In Lyon, Toussaint (October 18 to November 3, 2025) is the perfect excuse to stock up on good deals and autumn escapades! Between the golden leaves of the Parc de la Tête d’Or walks along the banks of the Saône and the many unusual experiences on offer, the capital of the Gauls is decked out in a thousand colors for autumn. Whether you’re staying in town or taking advantage of the long weekend to play tourist, we’ve come up with the best things to do in Lyon this All Saints’ Day. From cosy moments to cultural discoveries and fun ideas to share with family and friends, not forgetting Halloween, it’s easy to get into the autumn mood.
Playing with science during All Saints’ Day
Attention budding Albert Einsteins. This immersive museum teaches you to love science by approaching it from a new angle: that of entertainment. During this original visit, you’ll have the chance to experiment and put your knowledge into practice. Eureka! test the laws of quantum physics , take a static discharge (yes, yes!), unravel the mysteries of teleportation or levitation… If the interactive tour has already won over 250,000 visitors, you can be sure that it’s well worth the detour!
📍Science Expériences, Lyon, 32 Rue Thomassin, Lyon 2
📅 Date: multiple dates
👉 More info here
Assume your swiftie side with a Taylor Swift candlelight concert
Under the subdued halo of candles and in the solemn atmosphere of the Basilique Saint-Bonaventure, this edition of Candlelight: hommage à Taylor Swift promises a musical interlude right in the middle of the news. To mark the release of her new album, “Life of a showgirl”, Tay-Tay’s recognizable vocal timbre is twisted into an instrumental version. Perfect for rediscovering her favorite songs in a magical, hushed setting. A not-to-be-missed musical experience for all swifties!
📍Location: Basilique Saint-Bonaventure, 7 Place des Cordeliers, Lyon, 69002
📅 Date: October 26, 2025
👉 More info
Have a tête-à-tête like no other with this exhibition on Le Chat
We’ve all come across him at some point, in the stacks of a library or on a birthday card… <shortcode data-tag=”trackLink” 0=”” 1=”class=”decorated-link” 2=”cursor-pointer”>https://lyonsecret.com/exposition-lyon-le-chat-philippe-geluck-pop-culture/””><strong>The</strong></a><strong> most famous feline in pop culture</strong></shortcode> settles in Lyon for an original exhibition to be discovered from October 4 at Galerie Estades (61 quai Saint-Vincent, Lyon 1er). Sculptures, silkscreens and, of course, paintings await visitors <strong>in search of smiles and good humor. </strong>The perfect plan for an afternoon during the All Saints’ vacation.<br /> <br /> <strong>Exhibition</strong><br /> <e-location-pin></e-location-pin>Galerie Estades – 61 quai Saint-Vincent, Lyon 1<br /> 📅 From Saturday October 4 to Saturday November 15, 2025<br /> <br /> <strong>Ballade Urbaine</strong><br /> <e-location-pin></e-location-pin>Parc de la Tête d’Or, Lyon 7<br /> 📅 From Friday, October 3, 2025 to Sunday, March 1, 2026<br /> <h2>We’ll eat at this new corker unlike any other</h2><br /> <img class=”size-full wp-image-24028″ src=”https://offloadmedia.feverup.com/lyonsecret.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/10124721/Photo-de-couverture-33.jpg” alt=”Le Bouchon Alsacien Lyon” width=”1200″ height=”800″ /><br /> <br /> <shortcode data-tag=”trackLink” link_url=”https://lyonsecret.com/bouchon-alsacien-ancien-directeur-brasserie-georges/”><strong>Le Bouchon Alsacien</strong></shortcode>, which has just opened in place of the former Cazenove, invites Lyonnais to (re)discover Alsatian cuisine. Sauerkraut, charcuterie, kouglof, not forgetting its vineyards with a good riesling or “gewurz”. In <strong>Lyon</strong> as in <strong>Strasbourg</strong>, we share the meal in a good mood that <strong>a good number of other cities in France envy us!</strong><br /> <h2><shortcode data-tag=”trackLink” link_url=”https://feverup.com/m/396019″>We’re taking advantage of the All Saints’ vacation to visit this temple of 7ᵉ art</shortcode></h2><br /> <img class=”alignnone” src=”https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/gps-cs-s/AC9h4nrG-tQVXdobhk21VK0oRp03iYy7ulkSq07jE9MEa1AXxRQiPy7GVUceAje_erXyftdUw4aGdK6zT_n-KyexqYeMkYVC18lR7NGHZllaaTISMjJGtiVIzKwUu8utkyXp2BF_Y7gT=s1360-w1360-h1020-rw” alt=”Toussaint musée cinéma & miniature” width=”1354″ height=”1020″ /><br /> <br /> Tested and approved by <strong>Wes Anderson</strong> himself! Right in the heart of Vieux-Lyon, in a <strong>UNESCO World Heritage monument</strong> dating from the XVᵉ century, hides a mecca for any self-respecting cinephile: the <shortcode data-tag=”trackLink” link_url=”https://www.museeminiatureetcinema.fr/”>Musée Cinéma & Miniature</shortcode>. In an enchanting setting of 2,000 square meters of exhibition space, over <strong>10,000 original objects</strong> from the <strong>most iconic films of the 7ᵉ art</strong> are presented before your very eyes. Harry Potter, Indiana Jones, Superman… They’re absolutely all there!