À la Folie, inside Parc de la Villette in Paris 19th, offers a hall of nearly 500 m² and a tree-lined terrace of 900 m² that companies and private groups can hire in full or in part. The request form lists study days, lunches and dinners, cocktails, press conferences, meetings, dance or festive parties and dry hire. No guest capacity is published, so figures come from a quote.
Seminars and company events
The venue states that companies and individuals can privatize all or part of the space. Its request form lists the event types it takes: study day, lunch or dinner, cocktail, press conference, meeting, dance or festive party and dry hire. Technical needs can be specified in the same form: video projector, screen, microphones, sound system and paperboard. This makes it a candidate for a study day or a press event where a bar, a hall and an outdoor space are useful, rather than a conventional conference center.
A presentation file is available on the site for organizers who want to compare the layouts before asking for a quote. The form asks for the number of guests, start and end times, whether the date is firm and any technical requirements.
Rooms and capacities
The venue describes two areas. The main hall measures nearly 500 m². The terrace, planted with trees, measures 900 m². The site gives no seated or standing capacity, no ceiling height and no room names, so ask for the plan and the maximum for each format. The place is designed with several entrances, in the spirit of the park around it.
Catering
The venue runs a restaurant and a bar. For groups, the private-hire page offers three turnkey packages for festive dinners. The official text does not describe the menus here, so the content of each package, the drinks and the terms for an outside caterer should be confirmed with the team.
History and setting
À la Folie was imagined by people from Parisian cultural life as a place where people stop for a moment. It is installed in Parc de la Villette and keeps the spirit of the park with several ways in. Besides private events, it runs its own programme of club nights, a drag bingo on Sundays and anniversary evenings, so check the calendar when choosing a date.
Getting there
The address is 26 avenue Corentin Cariou, 75019 Paris, at the northern edge of Parc de la Villette. Corentin Cariou métro station (line 7) is next to the park entrance, and Porte de la Villette (line 7 and tramway T3b) is also nearby. Contact the venue on 07 76 79 70 66.
