Bordeaux Open Air

What Bordeaux Open Air does

Bordeaux Open Air is a French non-profit organization founded in 2016 that produces a free outdoor electronic music festival held on Sunday afternoons in parks and gardens across the Bordeaux Métropole. Operating with 13 employees and no ticketing or reservation system, the festival targets the general public across all ages, backgrounds, and abilities, with explicit focus on accessibility (subpacs for deaf/hard-of-hearing attendees, joëlette wheelchair loans, hearing protection, lowered bar counters) and family programming (graffiti, DJing, origami, and face painting workshops via partner Noémie&Kids). The 2026 season spans 5 venues — Square Dom Bedos, Parc de Mussonville, Parc de Bourran, Parc Treulon, and Parc Bordelais — with 15 artists programmed.

The festival operates a complementary mobile sub-product, the Biafine Tour, which extends the brand through van-based listening sessions, beach club, and poolside events across the broader Nouvelle-Aquitaine region. The organization has achieved zero-waste on-site operations since 2019 and is a signatory of the Drastic on Plastic charter since 2020. There is no proprietary technology platform; digital presence is limited to a WordPress website, SoundCloud for music sharing, and Facebook events for promotion.

Revenue derives entirely from institutional partners, media partners, private sponsors, and label partners — not ticket sales — making this a partnership-funded cultural institution rather than a commercial enterprise. The festival has built a 10-year community ecosystem with local beverage and food vendors (Brasserie Mira, Maison Pip, Féfé Cocktails, Club Maté, Dimanchuitre, Sunny Nuts, Muffkies de Lili, Lili et Max, PIHA), institutional backers, and strategic international partnerships including a reciprocal arrangement with Les Electropicales (Réunion Island) established in 2022. The peak attendance recorded was 75,000 visitors during the 2018 edition featuring 8 international city ambassadors, while the 2016 debut drew 14,000 attendees at Jardin Public.

Name

Bordeaux Open Air

Legal name

Bordeaux Open Air

Website

https://bordeauxopenair.fr

Company type

Private

Founded year

2016

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Bordeaux Open Air is a French non-profit founded in 2016 that produces a free outdoor electronic music festival across parks in Bordeaux Métropole, serving the general public with accessibility and family programming, funded through institutional and private partnerships.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Live Music Festivals

NAICS

Other Amusement and Recreation Industries (7139)

SIC

Services-Amusement & Recreation Services (7900)

akta.pro primary industry

Outdoor Amphitheater & Open-Air Venue Operations (MPAGALAG)

Keywords

• Outdoor music festivals
• Electronic music events
• Free community events
• Live music programming
• Festival event production

Headquarters

HQ city

Bordeaux

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Others

Revenue model

1. Festival Events: All events are entirely free and open to the public without reservation or ticket requirements. Revenue appears to come from public funding, institutional partnerships, and private sponsorships rather than ticket sales.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Bordeaux Open Air produces a free outdoor electronic music festival series held on Sunday afternoons in parks and gardens across the Bordeaux metropolitan area. The festival features live performances, DJ sets, food and beverage vendors, and family-friendly activities including workshops for children. A complementary mobile Biafine Tour extends the experience to coastal areas through van-based listening sessions, beach club events, and poolside gatherings. All events are open to the public free of charge without reservation.

Product overview

Bordeaux Open Air is a single, unified festival offering — a free electronic music event series held on Sunday afternoons in parks and gardens throughout Bordeaux Métropole. The core product is the main festival itself, featuring live electronic performances and DJ sets across 5 venues during summer season 2026. The Biafine Tour is a complementary mobile sub-product that extends the festival experience to coastal areas through van-based listening sessions and beach club events. Both offerings share the same brand identity, electronic music focus, and commitment to free, accessible programming.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Bordeaux Open Air Festival A free outdoor electronic music festival held on Sunday afternoons in parks and gardens across Bordeaux Métropole, featuring live performances, DJ sets, food trucks, locally-sourced beverages, and activities for children including workshops managed by Noémie&Kids.
• Biafine Tour

