By Harry Nara · Last updated
- Where
- Paris Expo Porte de Versailles
- Tickets
- Ticketed
- Time of year
- February to March
- Dates
- Around the same dates every year
From the show: Saturday 27 February to Sunday 7 March 2027, open daily from 9am to 7pm at Paris Expo Porte de Versailles, with Serbia as guest country. Tickets go on sale in mid-November 2026. Pavilions 2 and 3 are closed for building work, so the layout differs from past years.
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The Salon International de l’Agriculture is France’s national farm show: nine days at Paris Expo Porte de Versailles from late February into March, with thousands of farm animals, the national livestock and produce competitions, and halls of food from every French region and from abroad, much of it to taste. It is open daily from 9am to 7pm. Adult tickets cost €17, children pay less, and the days early in the week are the calm ones.
What Salon de l’Agriculture actually is
By the organiser’s count it is the biggest public event in France: in its last edition about 437,000 visitors, 3,500 animals and more than 1,100 exhibitors. Farmers bring their best livestock to Paris for the week, and the prize cattle, sheep, goats and pigs are the stars.
Alongside it runs the Concours Général Agricole, the national competition for livestock and for products from cheese and charcuterie to wine, judged in rings and tasting rooms on site. Each year a cow is chosen as the show’s mascot, and a guest country gets its own space.
For a visitor the draw is the food. Whole pavilions are given to the products of France’s regions, its overseas territories and other countries, with stands selling and pouring as they go, and politicians come to be photographed beside the cattle.
Finding your way round
- Pavilion 1, for the animals. Cattle, sheep, goats and pigs are in Pavilion 1 with the competition rings; horses and donkeys are in Pavilion 6, and the dog and cat breeds in Pavilion 7.3.
- The food pavilions. Three pavilions are given to products and flavours from the French regions, overseas France and the rest of the world. Bring an appetite rather than a lunch booking.
- Crops, gardens and farming trades. Pavilion 4 covers crops and growing, the garden and vegetable plot have moved to Pavilion 7.3, and Pavilion 5 holds the farming trades, the sea and fresh water, forestry and the teaching farm.
- A new layout. Two pavilions are closed while the exhibition centre is rebuilt, so the floor plan has changed. Download it from the show’s website before you go.
Tickets and what it costs
Adult tickets cost €17, children aged 6 to 12 pay €9 and under-6s go free. Students pay €10 at the gate on weekdays, groups of ten or more get a discount, and tickets are sold online ahead of the show as well as at the desks on the day.
Buy only from the show’s own website or its ticket desks; the organisers warn that tickets from anyone else carry no guarantee. Much of the food is sold stand by stand, so budget for tasting as well as for the ticket.
Official information and booking: www.salon-agriculture.com/fr-FR
Getting there
Take Métro line 12 to Porte de Versailles, line 8 to Balard, or the T2 and T3a trams to Porte de Versailles. Parking is limited while the exhibition centre is rebuilt, and the organisers suggest buying your return Métro ticket in the morning to skip the evening queue at the machines.
Go early in the week if you can. The weekends are the busiest days and the start of the week the calmest, and the show publishes its own crowd forecast, SIA’Trafic, to plan by.
Mistakes worth avoiding
Going at the weekend
The weekends draw the biggest crowds. Early in the week is calmer, and the show’s own crowd forecast shows which days to avoid.
Driving there
Parking at Porte de Versailles is limited while the exhibition centre is rebuilt. The Métro and the trams stop right by it.
Relying on an old floor plan
Two pavilions are closed for works and some sections have moved. Download the current plan before you go.
Buying a ticket from a stranger
The organisers guarantee only tickets from their website or their own desks. Anything else may not get you in.
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Frequently asked questions
How much is a ticket to the Salon de l’Agriculture?
Adult tickets cost €17 and children aged 6 to 12 pay €9. Under-6s go free, and students pay €10 at the gate on weekdays.
What are the opening hours of the Salon de l’Agriculture?
Every day from 9am to 7pm for the nine days of the show. The ticket desks open at 8:30am.
When is the best day to visit the Salon de l’Agriculture?
A weekday early in the week. The weekends are the busiest, and the show publishes a daily crowd forecast.
How do I get to the Salon de l’Agriculture?
Take Métro line 12 to Porte de Versailles, line 8 to Balard, or the T2 or T3a tram to Porte de Versailles. Parking is limited.
What is there to see at the Salon de l’Agriculture?
Prize farm animals and the national livestock competition, pavilions of regional food and drink from all over France and abroad, and displays on crops, gardening, fishing and forestry.
Sources
- Salon International de l’Agriculture, dates, place and hours (French)
- Salon International de l’Agriculture, tickets and prices (French)
- Salon International de l’Agriculture, the new layout (French)
- Salon International de l’Agriculture, getting there (French)
- Salon International de l’Agriculture, key figures and guest country (French)
Dates on this page are checked against the organiser’s own listing and confirmed through 2027. Written and maintained by Harry Nara.