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Dry January · Paris

Dry January in Paris, and still out of the house.

25 listings in Paris where the evening is about something other than the drink: run clubs, game nights, chess and quizzes, language cafés, sauna socials, soft clubbing, library and book-club events. Pubs and bars stay listed everywhere else on the site.

A month, one thing a week Phrases for the bar
The numbers we can source. Alcohol Change UK, the charity behind Dry January, reports 215,000 participants in 2024 and 200,000 in 2025 on its own campaign page; sign-up for 2027 had not been announced when we checked on 20 October 2026. That counts people who signed up with the charity, not everyone who skips a drink in January. Alcohol Change UK ↗

This page only adds a view. Bars, pubs and every other listing stay exactly where they are on Come Alone. Dry January, Damp January (drinking less) or neither: all fine.

A month

One regular thing a week, built from what exists

A suggestion, not a schedule: the first listing of each kind below. Check the official page for the January dates.

  1. Fri 1 – Sun 3 Jan. Run club: Art Run Paris (Bremond Capela gallery) — every six weeks
  2. Week of 4 Jan. Game night or quiz: Au Bonheur des Jeux — Wednesday 18:30-22:30
  3. Week of 11 Jan. Language café: Denfert Polyglottes (weekly language nights) — Monday (Franco-German 20:00-23:00); Tuesday and Saturday evening (I…
  4. Week of 18 Jan. Sauna social: Ground Control Sauna et Bains Collectifs — Wed-Sun 7:00-22:00
  5. Week of 25 Jan. Soft clubbing: Ecstatic Dance Paris (Pantin) — weekly Sat 11:00-14:00

Run clubs

Run clubs in Paris

Run clubs and walking groups: the drink, if any, comes after. Check the official page before you go.

Social run club
Beginners welcome

Food Runners Club - Run Eat Repeat

new food address each week
Tuesday & weekend (Sat or Sun) 19:30 (Tue) / 10:00 (weekend)
free (80 places per run, register via Instagram stories)
checked 2026-10-19
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Social run club
Beginners welcome

Paris Running Club (20-35 ans) - beginners run

Annette K barge, Port de Javel Bas (opposite RER C / T3a Pont du Garigliano)
Sunday (first event 25 Oct 2026; weekly intention) 10:00 (event header) / evening programme 19:00 in text
free
checked 2026-10-19
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Social run club
Beginners welcome

Pompiers de Paris - free group run, bois de Clamart

Carrefour de l'Anemometre
1st Saturday of month (another source says 1st and 3rd) 09:00
free (no booking)
checked 2026-10-19
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Game nights, chess and quizzes

Game nights, chess and quizzes in Paris

The game is the point; a pub quiz is still a pub, and an alcohol-free drink is a normal order there. Check the official page before you go.

Language cafés

Language cafés in Paris

Talk, practise a language, go home early. Check the official page before you go.

Language café
Languages: fr/de/ru/es/it/pt/multi

Denfert Polyglottes (weekly language nights)

Denfert Cafe
Monday (Franco-German 20:00-23:00); Tuesday and Saturday evening (International); Wednesday (Latin languages); Friday (Franco-Russian) 20:00
checked 2026-10-19
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Sauna socials

Sauna socials in Paris

Heat, cold plunge and tea. Alcohol-free is tagged where the page says so. Check the official page before you go.

Soft clubbing

Soft clubbing in Paris

Dancing in daylight: coffee raves, ecstatic dance, zero-proof nights. Check the official page before you go.

Ecstatic dance
Alcohol-free (organiser says)

Ecstatic Dance Paris (Pantin)

Ecstatic Dance Paris — 100, avenue du Général Leclerc, 93500 Pantin
weekly Sat 11:00-14:00
15 (currency not stated)
checked 2026-10-19
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Libraries and book clubs, January 2027

Libraries and book clubs, January 2027 in Paris

Dated events from the feed, 1–31 January 2027. Check the official page before you go.

Wed6Jan
Free
LearningParis
19:00–20:30

Round table on the history of women factory workers, BHVP, Paris

Bibliothèque historique de la Ville de Paris (BHVP)

The closing evening of the Bibliothèque historique's season on «ouvrières»: historians Romain Castellesi, Fanny Gallot and Amandine Tabutaud discuss the women who worked in French factories, workshops and at home in the 20th century, at least a fifth of the working class and yet long invisible. A free talk in a Marais mansion library, in French, for adults and teenagers from 15. Booking is advised. «Table-ronde « histoire ouvrière, histoire d'ouvrières »» Starts 19:00, ends about 20:30. Ville de Paris — « Que faire à Paris ? » open data (ODbL).

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Three phrases

What to say at the bar

Pubs and bars are still on the map; this is how to be at one and not drink. For more phrases for a specific evening, try First Phrases ↗.

ENESFRDEITPT
Something alcohol-free, please.Algo sin alcohol, por favor.Quelque chose sans alcool, s’il vous plaît.Etwas Alkoholfreies, bitte.Qualcosa di analcolico, per favore.Algo sem álcool, por favor.
I’m not drinking tonight, but I’m in.Esta noche no bebo, pero me apunto.Ce soir je ne bois pas, mais je suis partant(e).Ich trinke heute nichts, bin aber dabei.Stasera non bevo, ma ci sono.Hoje não bebo, mas alinho.
Do you have anything without alcohol?¿Tenéis algo sin alcohol?Vous avez des boissons sans alcool ?Habt ihr etwas ohne Alkohol?Avete qualcosa di analcolico?Têm algo sem álcool?

How it works

A month of evenings out in Paris: how it works

  1. Pick one regular thing a week, such as a run club on Wednesday or a game night on Friday. A fixed slot is easier to keep than a plan.
  2. Open the official page and check the date, time and price; January schedules shift after the holidays.
  3. Open Meet & Mint to see who else is going and say hi in the event chat. Many of the events on our sites are also in the app.
  4. Order what you like. Use the phrases above if it helps; nobody at a quiz or a run-club coffee is counting.

Questions people ask

Where can I go in Paris in January without drinking?

We list 25 options in Paris: run clubs, game nights, chess and quizzes, language cafés, sauna socials, soft clubbing, library and book-club events. Each is from a page we checked, with the date we checked it.

Are there alcohol-free events in Paris?

2 listings in Paris carry an alcohol-free or alcohol-optional tag taken from the organiser’s page. Where there is no tag, the page does not say.

Do you hide bars and pubs?

No. This section only highlights alcohol-free and alcohol-optional options. Bars and pubs stay in every other listing on Come Alone.

How current is the Paris list?

Each card shows the date we checked it; library and book-club events come from the feed for 1–31 January 2027 and fill in 2–6 weeks ahead. Always confirm on the official page.

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