Some years are blessed by the gods. Like 1998 for soccer, 2025 promises to be the year of concerts and festivals for Lyon. Indeed, this time, the city and its surrounding region will act as a real catalyst, offering an abundance of cultural programming to suit all tastes. So, before you set off on your summer vacations, read this article carefully: it could well turn a fatal “Gee, I missed that!” into a proud “Me, I was there!”
Hypnotize
We recently told you about what is set to be THE festival of the year 2025. A veritable earthquake in urban and rap culture, Hypnotize is coming to Lyon to shake things up. On June 13 and 14 at the Grand Parc Miribel Jonage, the festival will see the best of the 2025 French rap scene. Booba, Jok’air, Laylow, Leto and Vald are the first to join the line-up.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=503DDAc3XP4
📍 Le Grand Parc Miribel Jonage – Vaulx-en-Velin
📅 June 13 and 14, 2025
🎟️ Admission 2-day pass from 49€ (early bird )
🎤 Booba, Jok’air, Laylow, Leto, Vald (other names coming soon)
👉 Find out more on the official website
Les Nuits Sonores
Les Nuits Sonores is to electronic music what the Fête des Lumières is to entertainment: an internationally recognized Lyon pride. This year’s line-up promises to be particularly exciting. Nearly a hundred artists will be performing under the theme TECHNO-POLITIQUE. This year, two new stage areas will be created on the prog during the day, and three stages will be set up at La Sucrière at night. A 22nd edition not to be missed.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tJBD_2GPYSE
📍 Théâtre des Célestins, La Sucrière, Les Grandes Locos, Lyon
📅 May 28 to June 1, 2025
🎟️ Admission from €17.50 for night tickets
🎤 Anetha, Massive Attack, Jeff Mills, Peggy GOu, Ellen Allien… and so many more!
👉 Find out more on the official website (remember to clear your caches if the site doesn’t display properly)
Les Nuits de Fourvières
Les Nuits de Fourvières struck a blow last December when the first names of the 2025 vintage were announced. Ben Mazué, The Libertines, Anoushka Shankar, Chilly Gonzales. Here’s a foretaste of what promises to be a 5-star line-up! Since its inception, Les Nuits de Fourvières has enabled Lyon’s residents to enjoy the greatest artists in an exceptional setting. Join us on March 11 to discover the full program.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=klk1TCPXhlM
📍 Grand Théâtre Romains and other sites – Lyon
📅 June 2 – July 26, 2025
🎟️ Tickets go on sale March 19
🎤 Ben Mazué, The Libertines, Anoushka Shankar, Chilly Gonzales (more names to come soon)
👉 Find out more on the official website
Nantua Fest
Here’s a date that will make the hearts of many festival-goers beat faster! Despite its young age, Nantua Fest is hitting hard this year. For its 4ᵉ edition, to be held from June 6 to 8, 2025, the festival unveils an exceptional line-up: Dub Inc for reggae, Gazo on the rap side, or Trinix for electro, among other renowned artists. Beyond its programming, the festival boasts a unique natural setting, ideal for kicking off the month of June and getting the summer off to a great start!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dChL5D-hym4
📍 Camping le Signal de Nantua
📅 June 6-8, 2025
🎟️ Admission from €39 for a 1-day pass
🎤 Gazo, Soolking, Trinix, Dub Inc, Biga*Ranx
👉 Find out more on the official website
Aqueduc Festival
For all those who love festivals on a human scale, here’s what you need. Aqueduc is the latest addition to the region’s festival scene. Join us on June 6 and 7 in Chaponost (12 km from Lyon) for a weekend of music. But not only music! The Aqueduc Festival will be pulling out all the stops to ensure that festival-goers get the most out of the venue. There’ll be plenty of groove, but also plenty of food! This first edition will feature some very fine names, including Jérôme de Oliveira, 2009 World Pastry Champion, as well as 1* chef Jérémy Galvan and Jacotte Brazier, granddaughter of Mère Brazier. We look forward to seeing you there!
