AUTUMN FAIR 2022. It returns for the All Saints holidays. This is the fall home, gastronomy and shopping rendezvous not to be missed. What are the exhibitors and highlights of the show? Here’s what you need to know.
[Mis à jour le 21 octobre 2022 à 8h57] The Autumn Fair is back for 10 days at the Porte de Versailles exhibition center. This show invites you to discover the world of home and gastronomy. Whether it’s to fine-tune renovation projects, breathe new life into the decoration or delight the taste buds with French local products, all the reasons are good to walk the aisles of the show. The event is also an ideal meeting place to indulge in a shopping session with the many exhibitors.
Great novelty this year, the Fair is hosting the ephemeral Lépine Paris 2022 Competition which brings together around fifty inventors, previously awarded, with all their innovations which will be on sale. An appointment not to be missed! Here is all the useful information to prepare your visit to the Autumn Fair: dates, tickets, programs, exhibitors, access.
When is the 2022 Autumn Fair?
The Foire d’Automne in Paris is held from Friday October 21 to Sunday October 30, 2022, during the All Saints holidays. As usual, the Fair moved to the Parc des expositions de la Porte de Versailles, in hall 7.2. You can walk the aisles every day from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m.
Tickets for the Autumn Fair are on sale on the event site, on the online ticketing from the living room or directly at the entrance to the living room. We advise you to buy your ticket in advance online at the price of 7 euros. On D-Day, on site, they will be on sale at 9 euros (6 euros for reduced rates, reserved for students, PMR and accompanying person, on presentation of supporting cards). Entry is free for all visitors under the age of 18.
What is the program for the 2022 Autumn Fair?
The house and gastronomy are once again the flagship and historical themes of the show. They will share the poster and the 25,000 m² of exhibition space with new sections and especially the ephemeral Lépine competition. The shopping section will also be present, two months before Christmas, it’s the place to find gift ideas for the whole family. Remember in two points the highlights of the 2022 Autumn Fair:
- Discovery of the latest home trends (construction, renovation, fittings, decoration, high-tech and outdoor), gastronomy (flavours of French soil but also of the world and culinary novelties) and shopping with bargains at “Fair prices”.
- The Lépine Ephemeral Paris 2022 Competition .
Great novelty this year, find in a large open-space some fifty previously awarded inventors who will present and sell their inventions live to visitors. For example, you can find the following inventions during the Autumn Fair:
- The Litholux lamp;
- The Delissea cup;
- The ToyBoard Learning Surfboard;
- A 3-in-1 notebook book, coloring and cartoon, etc.
What are the winners of the 2022 Lépine Competition?
If being selected for the Lépine competition was already a victory for the inventors, all came with the hope of leaving with one of the fifteen awards at the Paris fair 2022 in the spring. With more than 300 innovations selected for the 2022 vintage of the famous competition, the choice must not have been obvious for the jury. Find the innovations that marked us in 2022, but also in previous years.
Who are the exhibitors present at the 2022 Autumn Fair?
Professionals jostle for a place at the autumn event where all sectors that touch on the home or gastronomy are represented. Here are some exhibitors that you can find in the different universes:
- Home and garden: Emma Matelas, Mobilier de France, Detoximix, Tefal, Moulinex, Laguiole, Singer, Clair Azur, Quality Spa, Cuisine Morel, etc.
- Gastronomy: find regional products, flavors from here and elsewhere, cheese or wine producers, chocolates and other sweets… The exhibitors will delight the taste buds of the most gourmet.
- Shopping: fashion, beauty, well-being, world crafts, smart products, you will find everything at the Fair.
The location of the Foire d’Automne is not yet confirmed, but each year the fair takes place at Exhibition center at Porte de Versailles. If this edition is no exception to the rule, it will be possible to get to the event by public transport, in particular line 12 of the metro getting off at Porte de Versailles or line 8 to Balard station. Trams 2 and 3 also serve the place at the Porte de Versailles stop, as do bus lines 80 and 39 respectively at the Porte de Versailles and Desnouettes stops.
For motorists, the A1, A3, A15, A15 and A4, A6, A10 motorways lead to the Parc des Expos. Just follow the direction of Paris and take the Porte de Sèvres or Porte de Versailles exits. Several paying car parks are generally available inside the park. Everything will be specified on the page “Access” to the Autumn Fair site.