<br /> <br /> <e-location-pin></e-location-pin>Musée Cinéma & Miniature, 60 rue Saint Jean, Lyon 5<br /> 📅 Open Monday to Friday 10am to 6:30pm and Fridays and Saturdays 10am to 7pm<br /> 👉 <shortcode data-tag=”trackLink” link_url=”https://www.museeminiatureetcinema.en/”>More info</shortcode><br /> <h2>Discover the secrets of the Amazon rainforest</h2><br /> <img class=”alignnone size-full wp-image-22961″ src=”https://offloadmedia.feverup.com/lyonsecret.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/03155759/Template-article-1620-x-1080-px-33.jpg” alt=”Amazonies – Musée des Confluences Lyon” width=”1200″ height=”800″ /><br /> <br /> <strong>The Amazon is undoubtedly one of the most fascinating places on the planet</strong>. We all have an image of it: that of a dense, mysterious forest, a majestic river and distant lands. Through its exhibition soberly entitled “<strong>Amazonies</strong>”, the public is invited to discover the richness of its peoples and their struggles to preserve their rights and territories. <strong>An essential exhibition to discover during the All Saints’ holiday</strong>, which invites a real awareness of this region of the world, still preserved (and so much the better) from our modernity!<br /> <br /> <span style=”font-weight:400;”><e-location-pin></e-location-pin>Musée des Confluences, 86 quai Perrache, Lyon 2</span><span style=”font-weight:400;”><br /> </span><span style=”font-weight:400;”>🎟️ Full admission €12</span><span style=”font-weight:400;”><br /> </span><span style=”font-weight:400;”>👉 Find out more at <shortcode data-tag=”trackLink” link_url=”https://museedesconfluences.en/en/exhibitions/exhibitions-temporaires/amazonies”>the official website</shortcode></span><br /> <h2>We fall back in childhood with the Vogue des Marrons</h2><br /> <img class=”alignnone size-full wp-image-23476″ src=”https://offloadmedia.feverup.com/lyonsecret.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/16122254/Template-article-1620-x-1080-px-57.jpg” alt=”Vogue des Marrons” width=”1200″ height=”800″ /><br /> <br /> <strong>Hot chestnuts, hot chestnuts!</strong> The unmissable <shortcode data-tag=”trackLink” 0=”” 1=”class=”decorated-link” 2=”cursor-pointer”>https://www.vogue-des-marrons.fr/””>Vogue des Marrons, which takes over the Place and Boulevard de la Croix-Rousse, will make its grand return this year from October 4. For 150 years, this emblematic event of the Lyonnais landscape, on a par with the arrival of Beaujolais Nouveau or the <shortcode data-tag=”trackLink” 0=”” 1=”class=”decorated-link” 2=”cursor-pointer”>/””><strong>Fête</strong></a><strong> des Lumières</strong></shortcode>, has delighted Lyonnais of all ages – and 2025 will be no exception. So, as you exit the metro C station, let yourself be tempted by a gourmet break and a taste of childhood regained.<br /> <h2><shortcode data-tag=”trackLink” link_url=”https://feverup.com/m/407194″>Boarding the Titanic</shortcode></h2><br /> <img class=”alignnone size-full wp-image-23493″ src=”https://offloadmedia.feverup.com/lyonsecret.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/17100659/Template-article-1620-x-1080-px-59.jpg” alt=”Titanic Lyon 2025″ width=”1200″ height=”800″ /><br /> <br /> We’re staying with the movie theme. This <strong>immersive exhibition</strong> may not answer everyone’s question: “Was there room for two on that damned plank?”, but it will allow you to decipher every stage of the biggest shipwreck of all time, over 110 years later. With <shortcode data-tag=”trackLink” link_url=”https://expo-titanic.com/lyon/”><strong>Titanic: An Immersive Voyage</strong></shortcode>, embark on a spectacular epic thanks to life-size sets, <strong>striking video projections</strong> and<strong> 3D reconstructions</strong>.<br /> <br /> <e-location-pin></e-location-pin>La Sucrière, 49-50 Quai Rambaud, Lyon 2<br /> 📅 Date: multiple dates<br /> 👉 <shortcode data-tag=”trackLink” link_url=”https://expo-titanic.com/lyon/”>More info</shortcode><br /> <h2>We’re celebrating Halloween the right way</h2><br /> <img src=”https://offloadmedia.feverup.com/lyonsecret.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/10174056/Template-article-1620-x-1080-px-95-1024×683.jpg” alt=”Halloween Lyon 2025″ /><br /> <br /> Every year, it’s the same story:<strong>the Halloween</strong> wave surges everywhere and pushes us to do just about anything. <shortcode data-tag=”trackLink” link_url=”https://lyonsecret.com/activites-a-faire-a-halloween/”><strong>But</strong><br /> <strong>on closer inspection, there really is a lot of fun to be had</strong></shortcode>! Disguised or not, alone or accompanied, with the kids or notm everyone celebrates their dance with the devil in their own way. And this year, what’s more, <strong>it falls on a Friday</strong>… no excuse!!<br /> <div class=”smn-tracklink-cta”>Read also: <shortcode data-tag=”trackLink” link_url=”https://lyonsecret.com/musee-cinema-miniature-lyon/”>Superman, James Bond, Retour vers le Futur… The world’s largest collection of filming objects on public display is in Lyon – in a building classified as a UNESCO heritage site</shortcode></div>.