What Marsatac does

Marsatac is an independent annual music festival organized by Association Orane, a non-profit association under French law 1901 headquartered at 70 rue Consolat, Marseille. Founded in 1998, the festival is now in its 28th edition and is held at Parc Borély in Marseille, featuring three days of rap, electronic, hip-hop, Caribbean, and Mediterranean music across multiple stages. The 2026 edition (June 12–14) expanded to a three-day format, adding a Sunday program focused on community engagement and educational outcomes. Marsatac generates revenue primarily through phased ticket sales (regular, VIP, PSH disability access, reduced-rate RSA/job seeker, Sunday-only, and Pass Culture subsidies) distributed via the Shotgun platform and the French government's Pass Culture app, supplemented by Marsatac Agency (artist booking and management), Rigoloto fundraising lottery, and merchandise sales.

The organization operates a multi-program ecosystem beyond the core festival: Marsatac School (launched 2019) provides artistic education to youth from priority neighborhoods and rural areas, including an inclusive ULIS program for students with disabilities; La Frappe is an emerging hip-hop artist incubator; Le Off de Marsatac extends programming across Marseille venues from March through summer; Dispositif Safer addresses violence prevention at festivals; and La Récréation Solidaire hosts a community village on Sundays. The festival employs 37 people and holds three entertainment entrepreneur licenses (L-R-24-14, L-R-24-15, L-D-24-8581) required for French festival operation. Customers are diffuse individual consumers — primarily young adults aged 18–35 in the Marseille/Bouches-du-Rhône region — with ticketing anchored on price-phasing, accessibility provisions, and social-inclusion pricing.

Name

Marsatac

Legal name

Association Orane

Website

https://marsatac.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1998

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Marsatac is an independent annual music festival held in Marseille, France, organized by nonprofit Association Orane (founded 1998). It features rap, electronic, and Mediterranean music across three days, supported by youth education programs, an emerging artist incubator, and community engagement initiatives.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Live Music Festival & Events

NAICS

Other Performing Arts Companies (711190), All Other Amusement and Recreation Industries (71399)

SIC

Services-Amusement & Recreation Services (7900), Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

Community Music & Dance Festivals (Non-Commercial/Local) (MPAGAEAH)

akta.pro secondary industry

Cultural Festivals & Events Organizations (BPAGAHAG)

Keywords

• Music festival events
• Live music programming
• Hip-hop electronic music
• Artist booking management
• Artistic education programs

Headquarters

HQ city

Marseille

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Ticket Sales: Primary revenue stream from ticket sales across multiple pricing tiers including Regular, VIP, PSH (disabled access), Reduced (RSA/job seekers), and Sunday single-day tickets. Tickets sold through Shotgun platform and Pass Culture app with phased pricing increasing over time.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Marsatac is an annual three-day independent music festival held at Parc Borély in Marseille, offering live performances of rap, hip-hop, electronic, Caribbean, and Mediterranean music across multiple stages. Beyond the main event, the organization sells complementary offerings including the Le Off pre-festival satellite events, the Marsatac Agency artist booking service, and the Marsatac School youth education program, as well as a branded online merchandise shop.

Product overview

Marsatac is a three-day independent music festival held annually at Parc Borély in Marseille, France. The festival operates as a unified offering under the Association Orane, combining the core festival event with an ecosystem of complementary programs: Marsatac Agency (artist booking and management), Le Off de Marsatac (satellite events), Marsatac School (youth education including ULIS inclusive program), La Frappe (emerging artist incubator), Dispositif Safer (violence prevention), La Récréation Solidaire (community village), and festival merchandise. The 28th edition runs June 12-14, 2026.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Marsatac Agency: Booking, production and management agency for emerging artists in southern France
• Marsatac School
• La Frappe
• Le Calage

