Gaîté Lyrique
Paris
Tuesday to Friday: 9 a.m. – 10 p.m.
Saturday and Sunday: 2 p.m. – 7 p.m.
Weekly closure: Monday
(Outside of special event programming)
3bis rue Papin
75003 Paris
During the Centre Pompidou’s renovation, Studio 13/16 takes up residence at Gaîté Lyrique – Fabrique de l’époque, a space with which it shares values of hospitality, knowledge-sharing, and collaboration, encouraging creativity and civic engagement.
Just a few steps from the Beaubourg district, Gaîté Lyrique also hosts occasional events such as Effractions, the contemporary literature festival organised for the past seven years by the Bpi.
As part of the Constellation programme, Studio 13/16 will temporarily relocate to Gaîté Lyrique – Fabrique de l’époque.
Opening: 18 April 2026
Free and open access, continuous entry
- During school term:
Wednesdays, Saturdays, and Sundays, 3 p.m. – 7 p.m. - During Paris school holidays:
Tuesday to Friday, 3 p.m. – 7 p.m.
Énergies
4 February – 8 March 2026
Ahead of its opening at Gaîté Lyrique, Studio 13/16 invites teenagers to take part in an initial "artistic construction site": A creative workshop for producing XXL posters, flyers, and fanzines using the Labographe, a participatory graphic design tool developed in partnership with the collective Ne Rougissez Pas! The aim: to transform language, make it resonate, display it, reinvent it—and, above all, to affirm one’s voice and choices.
Effractions
Contemporary Literature Festival
7th edition
18 – 22 February 2026
For its 7th edition, the Effractions festival continues to explore the fine line between reality and fiction, bringing together around forty guests for more than thirty events—a chance to discover, reflect, and debate literature and pressing societal issues.
With featured authors including: Kaouther Adimi, Jakuta Alikavazovic, Nathacha Appanah, Constance Debré, Agnès Desarthe, Mathilde Forget, Ramsès Kefi, Laurent Mauvignier, Anthony Passeron, Gabrielle de Tournemire, Rebeka Warrior…
Some talks will take place in partner venues: Centre Wallonie-Bruxelles, Maison de la Poésie, Palais de la Porte Dorée… Workshops will be hosted at the Bpi (12th arrondissement).
La Gaîté Lyrique is a City of Paris cultural center that seeks to address pressing cultural, social, democratic and climate issues.
The Factory of our times project combines creation and social engagement to help people put ideas into practice as they gather together for a concert, roundtable, drink, performance, workshop or screening.
La Gaîté Lyrique is open daily to support a new generation of talents, break down barriers between practices and audiences, and build new narratives on a European scale.
La Gaîté Lyrique – Factory of our times offers new ways to create and act together, hand in hand with artists, activists, thinkers and changemakers.
La Gaîté Lyrique is a City of Paris cultural center supported by four partner organizations: Arty Farty, a culture non-profit makesense, social engagement non-profit, SINGA, an international community-building NGO; ARTE (ARTE France), a European media outlet as well as a major publishing partner; Actes Sud, a publishing company.
