On Saturday May 31 and Sunday June 1, 2025, Le Villette goes into freestyle mode, with its unmissable (and free) street culture festival. It's a festival that also has the youngsters in mind, with fun and sporting activities.
You're probably familiar with Freestyle, the festival dedicated to urban cultures, held every year at La Villette, free of charge. With shows, concerts, demonstrations, DJ sets, exhibitions and workshops open to all, this summertime event delights us every year. It's the cultural event not to be missed, on Saturday May 31 and Sunday June 1, 2025, in the Parc de la Villette...
Freestyle 2025, the free street culture festival celebrates its 10th anniversary at La Villette
Freestyle, the unmissable street culture festival, is back at La Villette! Dance, street-art, fashion, music, sport... The free street culture festival returns for a new, even more incredible edition, on May 31 and June 1, 2025. Not to be missed! [Read more]
And what about the kids? The good news is that they too are entitled to their own activities and events. Throughout the weekend, young visitors can enjoy a range of activities designed especially for them, in a setting that's just right for them.
A cultural and festive festival just like the big ones, allowing your little ones to discover new cultures, have fun and let off steam in the open air. And this year's program is sure to please.
The program for this 2025 edition:
- COSTUMES FABRIC and MONSTER PARADE by Infecticide
Saturday, May 31 and Sunday, June 1
2 - 4:30 pm: workshop
4:30 - 5:30 pm: parade
Mini Freestyle (ages 8 and up)
Beware, the garbage-hunting monsters are coming! From outer space, they arrive at Freestyle with a mission: to save the planet from ecological disaster. Watch out if you throw your cup, cigarette butt or chewing gum in the grass - you're liable to be scolded by an alien! Designed from recycled waste and materials by DIY visual artist and INFECTICIDE musician Thomas Suire, the workshop will be co-hosted by comic book artist DAV GUEDIN and followed by the MONSTER PARADE.
- LA FABRIQUE D'INSTRUMENTS by Fulu Miziki Kolektiv
Creating instruments from recycled materials
Saturday May 31 - Sunday June 1
2 - 4:30 pm: workshop
4:30 - 5 pm: feedback concert
Mini Freestyle (ages 8 and up)
Beyond their artistic dimension, the members of Fulu Miziki Kolektiv are committed educators. Since 2020, the collective has been offering creative and practical musical workshops. Their pedagogy, deeply rooted in the principles of popular education, is instinctive, generous and adaptable to all audiences. This creative workshop, open to everyone aged 9 and over, invites you to make your own musical instrument. Assisted by members of the Fulu Miziki group, you'll tinker, sublimate and assemble recycled materials to create new forms of expression!
- PRINT STATION by Cosmodule
Screenprinting
Saturday, May 31 - Sunday, June 1
2 - 6 pm
Mini Freestyle (ages 6 and up)
Screenprinting workshop by artists Totipote and Chienpo
Come and push the boundaries of live print-based customization on the Print Station stand! The Cosmodule team aka Totipote and Chienpo have prepared a series of Miniscreens for you to screen-print live. On clothing, paper or any other material, come and try out the technique and discover the magic of screen printing, with tons of collectors to take home so you'll never forget this moment.
- FAIS TON BLAZE
Graffiti
Saturday, May 31 - Sunday, June 1
2 - 6 pm
Mini Freestyle (ages 6 and up)
Graffiti workshop by artist Zaek
An essential part of urban and underground culture, graffiti can be a powerful symbol of an artist's universe and identity... Artist Zaek invites children to try their hand at this art form using felt-tip pens, and leave with their own blaze. A blaze is a person's name or, more generally, a distinctive sign that identifies them.
- POISKOÏ
Stencils
Saturday May 31 - Sunday June 1
2 - 6 pm
Mini Freestyle (from 6 years)
Koi stenciling workshop by Hervé Bouchet
Poiskoï revisits two fabulous fish: the Koi carp and the catfish. Each participant can create his or her own chimerical hybrid inspired by the Japanese legend of Namazu, a giant catfish living in the mud of the depths of the earth, and Koi carp, a freshwater fish appreciated for its colorful patterns and proximity to man. Let your imagination run wild and leave with a unique work of art.
Some of the activities offered as part of the Freestyle festival are also accessible to children: how about discovering this cultural and fun event at La Villette on the weekend of Saturday, May 31 and Sunday, June 1, 2025?
Freestyle 2025, the free street culture festival celebrates its 10th anniversary at La Villette
