All summer long in 2026, we’ll gather under the Grand Palais’s glass roof to enjoy the After Nef nights. Discover the festive program for the Grand Palais’s summer season, available from June 6, 2026.
From June 2 to September 6, 2026, the Grand Palais becomes Paris's coolest cultural HQ with its Grand Palais d’été. On the menu: three months of all-out creation in a spectacular setting. Monumental exhibitions, live performances, site-specific acts, fashion and above all... After Nef, a series of concerts and DJ sets to make us dance under the monument’s Nef like never before from June 6 to July 18, 2026.
After a memorable first edition that let us dance alongside Kiddy Smile, Awir Leon, Kukii live, Nymed and Deena Abdelwahed, and CHLOÉ, the After Nef event is back for our great pleasure. This summer as well, the Grand Palais becomes the capital’s dancefloor unmissable, with a varied contemporary lineup.
Techno, house, French pop, fado and raï, there’s something for every taste! But heads up, spaces are limited: book your tickets now to dance at the Grand Palais in the brighter months. With the headliners announced, there won’t be enough to go around...
Discover the lineup for the evenings After Nef, the nights that light up the glass-roofed venue:
- Myd, Kokoprisci & TBA
June 6, 2026
For this first After Nef at the Grand Palais of Summer 2026, the Grand Palais partners with Dure Vie, Paris’s go-to media outlet for electronic and cultural nightlife, for an XXL dancefloor and a night blending house, electro and techno. For their very first joint event, Dure Vie and the Grand Palais invite Myd, a complete artist and a central figure of the Ed Banger label who embodies a modern, free and hybrid French Touch.
He will share the stage with Marseille-born, Togolese-origin DJ Kokoprisci, based in Paris, whose sets sway between house, breakbeat and bass music.
A new name will soon be announced to complete the lineup for this night.
Saturday, June 6, from 11 p.m. to 2 a.m.
- Hélder Gonçalves, Manuela Azevedo
A nostalgia that’s almost tangible
June 20, 2026
Under the Grand Palais glass roof, the stage catches fire with ardent melancholy. Musicians Hélder Gonçalves and Manuela Azevedo turn farewell into a vibrant celebration: between incandescent fado, French chanson and feverish blues, this night promises an intense musical journey carried by nostalgia. Both musicians on Tiago Rodrigues’s No Yogurt for the Dead, they also anchor Clã, one of Portugal’s most acclaimed projects. At the Grand Palais’s invitation, they draw inspiration from the show to craft a one‑of‑a‑kind concert, a voyage through songs of farewell and absence. Blending fado, French song and blues, expect a night of inevitable nostalgia under the Grand Palais’s glass roof.
Saturday, June 20 at 11 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour
- Sama’ Abdulhadi B2B, Daniel Avery
June 27, 2026
After the rhythmic intensity of the Symphonie pour 100 batteries, the dancefloor takes over with Sama’ Abdulhadi and Daniel Avery, two internationals on the electronic scene. Sama’ Abdulhadi, icon of percussion-driven techno, and Daniel Avery, master of hypnotic sonic journeys, swap the decks and fuse their worlds in an exceptional night beneath the Grand Palais’s glass roof. Expect deep bass, bewitching melodies and an energy that invites non‑stop dancing. A perfect blend of Sama’ Abdulhadi’s power and Daniel Avery’s dreamlike textures for an After Nef that’s electric and unforgettable.
Saturday, June 27, from 11 p.m. to 2 a.m.
- Acid Arab, El Besta, Aïta mon amour
Mediterranean Night
Saturday, July 4, the Grand Palais will host a Mediterranean soirée. Following a car parade by visual artist Mohamed Bourouissa, the Nef will pulse with a grand evening of music rooted in Middle Eastern sounds, bringing together artists from diverse generations and styles. From 9 p.m. to 2 a.m., embark on a journey through North African music past and present. El Besta opens the festivities with a tribute to the greats of Algerian raï, followed by the Moroccan electro‑rap duo Aïta mon amour, and then a DJ set by Acid Arab, pioneers of oriental electro, with guests.
Saturday, July 4, 9 p.m. to 2 a.m.
- Dimitri from Paris
July 11, 2026
Following the All World Waacking Battle, the Grand Palais and the Paris l’été Festival invite the French Touch legend Dimitri from Paris for a sonic journey through funk and house and a night of unforgettable dancing. A global figure on the dancefloor, Dimitri from Paris has spent decades shaping a distinctive sound that blends 1970s disco and funk heritage with contemporary house, noted for his groove and careful detail. His sets drift from rare gems to finely crafted remixes and reimagined classics. Influenced by film soundtracks as much as club culture, he curates irresistibly danceable musical journeys. For this special DJ set under the Grand Palais glass roof, Dimitri from Paris promises a vibrant night of house rhythms and disco strings that will carry you to the wee hours.
Saturday, July 11, from 11 p.m. to 2 a.m.
- Eddy de Pretto x Maud Le Pladec, Lonely Club
July 17 and 18, 2026
When Eddy de Pretto’s voice meets Maud Le Pladec’s choreography, the stage becomes a living club where bodies and emotions mingle and pulse together. An exceptional choreographed concert to experience in the Nef, closing Grand Palais d’été performances! Initiated by Chaillot – Théâtre National de la Danse and reimagined especially for the Grand Palais, Lonely Club is an ode to chorus and bodies.
This choreographed concert grew from the meeting with Eddy de Pretto’s voice, words and presence. Here, dance becomes a sensitive extension of his universe: a tight, rhythmic writing, sometimes fragile, where each performer seeks his or her place among the group. Like in a club, bodies move closer, brush past each other, and dissolve into the crowd. Dance emerges from this collective motion, this shared heat where one sometimes seeks a moment for oneself. Maud Le Pladec’s choreography is written within this physical tension, between the desire for connection and the need for retreat, between shared energy and private space.
Friday, July 17, and Saturday, July 18 at 11 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour
The Grand Palais is becoming the summer’s most electric stage. Culture by day, dance by night... Art has never been so alive.
