The Pièces Jaunes 2025 Gala at Paris La Défense Arena: everything you need to know

Published by Caroline de Sortiraparis · Photos by Caroline de Sortiraparis · Published on January 21, 2025 at 08:23 a.m.
Aya Nakamura, Katy Perry, John Legend, Rosé from Blackpink or Gims and Lang Lang... all these artists will be on stage at Paris La Défense Arena this Thursday, January 23, 2025 for the new Pièces Jaunes Gala. But when should the doors open? What time should the evening begin? How do I get to the venue by public transport? What objects are prohibited and what are authorized? Here's everything you need to know before coming to the Paris La Défense Arena for this big Yellow Parts Gala in the capital.

Artists from all over the world mobilize in support of the Hospitals Foundation. This Thursday, January 23, 2025, the Paris La Défense Arena will be hosting the Gala des Pièces Jaunes for the very first time. For its third edition, the Gala des Pièces Jaunes has chosen to take over Europe's largest indoor venue, after a first edition at the Zénith de La Villette and a second at the Accor Arena in Paris.

The Paris La Défense Arena is proud to open its doors to a host of French-speaking and international artists for this musical charity event, organized as part of the Pièces Jaunes operation. Notable performers include Aya Nakamura, Gims and Gautier Capuçon, as well as Katy Perry, John Legend, J Balvin, Burna Boy, as well as K-pop stars J-Hope from BTS, Rosé from Blackpink, not forgetting G-Dragon and Taeyang from BigBang.

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The evening, presented by judoka Teddy Riner, promises to be a musical treat, but the Pièces Jaunes Gala also aims to raise as many donations as possible for the Fondation des Hôpitaux. The show will be broadcast on France 2 on January 28, to continue the appeal for donations.

But when are the venue doors due to open on January 23, 2025? What time will the evening begin? The Paris La Défense Arena has lifted the veil on the practical and useful information you need to know in order to best prepare your visit.

The doors of the Paris La Défense Arena will open to the general public at 6.30pm. The show is scheduled to start at 8.30pm.

The 2025 Yellow Parts Gala program

  • 6:30 pm: Doors open to the general public
  • 8:30 pm: Show begins

Paris La Défense Arena recommends that spectators arrive"30 minutes before doors open".

How to get to Paris La Défense Arena

Another piece of information concerns transport to and from the venue. In view of the large crowds expected, the venue is inviting spectators to use public transport to get to and from the Paris La Défense Arena.

As a reminder, you can take metro line 1 (La Défense stop), RER line A (La Défense stop or Nanterre-Préfecture stop), tramway T2 (La Défense stop), as well as Transilien lines L and U (La Défense Grande Arche stop), and RER line E (La Défense or Nanterre-le-Folie stops).

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Locate your entrance

Paris La Défense Arena has several different entrances, depending on where you sit in the hall. Therefore, " the coloured access indicated on your ticket (yellow, red or purple) helps you to find your way around, but does not represent an obligatory point of passage for screening ", explains the Paris La Défense Arena, which advises you to go directly to the entrances indicated below:

  • Entrances to the pit are via entrance 33;
  • Entrances to the OR pit are via entrance 32;
  • Entrances to level 1 will be via entrances 5, 34 and 60;
  • Entrances to level 4 will be via entrances 8 and 56;
  • Entrances to dressing rooms and lounges are via entrances 21, 39 and 55;
  • Access for people with disabilities and reduced mobility will be via :
    • Entrance 38 for level 1;
    • Entrance 56 for level 4.

"For reasons of ease and fluidity of access, access to security checks is not organized solely by order of arrival of spectators in the queue, but also takes into account the category of ticket and the fluidity of passage at the various points" Paris La Défense Arena would like to point out.

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Forbidden items

On its website,Paris La Défense Arena sets out the list of prohibited objects at concerts, " in accordance with legislation governing establishments open to the public ". Forbidden are "all dangerous and illicit objects that are bulky, that could be used as projectiles and that could be a danger to spectators, visitors or artists, or that could be diverted from their intended use for malicious purposes ", such as bags and saddlebags over 10 liters, glass and metal containers over 50 cl, helmets, alcoholic beverages, noisemakers (horns, bells, etc.), rolling objects (skateboards, rollerblades, etc.) and unauthorized cameras.

On the other hand, small bags, handbags or saddlebags (less than 10 liters), lightsticks up to 50 cm, and plastic bottles and flasks under 50cl are authorized. For more information, visit the Paris La Défense Arena website.

Leave the room

Once the concert is over, we recommend that you return to Paris via La Défense station (Line 1 / RER A).

For all other directions, go to La Défense station for the Transilien L line. " If you're taking public transport to Saint-Germain-en-Laye, Cergy and Poissy, you can get to Nanterre Préfecture station and take the RER A," adds Paris La Défense Arena.

Happy Yellow Parts Gala !

Practical information

Dates and Opening Time
On January 23, 2025

× Approximate opening times: to confirm opening times, please contact the establishment.

    Location

    99 Jardin de l'Arche
    92000 Nanterre

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    Accessibility info

    Official website
    www.parisladefense-arena.com

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