VILLAGE 42

What VILLAGE 42 does

Village 42 (operating as VILLAGE 42 PRODUCTIONS) is a privately held French concert and live-event production company founded in 2012 and headquartered at 9 Jardin Fatima Bedar, 93200 Saint-Denis, France (RCS Paris registration 753 431 493). The company organizes, produces, and tickets concerts, comedy shows, musicals, and spectacles across venues in southern France — Aix-en-Provence, Marseille, Montpellier, Avignon, Arles, Béziers, Toulon, Narbonne, Vaison-la-Romaine, Sénas, Velaux — and in the Paris/Île-de-France region. Its flagship branded property is the annual multi-day outdoor Jardin Sonore festival, held at Domaine de Fontblanche in Vitrolles since 2018, with edition #9 announced for July 10–11, 2026 and a booking track record that includes -M-, Orelsan, Toto, Jeff Beck, Francis Cabrel, Louane, Sting, and Nile Rodgers & CHIC. A film, documentary, and music-video production arm operates alongside the live-events business.

The company operates with no proprietary technology platform: ticketing flows through Ticketmaster.fr (primary), Shotgun.live, Digitick, Concert Auguri, and the Arena du Pays d'Aix box office; website analytics runs on Google Analytics and audience engagement on Facebook Connect; hosting is provided by OVH. Distribution channels are digital — the village42productions.fr website, an email newsletter with pixel-based engagement tracking, and a Facebook page. A seven-person team runs the operation; there is no disclosed parent company, no subsidiaries, no external funding rounds, and no public ownership commentary beyond independent private status.

Village 42's revenue mechanics are event-driven and multi-stream: transaction fees on concert and festival ticket sales, professional-services fees on concert and event production (including the annual Jardin Sonore festival), and one-time licensing on its film and audiovisual output. Pricing for individual events is not publicly disclosed and varies by venue and show, with some events marked "Complet" (sold out). The primary customer segment is individual concert and festival-goers in southern France and the Paris region; monetization is supplemented by a corporate partnership and sponsorship program.

Name

VILLAGE 42

Legal name

Village 42

Website

https://village42productions.fr

Company type

Private

Founded year

2012

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Village 42 is a privately held French concert and live-event production company, founded in 2012, that organizes concerts, comedy, musicals, and the annual Jardin Sonore festival across southern France for individual ticket-buying audiences.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Live Event Production

NAICS

Promoters of Performing Arts, Sports, and Similar Events with Facilities (711310)

SIC

Services-Amusement & Recreation Services (7900)

akta.pro primary industry

Music Festival Organizers & Promoters (MPAGAAAB)

Keywords

• Concert event production
• Live music festivals
• Festival organization
• Concert promotion
• Live entertainment

Headquarters

HQ city

Saint-Denis

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Event ticketing and ticket sales: Revenue generated through ticket sales for concerts, spectacles, and festivals organized by Village 42 across southern France venues.
2. Concert and event production: Village 42 produces and organizes concerts and musical events, including the annual Jardin Sonore festival, generating revenue from event production and ticket sales commissions.
3. Film and audiovisual production: The company also produces films, documentaries, and music videos.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Village 42 produces and promotes live music concerts, comedy shows, musical theatre and outdoor festivals across venues in southern France and the Paris region, distributing tickets through third-party platforms. Its flagship offering is the annual Jardin Sonore multi-day festival held at Domaine de Fontblanche in Vitrolles since 2018, complemented by a smaller film and documentary production arm and corporate partnership/sponsorship programs.

Product overview

Village 42 is a concert and music event production company operating since 2012 that offers a portfolio of live entertainment services. Its core offerings center on concert and event production—organizing live performances across southern France venues—alongside the annual Jardin Sonore Festival as its flagship branded event. The company also maintains a film and documentary production division, and supports audience engagement through a newsletter subscription service and corporate partnership programs.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Jardin Sonore: Annual music festival organized by Village 42 featuring live music performances across multiple genres

Products and services

• Concert and Event Production Organizes and produces live concerts, comedy shows, musicals, and music events across venues in southern France including Aix-en-Provence, Marseille, Montpellier, Paris, Avignon, Arles, Béziers, Narbonne, Toulon, Vaison-la-Romaine, Sénas, and Velaux. The company manages ticketing, venue relations and artist scheduling for these performances.
• Jardin Sonore Festival Annual multi-day outdoor music festival featuring diverse national and international artists across genres including rock, pop, hip-hop, electronic, and world music, held at Domaine de Fontblanche in Vitrolles and organized under the Jardin Sonore sub-brand of Village 42.
• Film and Documentary Production Produces films, documentaries, and music video clips as a complement to its core live event production services.
• Partnership and Sponsorship Programs Corporate partnership and patronage opportunities ('partenaires' and 'mécènes') for brands and organizations seeking association with Village 42's concerts and festivals, supported by downloadable partnership brochures on the company's website.

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration5 records

Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Ticketmaster FrancecoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorTicketmaster.fr serves as the primary ticketing platform for Village 42 events, handling ticket sales and distribution across most concerts and festivals.
• ShotgunminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorShotgun.live is used as a secondary ticketing platform for select Village 42 events.
• DigitickminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorDigitick serves as a ticketing platform for select Village 42 concerts.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Regional players

• Fiesta des Suds: Fiesta des Suds is a multi-day music festival based in Marseille, southern France, with world music and contemporary headliners. Operates in Village 42's home region of southern France and competes for the same regional live music audience.
• Printemps de Bourges: Printemps de Bourges is a major French multi-genre music festival running for several decades in central France. Comparable in format and genre mix to Jardin Sonore and competes for the same touring French and international headliners.
• Garorock: Garorock is a long-running multi-day music festival in Marmande, southwest France, featuring a comparable multi-genre lineup of headliners. Directly comparable to Jardin Sonore as a regional multi-genre festival competing for the same French touring audience.
• Marsatac: Marsatac is a Marseille-based urban and electronic music festival operating in the same southern France market as Village 42. Comparable in scale and multi-day format to Jardin Sonore, with overlapping artist genres.

Others

• Sud de France Arena: Sud de France Arena is a major indoor venue in Montpellier where Village 42 promotes concerts. It is a venue partner/operator rather than a direct competitor, but represents the type of mid-large French venue ecosystem in which Village 42 operates.

Broad incumbents

• AEG Presents: AEG Presents is a global live entertainment promoter and venue operator. While its French footprint is lighter than Live Nation's, it competes for the same international headliner artists and corporate sponsor relationships that drive Village 42's festivals.
• Live Nation France: Live Nation is the global live entertainment leader with a French arm that promotes concerts, tours, and festivals nationwide. Overlaps directly with Village 42 in artist booking and concert promotion but at vastly greater scale and with owned venues.

Direct peers

• Décibels Productions: Décibels Productions is a French independent live music promoter producing concerts and events across multiple French cities. Direct competitor for artist bookings and venue access in the same mid-size independent promoter segment.
• Alias Production: Alias Production is a French independent concert and event promoter producing tours and festivals across France. Comparable in business model (independent promoter, multi-venue, multi-genre) and in the size segment just above Village 42.
• Corida: Corida is a French independent concert and tour promoter producing events across France, with comparable artist rosters and venue networks. It is one of the closest direct competitors to Village 42 in the mid-size French concert promotion segment.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/village42productions
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/village-42

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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