The Carreau du Temple rents its Halle, a glazed hall of 1,800 square meters under an eight-meter glass roof, for trade shows, art fairs, fashion shows and large events. The building is at 2 rue Perrée in the 3rd arrondissement of Paris, and it works as a cultural and sports venue whose rental activity finances its own programme.
Seminars and company events
The venue describes its rental offer as essentially event-driven and commercial: contemporary art fairs, fashion shows, trade shows and public fairs held throughout the year. It calls itself a leading venue of the Paris events sector. The rental page lists a run of dated events from October 2026 to April 2027, such as public fairs on crafts, art, careers and rare books, which shows the scale and the type of event hosted. It does not describe small meetings, seminars or dinners, and no guest capacity is published for the Halle, so it fits organisers of large exhibitions and shows rather than a team seminar.
To start a project, the page points to a contact with the events department. Different visitor profiles, from teachers to associations, works councils and the press, are directed to their own sections of the site.
Rooms and capacities
The Halle is on the ground floor. It has 1,800 square meters under a glass roof eight meters high and is listed as a historic monument. The official text presents it as a space of transparency and large volume, suited to contemporary art fairs, professional fairs and fashion week shows. Beside it, a 250-seat tiered auditorium is used for the cultural programme: dance, talks and film screenings. The official pages do not say that the auditorium is available for private hire.
The whole building covers 6,500 square meters. Level -1 holds sports and arts spaces, namely dance studios of 300 square meters, a dojo of 300 square meters, a gym of 415 square meters and music studios of 35 square meters, used for weekly classes. They are not presented as rental spaces.
Catering
The pages read do not describe catering for rental events. The venue's own bar serves non-alcoholic drinks and a selection of natural wines before and after its performances, with attention to organic or local products and a free water fountain in place of bottled water. Ask the events department what catering arrangement applies to a fair or a show.
History and setting
The Carreau du Temple has an industrial architecture from the late 19th century and was rehabilitated in 2014 by the City of Paris. Today it produces more than 230 artistic, cultural and sports events a year, including its own festivals Food Temple, Festival Everybody and Festival Jogging, and welcomes close to 2,000 people each week.
Getting there
The address is 2 rue Perrée, 75003 Paris. The metro stations are Temple (line 3) and République (lines 3, 5, 8, 9 and 11). Buses 20, 65 and 96 serve the area. A bike station is at Perrée, with bike parking nearby. Places reserved for people with reduced mobility are close to the building, and an accessibility guide is available on the official site.