Quantifiable outcome

• Zero waste generated on site since 2019
• +2 more outcomes

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

19 partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Les ElectropicalescoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2022Reunion Island electronic music festival partnership. BOA invited Electropicales artists in 2022; Electropicales reciprocated with a carte blanche invitation to BOA for Cosmic Circus event in 2023. Exchange of artistic programming and cross-promotion between festivals.
• Drastic on PlasticcoreOthersBordeaux Open Air is a signatory of the Drastic on Plastic charter since 2020, committing to eliminating single-use plastics at events and promoting sustainable practices.
• Brasserie MiraminorOthersLocal brewery providing beer selection at festival events.
• Maison PipminorOthersLocal producer of cider and apple juice served at festival events.
• Féfé CocktailsminorOthersCocktail vendor providing drinks selection at festival events.
• Club MatéminorOthersBeverage partner providing maté drinks at festival events.
• DimanchuitreminorOthersSavory food vendor providing food truck offerings at festival events.
• Sunny NutsminorOthersSweet food vendor providing confections at festival events.
• Muffkies de LiliminorOthersFood truck vendor serving muffins and baked goods at festival events.
• Lili et MaxminorOthersFood truck vendor serving bao burgers at festival events.
• PIHAminorOthersCoffee and sweet treats vendor at festival events.
• CercleminorOthersLive streaming platform that live-streamed the 2017 festival opening, providing international exposure.
• Noémie&KidsminorOthersKids activities provider managing creative and artistic workshops for children at festival events.
• Joëlette&CominorOthersMobility equipment provider from which the festival borrows/uses a joëlette wheelchair for accessibility.
• Institutional Partners (multiple)coreOthersMultiple institutional partners supporting the festival with logos displayed (specific organizations not named in source).
• Media Partners (multiple)minorOthersMultiple media partners with logos displayed supporting festival coverage and promotion.
• Private Sponsors (multiple)minorOthersMultiple private sponsors with logos displayed supporting festival operations.
• Label Partners (multiple)minorGTM or Marketing PartnerMultiple record labels (Funky French League, Mochi Records, and others) supporting artists and providing promotional support.
• Festivals en MouvementminorOthersNetwork organization that the festival is a member of, promoting sustainable festival practices.

Scale indicators7 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Peacock Society: Outdoor electronic music festival near Paris with similar electronic-music focus, open-air park setting, and seasonal programming model.
• Solidays: Paris music festival with a strong social-purpose and community-driven positioning, mixing genres and family-friendly programming — comparable values-driven festival model.
• Marvellous Island: Mid-sized French electronic music festival featuring a free opening day and ticketed events — a near-analogous freemium/open-air electronic festival model.
• We Love Green: Paris-based eco-responsible music festival emphasizing sustainability, free and ticketed programming, and inclusive community values — directly comparable to BOA's eco-responsible, community-led positioning.
• Nuits Sonores: Major French electronic music festival held in Lyon, with a strong free and ticketed mixed-format programming model and significant international artist booking — the closest direct comparison to BOA at a larger scale.
• Astropolis: Long-running electronic music festival in Brest with similar focus on electronic genres, multi-day programming, and local-talent development.
• Les Electropicales: Electronic music festival on La Réunion with comparable scale and an explicit artistic-exchange relationship with BOA (2022–2023 mutual carte blanche invitations).
• Positive Education Festival: Electronic music festival in Saint-Étienne with a community-driven, accessible, multi-venue format closely mirroring BOA's parks-and-gardens approach.
• Détonation: Electronic and indie music festival in Belfort with similar mid-sized, multi-venue, summer-season community festival structure.

Broad incumbents

• Boiler Room: Global electronic music broadcasting platform with strong ties to underground/DJ culture — adjacent, broader-scope player that intersects with BOA's electronic artist programming and live-streaming heritage (Cercle partnership in 2017).

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/bordeauxopenair
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/bordeaux-open-air

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Funding overview

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