Le Périscope - Scènes de Musiques Actuelles

What Le Périscope - Scènes de Musiques Actuelles does

Le Périscope is a French non-profit concert venue and artist residency (scène de musiques actuelles) operating since 2007 at 13 rue Delandine in the Perrache district of Lyon, with 24 employees and a mission centered on jazz, improvised music, and what it terms 'musiques libres.' Core operations consist of a physical venue with two performance spaces (Grande Scène, Le Péri), a year-round concert agenda ticketed at €6–14, and an owned online box office at billetterie.periscope-lyon.com. Supporting infrastructure includes a SoundCloud-distributed radio (Périscope Radio), the TanDEM residency program for emerging instrumentalists, and Lobster (Les Ateliers Lobster), a four-month cultural engineering incubation launched in 2016 and now in its eighth cohort.

The business model is a hybrid of earned revenue (ticket sales, bar and catering services) and public institutional funding from DRAC Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, Métropole de Lyon, Ville de Lyon, Région Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, SACEM, and Creative Europe. Approximately 30–40% of operating revenue is implied to come from ticketing and on-site consumption, with the balance from grants. European cooperation projects — Better Live, Landscape (with AJC and Bimhuis), and Footprints — extend the venue's footprint beyond Lyon into methodology work on ecological transition in live music, including a published carbon footprint methodology for jazz venues and a four-language MOOC platform.

Customers include paying concertgoers, professional and emerging musicians (domestic and European), local school and care-home participants in community programs, and European jazz professionals engaged through mobility platforms. The organization maintains no parent company, no venture funding, and operates as an independent association under French law with Pierre Dugelay as Director.

Name

Le Périscope - Scènes de Musiques Actuelles

Legal name

Le Périscope

Website

https://periscope-lyon.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2007

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Le Périscope is a non-profit jazz and innovative music concert venue in Lyon, France, operating since 2007. It combines live programming, artist residencies, community education, and European ecological-transition projects, supported by public grants and ticketing revenue.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Live Music Venue & Performing Arts Center

NAICS

Promoters of Performing Arts, Sports, and Similar Events with Facilities (71131), Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation (71), Other Performing Arts Companies (711190)

SIC

Services-Amusement & Recreation Services (7900), Retail-Eating & Drinking Places (5810)

akta.pro primary industry

Concert Halls & Music Venue Operations (Symphony Halls, Recital Venues) (MPAGALAC)

akta.pro secondary industries

Live Music Clubs & Venues (MPAGAIAB), Concerts & Music Festivals (THAJAFAA), Live Music Venues & Concert Bars (THAFAEAD)

Keywords

• Live music venue
• Jazz performances
• Artist residencies
• Cultural programming
• Music education

Headquarters

HQ city

Lyon

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Ticket Sales: The venue generates revenue through ticket sales for concerts and cultural events via its online billetterie platform (billetterie.periscope-lyon.com) and physical box office. Ticket prices range from 6€ to 14€ depending on the event.
2. Venue Bar and Catering: Revenue from bar sales and catering services, including terrace refreshments before concerts. The venue has a restaurant/café service mentioned in multiple contexts.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Le Périscope operates a concert hall and artist residency venue in Lyon Perrache dedicated to jazz, improvised, and innovative music ("musiques libres"). It hosts a regular programming of live concerts and cultural café events, provides residency spaces for emerging musicians (including the TanDEM program), runs cultural education initiatives (Alliance Éducative), and operates the Lobster cultural engineering center for professional development. Revenue is generated primarily through ticket sales (€6–€14), bar/catering services, and supplemented by public institutional grants.

Product overview

Le Périscope is a concert hall and residency venue in Lyon Perrache focused on innovative music (musiques libres), encompassing a multi-product ecosystem. The core offering centers on live concert programming and the Périscope Radio platform for audio content distribution. Supporting programs include artist residency initiatives (TanDEM), the Lobster cultural engineering center for professional development, an ecological transition MOOC platform developed in partnership with Better Live, the Educative Alliance youth engagement program, and cultural discussion events (Cafés Culturels). The venue also manages its own ticketing system and maintains active presence on SoundCloud for podcast distribution.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Lobster (Les Ateliers Lobster): A cultural engineering center dedicated to the support and development of innovative cultural projects, implemented in 2016 by Le Périscope. Offers a 4-month professional accompaniment program for musicians and cultural professionals.
• Périscope Radio
• tanDEM

Products and services

• Le Périscope Concert Venue Concert hall and residency venue hosting live performances of jazz, improvised, and innovative music, with multiple performance spaces (Grande Scène, Le Péri) and ticketed events.
• Périscope Radio Radio/podcast platform distributed via SoundCloud featuring artist interviews, concert recordings, Happy Hour pre-concert conversations, and curated playlists documenting venue programming.
• TanDEM Residency Program Artist residency program providing young instrumentalists (e.g., Joséphine Besançon on clarinet, Vivien Verrecchia on drums) with development opportunities, studio time, and concert platforms to develop musical projects.
• Lobster (Ateliers Lobster) Cultural Engineering Center Cultural engineering center offering an accompaniment program for musicians and cultural professionals, including sessions, workshops, and mentoring; currently in its 8th cohort.
• MOOC Pedagogical Platform (Better Live) Free online training platform dedicated to ecological transition in live music, offering 15 thematic pathways in four languages (French, English, German, Spanish) for musicians and cultural professionals.
• Alliance Éducative Program Social action and education program partnering with local schools (Jean Monnet, Germaine Tillion, Saint-Exupéry, Lumière), engaging approximately 15 middle school students weekly in musical creation, workshops, and cultural discovery.
• Cultural Cafés (Cafés Culturels) Cultural discussion events including themed conferences, workshops, and debates on topics ranging from ecological transition to social issues, often organized in partnership with organizations such as Radio Canut and Dynastits.

