Petit Faucheux

What Petit Faucheux does

Le Petit Faucheux is a French non-profit association (association loi 1901) founded in 1983 and based in Tours, France. It operates an intimate concert hall and cultural venue dedicated to jazz, improvised music, and contemporary music, presenting a regular program of concerts alongside cultural development and educational activities (actions culturelles). The organization is governed by a Board of Directors presided by Sylvain Moussé and operates with a small core team of nine staff members covering programming, cultural development, production, administration, communication, and technical roles. Its programming spans jazz, contemporary, and world music, with a dedicated young audience track and sub-brand festival (Superflux, Festival EmergenceS).

The business model is a hybrid of earned revenue and public subsidy. Earned revenue streams include ticket sales (standard, reduced, and super-reduced rates), season subscriptions and gift cards, bar and catering service on concert evenings, and venue rental for private events. Distribution is direct-to-consumer through an on-site box office (open Mondays and concert evenings) and online ticketing via the organization's website and la-billetterie.net. The majority of operating funding is institutional, drawn from multiple governmental tiers: DRAC Centre Val de Loire, Ville de Tours, Département de Touraine, Région Centre Val de Loire, and Tours Métropole, plus the Centre National de la Musique (CNM). The venue maintains reciprocal membership partnerships with Le Temps Machine, Jazz à Tours, Jazz à Poitiers, and other regional jazz venues, and collaborates with SACEM, IRCAM, and cultural accessibility associations such as Cultures du Coeur.

The technology stack is conventional and non-proprietary: standard ticketing infrastructure, PAYBOX SYSTEMS for secure payment processing, Mailchimp for newsletter marketing, and Google Analytics and PIWIK for audience measurement. There is no proprietary platform, no AI/ML capabilities, and no mobile application. Audience segments include jazz and contemporary music enthusiasts, young audiences and families (free admission under 12), students (Passport Culturel Etudiant, Pass Culture, super-reduced rates), job seekers, people with disabilities, and the local Tours community. Partner organizations include MAME (Superflux festival co-programming) and media partners Radio Campus Tours and Radio Béton.

Name

Petit Faucheux

Legal name

Le Petit Faucheux

Website

https://petitfaucheux.fr

Company type

Private

Founded year

1983

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Le Petit Faucheux is a French non-profit concert hall in Tours, founded in 1983, presenting jazz and contemporary music to local audiences through ticketed concerts, subscriptions, and cultural development programs, supported primarily by public subsidies.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Live Music Venue

NAICS

Promoters of Performing Arts, Sports, and Similar Events with Facilities (71131), Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries (711)

SIC

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

akta.pro primary industry

Live Music Clubs & Venues (MPAGAIAB)

akta.pro secondary industries

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

Keywords

• Live music venue
• Jazz concerts
• Cultural programming
• Improvised music
• Concert hall

Headquarters

HQ city

Tours

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Ticket sales: Revenue from concert tickets sold at standard, reduced, and super-reduced rates to individual concert-goers
2. Subscriptions and gift cards: Season subscriptions and gift cards offering discounted concert access
3. Bar and catering: Bar service open evenings of concerts from 7:15pm
4. Venue rental: Rental of the venue space for private events

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Petit Faucheux is a French non-profit cultural venue (association loi 1901) operating as a small, intimate concert hall dedicated to jazz, contemporary, and improvised music in Tours, France. It presents live concerts, hosts cultural and educational programs (action culturelle), and provides space for festival and venue rental, complemented by on-site bar/catering services.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Superflux: Festival brand for concerts and music events

Products and services

• Jazz and improvised music concerts
• Festival EmergenceS
• Cultural action programs (Action culturelle)
• Venue rental
• Subscription cards (Cartes d'abonnement)
• Gift cards (Chèques cadeau)
• Bar and catering services

Named customers1 record

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration8 records

Partnerships

13 partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• MAMEcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCultural venue and partner in the Superflux festival; MAME and Petit Faucheux share programming and venue spaces in Tours
• DRAC Centre Val de LoirecoreOthersDirection Régionale des Affaires Culturelles - regional government body providing institutional funding and cultural policy support
• Ville de TourscoreOthersCity of Tours providing municipal support and funding for cultural activities
• Département de TourainecoreOthersDepartmental council providing regional cultural funding
• Région Centre Val de LoirecoreOthersRegional council providing institutional funding for cultural programming
• Tours MétropolecoreOthersTours metropolitan area providing intercommunal support
• SACEMminorOthersSociété des auteurs et compositeurs dramatiques - music rights organization providing licensing and royalty services
• CNMcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCentre National de la Musique - national music center providing funding and support for musical creation and diffusion
• Le Temps MachinecoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorPartner venue in Joué-lès-Tours offering reciprocal reduced rates for members of both venues
• IRCAMminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerInstitut de Recherche et Coordination Acoustique/Musique - prestigious Paris institute for contemporary music research and creation
• Cultures du CoeurminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCultural accessibility association connecting people in difficulty with cultural venues
• Jazz à TourscoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorPartner jazz association in Tours offering reciprocal reduced rates for members
• Jazz à PoitiersminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorPartner jazz association in Poitiers offering reciprocal reduced rates for members

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Le Temps Machine: Concert venue in Joué-lès-Tours (Tours metropolitan area) presenting contemporary, rock, and electronic music. Directly comparable as a partner venue offering reciprocal reduced rates to members and serving the same Tours catchment with live music programming.
• Jazz à Tours: Jazz association in Tours that partners with Petit Faucheux to offer reciprocal reduced rates. Directly comparable as a local jazz community organization working with the same audiences and artists.
• Le Triton: Small intimate music venue in Les Lilas (near Paris) focused on contemporary and jazz-adjacent music. Comparable in scale, intimate format, and programming focus on non-mainstream live music.
• MAME: Tours-based cultural venue co-organizing the Superflux festival with Petit Faucheux. Comparable as a partner cultural venue sharing programming and space in the same Tours market.
• New Morning: Iconic Parisian jazz and contemporary music club. Comparable as a long-established French jazz venue with a similar intimate concert-hall format and touring artist programming model.
• La Coopérative de Mai: Concert venue in Clermont-Ferrand hosting contemporary music, jazz, and current artists with public funding backing. Comparable as a similarly sized, publicly supported French regional music venue.
• Duc des Lombards: Premier Parisian jazz club presenting internationally touring jazz artists. Comparable in intimate live-jazz format and ticketed concert programming, though larger and more tourist-oriented.
• Sunset / Sunside: Pair of small Paris jazz clubs focused on contemporary and traditional jazz. Comparable as a small-scale French jazz venue with subscription and ticketing models similar to Petit Faucheux.
• Le Rocher de Palmer: Mid-sized music venue near Bordeaux (Cenon) presenting jazz, world, and contemporary music with public funding support. Comparable in size, public-subsidy model, and focus on jazz/improvisation programming.

Others

• IRCAM: Paris-based institute for contemporary music research and creation, listed as a Petit Faucheux partner. Relevant as a thematic collaborator in contemporary/improvised music rather than a competing venue.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/user/petitfaucheux
• Facebookfacebook.com/PetitFaucheux
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/petit-faucheux
• Instagraminstagram.com/petit_faucheux

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles10 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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