📍 Route des Pins, 69630 Chaponost
📅 June 6 and 7, 2025
🎟️ Entry from €25 Early Bird 1-day pass
🎤 Earth, Wind and Fire Experience by Al McKay, Caravan Palace, Clark’s Bowing Club
👉 Find out more on the official website
Jazz à Vienne
15 days of music, 250 concerts including ¾ free with over 200,000 festival-goers every year. These are the crazy measurements of Jazz àVienne. Add to this the fact that a large proportion of the concerts take place in a theater built 2,000 years ago, and you get a mythical festival. This year, the festival is not going to be half-hearted. The line-up is already mouth-watering, making this an event not to be missed under any circumstances.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tnl2BUoCd_o
📍 Théâtre Antique de Vienne
📅 June 26-28 and July 8-11
🎟️ Admission from €38
🎤 Thomas Dutronc, Parov Stelar, Dianne Reeves, Jamie Cullum and many others
👉 Find out more on the official website
Atr’Activ Festival
On June 27 and 28, the Monts du Lyonnais will be vibrating with the commune of Longessaigne at its epicenter. For this 3rd edition, the festival is expecting no less than 4,000 festival-goers to tap their toes to the music of DJs from all over France and beyond! If you want to get an earful and support a team of young organizers (all volunteers) just a stone’s throw from Lyon, this is the place to be!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bw-yfuCT8VA
📍 Longessaigne (69770)
📅 June 27-28, 2025
🎟️ 2-day pass from €49.78
🎤 Program soon to be revealed
👉 Find out more on the official website
Evasion Festival
Another highlight of the season is the Evasion Festival. It’s not just a simple festoche, but a much broader and more ambitious project blowing out its 7th candle this year. The concept? A festival with its feet in the water, taking place entirely during the day. The program is designed to be inclusive and parity-based, so the artists are varied and talented. The icing on the cake is the festival’s commitment to the environment, with a whole series of concrete measures to ensure a viable and sustainable festival. We don’t know about you, but we’re jumping in with both feet!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UdgcuCInGxA
📍 Atol beach, Grand Parc de Miribel-Jonage
📅 June 28 and 29, 2025
🎟️ 2-day pass from €54
🎤 Carv, Dion, Anxhela, Síofra and many others
👉 Find out more on the official website
Printemps de Pérouges
For all pop music lovers, you’re in for a treat. With Printemps de Pérouges, the best of French chanson is served to you on a silver platter. And this year’s program has everything to please. The best artists of the TOP 50 meet in Pérouges, in the park of Saint-Exupéry’s childhood home. That’s all there is to it. If you’re looking to get your groove on in an unprecedented setting, you know where to go.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AZ_dXuHbrHs
📍 Chateau de Saint Maurice de Remens
📅 June 24-29
🎟️ One-day admission from 47€.
🎤 Artus (show), Julien Doré, Kendji Girac, Soprano, Gims
👉 Find out more on the official website
Musilac
Brittany has its Vieilles Charrues, we have our Musilac! A veritable behemoth in a green setting, that’s the charm of Musilac. See the biggest bands and DJs of the moment with their feet in the water – that’s the promise of the coolest festival of the summer. This year, the stars will be jostling for position on stage. Air, Fontaines DC, DJ Snake, Clara Luciani and Soprano – that’s just a taste of what’s in store for festival-goers this year.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s3KQLmFnpw8
📍 Esplanade du lac, Boulevard Barrier Aix-les-Bains
📅 July 9 to 12, 2025
🎟️ 1-day pass €69 and 4-day pass €209
🎤 Air, DJ Snake, Julien Doré, Soprano, Clara Luciani, Zaho de Sagazan and so many others
👉 Find out more on the official website
Woodstower Festival
If there’s one “ feelgood”event this summer, it’s unquestionably Woodstower. Having celebrated its 25th anniversary in 2024, the festival is back with a bang this year, with a line-up that’s more than a little nuggety… And it’s an understatement to say that the festival has established itself as a fixture in the diaries of all Lyon locals. The reasons? They’re obvious: a rich program of events and attractions in a magical setting. And to complete the picture, the festival is committed to an eco-responsible approach, making it one of the greenest festivals in France. And for that alone, a big bravo!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SuLPoVNfeQU
📍 Parc de Gerland, allée Pierre de Coubertin, Lyon 7
📅 July 17-20, 2025
🎟️ 1-day pass €44 and 3-day pass €85
🎤 SCH, Polo and Pan, Bon Entendeur, Chinese Man, Vladimir Cauchemar, Emma Peters
👉 Find out more on the official website
Les Belles Journées
For those of you out and about in July and August, don’t panic! The Festival Les Belles Journées is extending its run with another great line-up, including Riles and Bigflo et Oli. In Bourgoin Jallieu, the magic of the vacations doesn’t end on August 31, with music celebrated in the exceptional setting of the Parc des Lilattes. Here, the atmosphere is warm and friendly, and the festival is the perfect size for enjoying headliners without having to frequent the behemoths that can sometimes be oppressive. We highly recommend it!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oyr02vvA1K4
📍 Parc des Lilattes, Bourgoin-Jallieu (35 minutes from Lyon)
📅 September 5 and 6, 2025
🎟️ 1-day pass at 45€ and 2-day pass at 80€.
🎤 Big Flo et Oli, Rilès, The Avener, Olympe Chabert etc.
👉 Find out more on the official website
Brunch Electronik
What was only a rumor until recently is gradually being confirmed… After a lunar edition last year, Brunch Electronik is back in Lyon in 2025. No word yet on the famous who, when, where triptych ? But judging by recent Brunchs, we’re sure you won’t be disappointed! You can pre-register on the website to be the first to know. So hurry, hurry, hurry!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BnXHHvVC0gw
📍 Location as yet unknown
📅 September 2025
🎟️ Box office not yet open
🎤 Line up unknown for the moment
👉 Find out more on the official website