Quantifiable outcome

• Carbon footprint methodology for jazz venues developed and published
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers5 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed No

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Has API

No

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Partnerships

13 partnerships are on record, tiered minor and core.

• Ehpad SmithminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2021Ehpad Smith (elderly care home) in Lyon 02 partners with Le Périscope for intergenerational music projects, including the 'Music, drawings and imaginary animals' initiative connecting residents with nursery school children.
• Collectif Pince-OreillesminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2021Artist collective Pince-Oreilles collaborates with Le Périscope on artistic projects, including the intergenerational project with Ehpad Smith and Gillibert school, and membership in projects like Sirènes.
• Jean Monnet Middle SchoolminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2021Jean Monnet college in Perrache is a key educational partner in the Alliance Éducative program, with around 15 students participating weekly in cultural and musical activities.
• Lobster (Ateliers Lobster)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2016Lobster is a cultural engineering center dedicated to the support and development of innovative cultural projects, implemented by Le Périscope in 2016. It offers an accompaniment program for cultural professionals with sessions, workshops, and mentoring (currently in its 8th cohort).
• Better LivecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerBetter Live is a European project focused on ecological transition in live music, co-funded by Creative Europe. Le Périscope participates as a key partner alongside other European jazz venues and organizations, working on sustainable touring practices and environmental impact reduction in the music sector.
• LandscapecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerLandscape is a European cooperation project initiated by Le Périscope with AJC (Europe Jazz Network) and Bimhuis (Amsterdam) to research and develop more ecological touring and production methods for jazz venues. The project includes audience mobility studies and environmental impact assessment.
• FootprintscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerFootprints is a European Creative Europe-funded project addressing the carbon impact of jazz tours and concerts. Le Périscope has conducted carbon footprint studies and tours carbon analysis as part of this initiative, contributing to a roadmap for the jazz industry's climate response.
• AJC (Europe Jazz Network)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerLe Périscope is a member of AJC, the Europe Jazz Network, participating in European cooperation projects including carbon footprint studies and international jazz platform initiatives.
• BimhuiscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerBimhuis (Amsterdam) is a key European partner in the Landscape project, collaborating with Le Périscope and AJC on sustainable jazz venue development and ecological touring research.
• The Green RoomminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe Green Room (led by Gwendolenn Sharp) is a specialist in environmental issues in contemporary music, contributing expertise to the Landscape and Better Live projects. Involved in MOOC pedagogical design for ecological transition.
• Les ShiftersminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerLes Shifters partnered with Le Périscope for the 'Decarbonizing Culture' event as part of the Landscape project, focusing on new environmental imaginaries for cultural professionals.
• FEDELIMAminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerFEDELIMA (Fédération des Lieux de Musiques Actuelles) is a professional network that Le Périscope participates in, contributing to industry discussions on ecological transition in live music venues.
• Les Grandes VoisinesminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerThird-place venue Les Grandes Voisines partners with Le Périscope for LARGE OASIS BOOM, an inclusive collective music creation project bringing together non-musicians and amateur participants.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• New Morning: Historic Parisian jazz and contemporary music venue. Comparable as a long-established French jazz venue presenting international artists and operating under a similar live-performance business model.
• Le Krakatoa: Scène de musiques actuelles in Bègles/Bordeaux metropolitan area. Comparable as a French musiques actuelles venue with similar institutional funding, jazz and contemporary programming, and emerging-artist development focus.
• Bimhuis: Amsterdam-based jazz and improvised music venue and a confirmed Le Périscope partner in the Landscape project. Directly comparable as a similarly-sized European jazz venue with international artist programming, residency activity, and European cooperation.
• Le Sucre: Live music venue in Lyon (also in the 2nd arrondissement near Perrache). Directly comparable as a Lyon-based contemporary music venue competing for similar audiences and artist bookings in the same city.
• Le Fil: Scène de musiques actuelles in Saint-Étienne, also in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. Comparable as a regional French musiques actuelles venue with similar institutional funding structure and contemporary music programming.
• L'Épicerie Moderne: Scène de musiques actuelles located in Feyzin, Greater Lyon. Comparable as a peer musiques actuelles venue in the Lyon region with similar public funding model, jazz and contemporary programming, and educational outreach.
• Sunset Sunside: Jazz club and venue in Paris dedicated to jazz, soul, and related genres. Comparable as a French jazz-focused venue with similar ticketing model, audience profile, and programming philosophy around live jazz.
• La Coopérative de Mai: Scène de musiques actuelles in Clermont-Ferrand (also Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes). Comparable as a mid-sized French musiques actuelles venue combining concerts, residencies, and public funding support with similar artist-development programs.
• Le Transbordeur: Major concert venue in Villeurbanne (Lyon metropolitan area) focused on current music (musiques actuelles). Comparable as a same-metro live music venue targeting overlapping contemporary music audiences with broader scale.
• Le Triton: Scène de musiques actuelles in Les Lilas (Paris region). Comparable as a peer musiques actuelles venue with similar public funding model, jazz/innovative music programming, and artist-residency activity.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Subsidiaries1 record

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