventh season on October 2d. Join the grand opening featuring the work of Beethoven, Schubert and Lekeu. Founded by French Concert Pianist François Chouchan.

October 11, 2016 - January 22, 2017 | Los Angeles. UNCERTAINTY is a science-meets-art exhibit that will include works by nine artists, including French visual artist Marc Fichou. The artworks all have an element of mystery, and symbolize the human search for knowledge. You may remember Marc Fichou from his recent exhibit 'Outside-In.' Check out this cool event!