Lantern Festival: the Dinosaur Ball

From the end of November and throughout the nights of winter, a strange phenomenon will be taking place at the Jardin d'Acclimatation. At dusk, dozens of terrible titans that have been extinct for millions of years will reappear in our alleys.

Along a 6-hectare Christmas walk, set against a fantastic backdrop of more than 2,000 lanterns, you'll discover around a hundred dinosaurs, each more impressive than the last.

Tyrannosaurs and brontosaurs, velociraptors and triceratops, allosaurs and diplodocus, they're all waiting for you to come and see them!

The giant illuminations will bring these extinct creatures back to life before your very eyes.

After the remarkable success of the Dragons and Lanterns Festival in 2023, when 165,000 visitors came to admire the Shanghai illuminations in the Paris Park, from 29 November 2024 to 2 March 2025, the ferocious creatures will all be there! Along a 24-stage illuminated route, come and shiver and marvel as you discover 40 species of dinosaurs from the Mesozoic era in spectacular settings.

To make the evening even more magical and successful, the Jardin d'Acclimatation is opening its two new ‘Jurassic Island’ digital attractions: VR Xperience in dynamic virtual reality and 360° Xperience, a 360° immersive film to take you on a journey back to the time of the dinosaurs! Last but not least, there's another (major!) surprise in store for visitors in search of a thrill: a new ride to get up high and admire the illuminated course from the air: a Giant Ferris Wheel!

And because all these emotions will whet your appetite, a foodcourt has been set up in the park to extend the evening with delicious French and Asian specialities.

Le Bal des Dinosaures is THE not-to-be-missed outing this winter with family or friends, for a time of wonder, fun and enchantment... a factory of memories in the style of Christmas shop windows.

Open from 6.00 pm to 9.30 pm every day - last admission at 9.00 pm

Closed Mondays and Tuesdays outside school holidays (zone C)