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Il y a un grand concert demain.

Il y a un grand concert demain.
There is a big concert tomorrow.
From Lesson 31:The verb to go (aller)·French

Questions & Answers about Il y a un grand concert demain.

Since the concert is tomorrow (demain), why don't we use aller (to go) to show it's happening in the future?
Just like in English, French can use the present tense for scheduled future events. You could use aller to form the near future (Il va y avoir un grand concert demain - "There is going to be a big concert tomorrow"), but the simple present il y a ("there is") is very common and perfectly correct here.
Does il y a literally mean "he has there"?
Word-for-word, il (it), y (there), and a (has) combine to mean "it has there." However, you should learn il y a as a fixed chunk that means "there is" or "there are." It stays exactly the same whether you are talking about one concert or ten concerts!
Why does grand come before concert instead of after it?
While most French adjectives go after the noun, a small group of common, short adjectives go before it. A handy trick to remember these is the acronym BANGS: adjectives describing Beauty, Age, Number, Goodness, and Size. Because grand (big) describes Size, it goes in front of the noun.

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