Festival Petits et Grands

What Festival Petits et Grands does

Festival Petits et Grands is a French non-profit cultural organization (Association loi 1901, SIRET 523 971 240 00016) that produces an annual five-day youth performing arts festival in Nantes, France. Founded in 2017 and currently in its 8th edition (scheduled March 19-23, 2025), the festival programs nearly 40 theatrical, musical, dance, circus, and puppetry performances for children aged 3 months to 12 years across approximately 30 venues, anchored by the Château des Ducs de Bretagne. The organization is governed by co-directors Nicolas Marc and Cyrille Planson and operates with a volunteer-based headcount supplemented by a small staff reachable through dedicated email contacts (ticketing, accessibility, volunteers). Ticket sales are priced at a flat 5 euros per spectator regardless of age via the Weezevent dematerialized ticketing platform; additional distribution occurs through partner outlets.

The festival's revenue model combines this consumer ticketing with institutional subsidies from DRAC Pays de la Loire, Région Pays de la Loire, Département de Loire-Atlantique, and Ville de Nantes, plus partnership support from cultural institutions. Beyond the live festival, the organization operates a year-round digital layer: 'Au creux de l'oreille', a free podcast series of dramatic works for children 0-12 produced in partnership with Théâtre du Rictus, and 'Allô l'Artiste!', a free telephone readings program delivering 100 readings by professional actors during each festival. Reach extends from the core family consumer segment into institutional clients — early childhood centers (crèches and multi-accueils), pediatric care at CHU de Nantes, specialized institutions and foster families via Conseil Départemental services sociaux, and accessibility-focused venues via partners such as La Soufflerie. The 2025 edition features first-time European performances from international companies in Quebec, Nigeria, and Spain, alongside dedicated professional encounters (Rencontres professionnelles) including the Prix PlatO regional prize ceremony and RamDam network sessions.

Name

Festival Petits et Grands

Legal name

Festival Petits et Grands

Website

https://petitsetgrands.net

Company type

Private

Founded year

2017

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Festival Petits et Grands is a Nantes-based non-profit (Association loi 1901) producing an annual five-day youth performing arts festival for children aged 3 months to 12 years, featuring nearly 40 performances across approximately 30 venues, with year-round digital extensions including podcasts and free telephone readings.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Youth Performing Arts Festival

NAICS

Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries (711), Theater Companies and Dinner Theaters (71111)

SIC

Services-Amusement & Recreation Services (7900)

akta.pro primary industry

Arts & Culture Community Festivals (Multidisciplinary Arts Weeks) (MPAGAEAG)

akta.pro secondary industry

Educational & Youth Community Events (School/Youth Festivals) (MPAGAEAM)

Keywords

• Youth performing arts
• Live theatre performances
• Cultural festival events
• Children's arts programming
• Family entertainment shows

Headquarters

HQ city

Nantes

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: Flat-rate ticket sales at 5 euros per person regardless of age or show. All spectators including babies require a ticket. Revenue managed through Weezevent platform with online purchase and secure card payment.
2. Institutional Subsidies and Partnerships: Festival operates as an Association loi 1901 and receives public funding from DRAC Pays de la Loire, Région Pays de la Loire, Département de Loire-Atlantique, and Ville de Nantes, as well as partnership support from cultural institutions.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Festival Petits et Grands is an annual five-day youth performing arts festival held in March in Nantes, France, presenting nearly 40 live shows (theatre, dance, music, circus, puppetry, object theatre) across approximately 30 venues for children from 3 months to 12 years old. The festival is operated as a non-profit cultural association and sells tickets at a flat rate of 5 euros per spectator, supplemented by free digital offerings (podcasts, telephone readings) and outreach performances in childcare, hospital and specialized institution settings.

Product overview

Festival Petits et Grands is a single annual event — an 8th-edition youth performing arts festival taking place March 19-23, 2025 in Nantes, France. The core offering is the live festival itself, featuring nearly 40 theatrical, musical, dance, circus, and puppet performances for children ages 3 months to 12 years across 30+ venues. Adjacent to the festival, the organization produces 'Au creux de l'oreille', a free podcast series of dramatic texts for children developed in partnership with Théâtre du Rictus, and provides outreach services including telephone readings ('Allô l'Artiste!') and touring performances to childcare facilities.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Au creux de l'oreille: Podcast initiative providing dramatic works for children and youth aged 0-12, produced in partnership with Théâtre du Rictus.

