Fitzgerald once wrote, ‘Superfluous? It’s like a bible at the Ritz’. Indeed.
Just imagine it: champagne towers glimmer beneath chandeliers, snow-white feathers shimmer under soft golden light, and the syncopated rhythm of a jazz trumpet carries across a dance floor alive with sequins, silk, and abandon. Couples swirl past in a blur of pearls and tuxedos, the laughter of a beautiful stranger punctuating the night like a perfectly timed note. It is Paris, it is 1925, and one could believe they have stepped directly into the glittering pages of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby.
To celebrate the centenary of Fitzgerald’s legendary novel, the Ritz Paris, that enduring temple of elegance and effervescence, unveils The Gatsby Soirées: a trilogy of unforgettable evenings that revive the glamour of Les Années Folles. On October 15th, November 19th, and December 17th, 2025, the storied Salon Vendôme will be transformed into a gilded dreamscape.
In homage to Fitzgerald, himself once a devoted habitué of the Ritz Paris, the soirées will transport guests into the luminous spirit of the Roaring Twenties. Beneath ceilings that have witnessed a century of whispered confidences and midnight revels, the evening unfolds with the intoxicating energy of live jazz and swing. A chanteuse croons with velvet phrasing, while professional dancers move with the effortless flair of a bygone age, embodying the spirit of a generation intoxicated with possibility.
The gastronomy is no less dazzling. At the hand of Chef Jérôme Legras, a five-course menu has been conceived to echo the sumptuous excess of the era, each dish a work of art, paired with a glass of fine champagne. At €315 per person, the dinner show is a sensorial journey through time: a sparkling encounter between the past and present, where the Ritz’s timeless savoir-faire meets the magic of Fitzgerald’s roaring imagination.
The décor immerses the senses. Ostrich feathers, sequins, and gilded foliage adorn the room in a symphony of texture and light, creating a stage upon which the revels of the evening unfold. Every detail breathes of a world where beauty was currency. It is here that Fitzgerald’s words echo with poignant resonance: “And I like large parties. They’re so intimate. At small parties there isn’t any privacy.”
In curating these soirées, the Ritz Paris honors not only a novel but an entire philosophy of living, a heritage of audacity, of elegance without constraint, of joie de vivre that transcends the ticking of time. For a few extraordinary nights, the city’s heart beats once again with the rhythm of a Charleston, the hush of champagne poured into crystal, the glitter of a century-old dream reborn.
The Gatsby Soirées at the Ritz Paris are more than an homage; they are an immersion into legend, a chance to step through the looking glass into a world that remains, as Fitzgerald once promised, “commensurate to his capacity for wonder.”
Buy your tickets immediately, ritzparis.com.
The Gatsby Soirées at the Ritz Paris
Salon Vendôme
Wednesdays, October 15th, November 19th, and December 17th, 2025
7:30 PM to 11:00 PM
15 Pl. Vendôme, 75001 Paris, France
