A Thou Bout d'Chant can host a working meeting for 40 people around low tables, a conference for 80 seated or a standing evening for 100, with a stage, professional sound and stage lighting. A Thou Bout d'Chant is a small concert hall at 2 rue de Thou, in the 1st arrondissement of Lyon, close to the Opéra and the Hôtel de Ville.
Seminars and company events
Companies, associations and private clients can hire the 85 m² space by day or for an evening. The hall lists meetings, general assemblies, conferences, seminars, training sessions, team building and receptions among the events it hosts. For a meeting, it provides a video projector, microphones, a sound system, stage lighting and Wi-Fi, and the hall is available from 10 am to midnight.
The hall can also build the program. Its team, which has booked French-language music for more than 20 years, can organize a concert matched to the client's taste. It also runs a music quiz in teams, with speed rounds and written tests, often used to close a general assembly or a team-building day, and a karaoke evening accompanied live by a professional pianist. These formats can be added to a meeting day or sold as a full evening.
A turnkey concert option lets a client produce its own show with ticketing at the entrance and artists' dressing rooms beside the stage. Amplified events include a sound and lighting technician, which is required.
Rooms and capacities
The hall itself measures 45 m² within an 85 m² space. It takes 40 people in a meeting layout around low tables, 80 seated in conference layout and 100 standing. The stage is 4 m wide and 2 m deep, with a wooden floor in the hall. The bar covers 11 m², and dressing rooms can store equipment. Instruments on site include an upright piano, a keyboard and drums, with amplifiers, cables and microphones.
Catering
The bar serves organic and local drinks: beer, wine, juices, sodas and syrups, plus tea and coffee for daytime events. Small plates of vegetarian or meat boards are available. A bar package and a catering package, from pastries and lunch to an afternoon snack, can be arranged on request. Without a package, the bar runs for the hall's own account.
History and setting
The association has run the hall since 2001 and has helped launch artists such as Carmen Maria Vega, Amélie Les Crayons, Buridane and MPL. In 2003 it received the Scènes Découvertes label from the City of Lyon, which supports venues that program and support emerging artists. Volunteers help run the public concerts, and the hall supports one emerging artist each season.
Getting there
The hall is in the center of Lyon and easy to reach by public transport. There is no private parking, but vehicles can stop in front of the hall to unload equipment, and public car parks such as Opéra and Hôtel de Ville are nearby. The hall is in a half basement: four steps lead down to it and three more to the bar and the toilets, which limits access for guests with reduced mobility. For accommodation, the hall points to the Slo Hostel at 21 rue Alsace Lorraine, two minutes on foot.
