Levitation France

Name

Levitation France

Legal name

Association Levitation France

Website

https://levitation-france.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2015

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Music Festival

NAICS

Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries (711), Other Performing Arts Companies (711190), Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation (71), All Other Amusement and Recreation Industries (713990)

SIC

Services-Amusement & Recreation Services (7900), Services-Miscellaneous Amusement & Recreation (7990)

akta.pro primary industry

Merchandising & Onsite Retail (Concert Merch, Pop-ups) (MPAGAAAJ)

Keywords

• Indie rock festival
• Music festival events
• Live music performances
• Festival merchandise
• Event ticketing

Headquarters

HQ city

Angers

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Ticket Sales: Primary revenue stream through website ticket sales via Weezevent platform. Festival-goers purchase tickets for annual editions.
2. Cashless Credits: On-site cashless payment system for food, beverages, and merchandise within the festival grounds.
3. Merchandising: Festival merchandise including screen prints and branded items sold at festival and through Violette boutique partner.
4. Sponsorship and Mecénat: Corporate sponsors and individual patrons (mecènes) support the festival with 66% tax deduction for individual donors under French law.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

Levitation France organizes an annual indie rock music festival at Lac de Maine in Angers, France, featuring international and local rock acts across multiple stages. The festival also runs year-round "Autour de Levitation" evening events to maintain community engagement and sells limited-edition screen print merchandise from past editions through the Violette boutique in Angers.

Product overview

Levitation France is a single unified product: an annual indie rock music festival held at Lac de Maine in Angers, France. The festival's core offering centers on live music performances across multiple stages, complemented by supplementary offerings including 'Autour de Levitation' evening events held throughout the year and official festival merchandise (screen prints) sold through partner boutique Violette. The festival is co-produced with Radical Production and Le Chabada, and is affiliated with The Reverberation Appreciation Society which organizes the original LEVITATION festival in Austin, Texas.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Levitation France Festival Annual multi-day indie rock and alternative music festival held at Lac de Maine in Angers, France, featuring international and local rock acts across multiple stages. Targeted at indie rock and alternative music enthusiasts.
• Autour de Levitation Events Evening events held throughout the year in Angers to keep the indie rock community engaged between annual festival editions. Targeted at local festival community and music fans in the Pays de la Loire region.
• Festival Merchandising (Screen Prints) Official festival screen prints and collectible merchandise from previous editions, distributed through Violette boutique at 25 Rue des Poeliers, 49100 Angers. Targeted at festival attendees and indie rock memorabilia collectors.

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration11 records

Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Radical ProductioncoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerProducer and tour manager based in Angers. Co-producer of Levitation France festival alongside Association Levitation France and Le Chabada.
• Le ChabadacoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerContemporary music venue (scène de musiques actuelles) in Angers. Co-producer of Levitation France festival.
• The Reverberation Appreciation SocietycoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerOrganizers of LEVITATION festival in Austin, Texas. Licensed the Levitation brand and provides association/support for Levitation France.
• Violette BoutiqueminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorAngevin boutique at 25 Rue des Poeliers, 49100 Angers that sells festival screen prints and merchandise year-round.
• FIP Radio (Radio France)minorGTM or Marketing PartnerCultural radio station partnership for media coverage and promotion of the festival.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Rock en Seine: Major Parisian rock and indie music festival held annually at Domaine de Saint-Cloud. Comparable as a multi-stage French rock festival with similar lineup diversity and indie-leaning programming.
• La Route du Rock: Long-running French indie and alternative rock festival held in Saint-Malo. Closest direct peer given shared indie/alternative rock focus, similar scale, and comparable regional French audience targeting.
• Main Square Festival: Annual rock and indie music festival in Arras, France. Comparable in scale and programming mix, with similar mix of international headliners and emerging indie acts, public-sector sponsorship, and ticketing model.
• Hellfest Open Air Festival: France's largest rock and metal music festival, held annually in Clisson. Directly comparable as a French multi-day rock music festival with similar revenue model (tickets, sponsors, cashless) and similar target audience of rock/alternative music fans.
• Festival de Poupet: French indie and rock festival held in Saint-Malô-du-Bois, with a long history of bringing international indie acts to a regional French setting. Similar scale, regional positioning, and indie rock programming as Levitation France.
• Pitchfork Music Festival Paris: Paris edition of Pitchfork's indie-leaning music festival, sharing a strong overlap in indie rock target audience and editorial brand positioning. Comparable in scale and audience demographic.

Others

• Le Chabada: Contemporary music venue (SMAC) in Angers and a co-production partner of Levitation France. Comparable as a live music operator in the same regional ecosystem, serving overlapping audiences and artist pools.

Emerging players

• The Reverberation Appreciation Society (LEVITATION Austin): Organizers of the original LEVITATION festival in Austin, Texas, and licensor of the Levitation brand to Levitation France. The closest functional peer in terms of musical identity (psychedelic/indie rock) and brand, though operating at different scale and in different geography.
• Reeperbahn Festival: Indie and alternative music festival in Hamburg, Germany, with strong public-sector support model. Comparable in indie/alternative focus, public funding structure, and European regional positioning.

Broad incumbents

• Primavera Sound Barcelona: Major European indie and alternative music festival in Barcelona with global brand recognition. Comparable in indie rock programming focus and international artist curation, though operating at significantly larger scale.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/watch?v=5kAnq9S6xds
• Facebookfacebook.com/levitationfrance
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/levitation-france
• Instagraminstagram.com/levitationfrance

Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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