Products and services

• Festival Petits et Grands (Annual Youth Performing Arts Festival)

Quantifiable outcome

• Nearly 40 performances presented annually across 30 venues
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers4 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

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Has API

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AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Ten partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• La Soufflerie (Rezé)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2025Scene conventionnée in Rezé that partnered with Petits et Grands for the 2025 edition to host accessible performances including 'Filles & Soie pour toutes & tous' by Cie Les Bas-bleus, designed for all audiences including those with disabilities.
• Kininso Koncepts Productions (Nigéria)minorGTM or Marketing Partner · 1 January 2025Nigerian dance theatre company performing 'Sandscape' at the 2025 festival — their first ever European performance.
• Théâtre de la Pire Espèce (Québec)minorGTM or Marketing Partner · 1 January 2025Quebec-based object theatre company presenting 'Mon conte de feu — À vélo entre les bombes qui tombent' — their first European performance.
• ONYX — Théâtre de Saint-HerblaincoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2025Co-hosts the Federation of Lucioles event with Petits et Grands on March 19, 2025, in partnership with Scènes d'enfance — Assitej France and Tréteaux de France CDN. Also hosts Ali Baba performance.
• CHU de Nantes (Direction de la communication)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2025Long-standing collaboration with CHU de Nantes pediatric service to present performances for hospitalized children. 2025 edition features Les Circonteuses by Cie La Relative.
• Conseil Départemental de Loire-Atlantique (Services sociaux et culturels)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2025Partnership with departmental social and cultural services to conduct outreach performances in specialized institutions and with foster families, centered on Conversations dansées by Cie Kokeshi.
• MeMo (Éditions Memo, Nantes)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2025Nantes-based publishing house collaborating on the festival's 2025 poster, with illustrators Raphaële Enjary and Olivier Philipponneau creating the official festival artwork under artistic direction of Yves Mestrallet.
• Compagnie DemoléculaminorGTM or Marketing Partner · 1 January 2025Spanish theatre company presenting 'Parapapel' at the 2025 festival, one of three international productions in the edition.
• Citad'EllesminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2025Nantes-based listening and support center for women victims of violence and their children, hosting a performance on site during the 2025 festival.
• Théâtre du Rictus (Nantes)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2023Co-producer of the 'Au creux de l'oreille' podcast series offering free dramatic works for children. Also partner for telephone readings ('Allô l'Artiste!') featuring artists from Théâtre du Rictus. Théâtre du Rictus is directed by Laurent Maindon.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Festival d'Avignon: France's flagship performing arts festival. Comparable as a multi-venue, multi-discipline French festival, but aimed at adult professional theatre audiences and operating at vastly larger scale.
• Le Maillon – Théâtre de Strasbourg: Strasbourg-based European performing arts venue presenting international theatre, dance, and circus. Overlaps with Petits et Grands' international-curation approach and urban-venue distribution model, though oriented to adult audiences.
• Théâtre Nouvelle Génération (TNG – CDN de Lyon): National drama center in Lyon focused on theatre for young audiences. Comparable programming philosophy and target families, but as a permanent venue with broader performing-arts remit than a five-day festival.
• Théâtre de la Ville – Paris: Major Parisian performing arts venue with a long-standing commitment to programming for young audiences. Comparable in curatorial ambition and international reach, though vastly larger and operating year-round.
• TJP – CDN de Strasbourg: French Centre Dramatique National dedicated to young audiences, based in Strasbourg. Larger, year-round theatre institution; comparable on audience and artistic intent, but operates continuously rather than as a one-week festival.

Direct peers

• Festival Puy-de-Môme: Youth arts festival in Clermont-Ferrand, France, dedicated to young audiences and families. Comparable in scope (theatre, dance, music for children) and in reliance on French public funding, though operating in a different region.
• La Manufacture (Lausanne): Swiss theatre institution programming significant young-audience seasons in Lausanne. Comparable as a multidisciplinary venue with a dedicated youth strand, contrasting Petits et Grands' festival-window model with a year-round venue.
• Festival Momix: Long-running multidisciplinary performing arts festival for young audiences in Kingersheim, France. Closest direct peer — same youth-arts focus, similar programming breadth, and competing for the same national pool of French family audiences and touring companies.

Others

• Scènes d'enfance – ASSITEJ France: French national network for theatre and performing arts for young audiences. Not a competitor but an adjacent ecosystem player that Petits et Grands collaborates with (Federation of Lucioles), making it a strategic counterpart in the same professional community.
• Théâtre du Rictus: Nantes-based theatre company and co-producer of the festival's podcast initiative ('Au creux de l'oreille') and telephone readings. A close content partner rather than direct competitor, but the most operationally overlapping organization in Nantes' youth-theatre ecosystem.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Profiles2 records

Funding overview

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