Land your 2026 summer programming
6,000 festivals and music venues in France — the #1 target to fill your season
The most valuable target for a pro musician: 6,000 festivals, music halls and equipped venues programming artists each season. Reach programmers directly, from January for summer.
Actual volume in database: 6 267 contacts
Sources: data.gouv.fr · IPA · OpenStreetMap
| Name | City | |
|---|---|---|
| Culturalité | Prémian | a***@neuf.fr |
| Festival Spectacle vivant - Compagniedupoulpe | Loire-Authion | c***@gmail.com |
| Festival Spectacle vivant - Quandonconte | Nouaillé-Maupertuis | q***@orange.fr |
| Festival Spectacle vivant - Helloasso | Ramonville-Saint-Agne | b***@crocofume.com |
| Festival Spectacle vivant - Cirquebidon | Sainte-Sévère-sur-Indre | c***@gmail.com |
| Festival Spectacle vivant - Uzerche | Uzerche | c***@uzerche.fr |
| Festival Spectacle vivant - Festopitcho | Avignon | c***@le-totem.com |
| Festival Spectacle vivant - Climaxfestival | Bordeaux | c***@climaxfestival.fr |
| … 6 304 additional contacts in full in the complete pack | ||
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France is one of Europe's countries with the highest density of festivals. Each year, more than 6,312 festivals, contemporary music venues (SMAC), equipped halls and live performance spaces program paid professional artists. This reality encompasses very different worlds: major national summer festivals with tens of thousands of attendees, but above all hundreds of mid-sized festivals (2,000 to 10,000 admissions) and small community festivals that represent the majority of real opportunities for a developing artist.
Seasonality is very pronounced: June, July and August account for around 70% of festival dates. But SMACs and concert halls (Zénith, certified venues) operate throughout the season, from September to June, with monthly or even bi-weekly programming. The pack covers both worlds.
Geographically, the best-served regions are Occitania, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, Brittany, Nouvelle-Aquitaine and Île-de-France. But every French region has several dozen active festivals — including overseas territories and Corsica.
This pack is aimed at artists targeting professional paid programming, with fees declared via GUSO or a performance contract. Relevant profiles:
The pack is less suited to musicians looking solely for event entertainment (weddings, care homes) — for those uses, other LiveContact packs are more targeted.
Contacting a festival without a direct contact means sending an email to a generic address (contact@festival.fr) that ends up in a shared inbox read at low priority. The LiveContact pack identifies, where possible, the programmer or artistic director by name, which significantly increases open and response rates.
If you want to delegate the writing and sending of your artistic dossier, our outreach service manages the campaign from A to Z.
Summer festival programmers make their decisions 6 to 12 months in advance. The ideal calendar:
An effective presentation dossier for a festival should fit on one page: quality live photo, 150-word biography, 2 links (listening + concert video), summarized technical rider, and a clear fee proposal. Programmers receive hundreds of dossiers: readability takes precedence over completeness.
Visit our methodology to access artistic dossier templates and best follow-up practices.
The Music Festivals & Venues FR pack (6,312 contacts, 79 €) is delivered instantly after payment in three formats:
Each row contains: festival or venue name, city, department, region, verified email, phone when available, venue type, and approximate capacity when known.
The pack is most effective for artists with at least one release (EP, single, album) and a presentable concert video. Festivals and SMACs look for projects that already have an audience, even a modest one. If you are just starting out, begin by targeting small community festivals (under 1,000 attendees) and certified open stages, which are more accessible to emerging artists.
A SMAC (Contemporary Music Venue) is a venue certified by the Ministry of Culture that programs year-round (concerts, residencies, cultural activities). A festival is a one-off event, usually concentrated over a few days. The pack includes both types, giving you access to opportunities throughout the year and not just in summer.
The database contains a mix: for larger venues, we have been able to identify named contacts (artistic director, programming officer). For smaller festivals, the email is that of the organizing association's office. In all cases, the email is verified as active. Personalizing your email by mentioning the festival's name and a recent date from their programming significantly increases response rates.
Yes. The Excel file is filterable by region and department. You can therefore start with local prospecting (20 to 50 festivals in your region) before expanding nationally. This approach is recommended: local programmers are more accessible, and a first regional concert can serve as a reference for national festivals.
Lead times vary greatly. Some programmers respond within 2 weeks, others take 2 to 3 months or don't respond until their next programming cycle. Plan for one follow-up 3 to 4 weeks after your initial send — this is standard practice and is well received. Avoid multiple follow-ups, which could harm your image.
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