La Belle Électrique hires out its spaces for company events of an afternoon or an evening: a reception before a public concert, a live music set during a company party, a meeting or a standing dinner. Four spaces can be booked, the main hall, the mezzanine, the meeting room and the bar-restaurant, and the venue as a whole holds 1,015 people over 2,287 m². It stands at 12 esplanade Andry Farcy in Grenoble, on the Bouchayer-Viallet site, and has been run since August 2022 by a cooperative society of collective interest that brings together the founding association MixLab, staff, partners, residents and the City of Grenoble.
Seminars and company events
The venue sells complete, turnkey events rather than bare rooms. Its team can supply musical performances, sound, lighting and projection, a caterer working with local seasonal produce, hosts and hostesses, a cloakroom, security and cleaning. A large stock of technical equipment covers specific requests while keeping a close, warm atmosphere. Programs mix business and music: a company can bring its guests to a reception before a concert open to the public, book artists from the venue's network for a private evening, or hold a meeting in the meeting room before moving to the bar. Fees from company hire help fund the venue's public service work, so booking here also supports a local, non-profit cultural project.
Rooms and capacities
The building has one concert hall, three studios, one restaurant and two bars. Spaces offered for hire are the main hall, the mezzanine, the meeting room and the bar-restaurant. The total capacity is 1,015 people. The official pages do not give separate figures for each space, so organisers should send their format and guest count to the hire team.
Catering
Catering for events is provided by a partner caterer using local, seasonal products. On ordinary days the restaurant serves lunch from a seasonal menu that changes every week, with homemade dishes built on local produce, and the bar pours local craft beers and house cocktails and hosts DJ sets, live music, afterworks, workshops and talks.
History and setting
The project began in 2005, when the City of Grenoble proposed building a concert hall on the former industrial site of Bouchayer-Viallet. The association MixLab won the call for tenders the following year and ran the venue under a public service contract until the end of 2021. The hall opened on January 10, 2015. It programs about 100 paid concerts a season across rock, pop, jazz, hip-hop and above all electronic music, with club nights where the hall turns into a dance floor. It also supports local musicians through rehearsal studios, residencies and training, partly at Le Labo de La Belle on boulevard Gambetta.
Getting there
La Belle Électrique is at 12 esplanade Andry Farcy, 38000 Grenoble. The reception and ticket office answer by phone, and company hire requests go to a dedicated privatisation address.