Products and services

• Marsatac Festival Annual three-day independent music festival held at Parc Borély in Marseille, featuring rap, hip-hop, electronic, Caribbean, and Mediterranean music across three stages. Targeted at general festival attendees aged 18-35.
• Marsatac Agency Booking, production, and artist management agency focused on emerging artists from southern France, part of the Marsatac ecosystem.
• Le Off de Marsatac Pre- and post-festival satellite events program running from March through summer, featuring hip-hop and electronic performances at iconic venues across Marseille.
• Marsatac School Artistic education program for youth from priority neighborhoods and rural areas of Marseille, offering workshops in percussion, writing, composition, and festival production métiers.
• Marsatac School ULIS Inclusive version of Marsatac School for students with disabilities in Unités Localisées pour l'Inclusion Scolaire (ULIS), winner of the Fondation Crédit Mutuel Alliance Fédérale call for projects.
• La Frappe Emerging hip-hop artist talent incubator launched in 2019, providing first-stage opportunities for Marseille artists with professionalization and mentorship from FAF LARAGE.
• Festival Shop (Boutique)

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

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Partnerships

Eleven partnerships are on record, tiered minor and core.

• Campus Art MéditerranéeminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 6 July 2026Educational partner collaborating with Marsatac School to launch a training program preparing artists for pedagogical interventions in music education.
• Association OranecoreOthersParent non-profit organization (1901 law) that operates Marsatac festival. Located at 70 rue Consolat, Marseille. The association runs the festival and all related programs including Marsatac School, La Frappe, and Off programming.
• Marsatac AgencycoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorBooking, production, and artist management agency based in southern France. Part of the Marsatac ecosystem, managing artists in development.
• Dispositif SafercoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerProgram dedicated to combating sexual and gender-based violence at festive events. Safer operates at the festival to create a safer environment.
• Radio GrenouilleminorGTM or Marketing PartnerLocal Marseille radio station partnership for journalism training program. Young people aged 18-21 can learn reporting skills and create content about the festival.
• ShotguncoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorPrimary ticketing platform for Marsatac ticket sales. Handles online ticket transactions with phased pricing.
• Pass CultureminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorFrench government cultural pass integration allowing eligible youth (17-21 years old) to use their cultural credit for festival tickets.
• La ClocheminorOthersAssociation fighting exclusion of people in precarious situations by promoting social connections. Marsatac doubles donations to this charity.
• Solidarité Femmes 13minorOthersAssociation supporting women and children victims of domestic or sexual violence in Bouches-du-Rhône. Marsatac doubles donations to this charity.
• Les Petits Frères des PauvresminorOthersAssociation fighting isolation and loneliness of elderly people since 1946. Marsatac doubles donations and hosts awareness operators at the festival.
• Parc BorélycoreOthersHistoric park venue in Marseille hosting the main festival. The festival's 'traditional summer quarters' for over 28 years.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Garorock: Multi-day French music festival in Marmande with a strong urban, electronic, and hip-hop line-up. Comparable mid-sized multi-day format and target demographic.
• We Love Green: Paris-based urban and electronic music festival with a strong environmental and social-responsibility focus. Comparable ESG positioning and indie urban-curation stance to Marsatac.
• Nuits Sonores: Lyon-based multi-day electronic and independent music festival with a strong urban-contemporary and emerging-artist focus. Comparable in size, urban-audience positioning, and curation of electronic and hip-hop adjacent programming.
• Solidays: Paris-based annual music festival organized by Solidarité Sida, a non-profit. Shares Marsatac's combination of music programming with a strong social mission (public health, inclusion), and a non-profit organizational model.
• Delta Festival: Marseille-based electronic and urban music festival. Operates in the same city and region as Marsatac, competing for the same hip-hop and electronic audience with a multi-day, multi-stage format.

Broad incumbents

• Rock en Seine: Paris-region multi-day summer festival with broad indie, hip-hop, and electronic programming. Comparable audience demographic (18-35 urban) and multi-stage format.
• Les Eurockéennes de Belfort: Long-running French open-air festival (est. 1989) with diverse programming including hip-hop and electronic. Comparable mix of urban and alternative music in a multi-day summer format.
• Printemps de Bourges: Long-established French spring festival in Bourges with significant hip-hop and electronic programming. Comparable emerging-artist discovery mission and French municipal-festival ecosystem positioning.
• Vieilles Charrues: One of France's largest non-profit music festivals in Carhaix. Operates under a similar non-profit association model but at materially larger scale and broader genre programming, making it a useful benchmark for capacity and governance.

Emerging players

• Yellow! Festival: French urban music festival with a hip-hop and R&B focus. Smaller-scale and more genre-niche than Marsatac, but competes for the same core demographic and independent-festival audience.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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