La Friche la Belle de Mai is a former tobacco factory that has been a cultural venue since 1992. A third space for creation and performance, it brings together 70 resident organizations in a unique, reinvented setting. There are five performance and concert halls as well as exhibition spaces, shared gardens, play and sports areas, studios, a bookshop, a restaurant, and a café.

Getting There

BUS
Belle de Mai la Friche stop.
Line 49 – Réformés Canebière / Vauban
Line 56 – Belle de Mai La Friche / Gare Saint Charles – seven days a week from 6:40 am to 7:10 pm
night bus #582 to the city center (departure from Canebière Bourse every hour from 8:15 pm, last departure at 00:45 am)
TRAM
Line T2 stop Longchamp until midnight / then 10 min. walk
METRO
Lines M1 and M2, Gare Saint-Charles stop or M1 Cinq Avenues – Longchamp stop/ then 15 min. walk

Parking

Parking : 12 rue François Simon.
Parking open daily (except for extraordinary occasions) from 7:00 am to 11:00 pm.
Free parking for 1h30 then paid – €0.40 per 15 minutes (credit card only).

Bicycle parking inside the Friche via the pedestrian entrance: 41 rue Jobin.

Bike-share station in front of La Friche’s Jobin entrance.

Dining

For a quick bite to eat or to take the time to savour a meal, two dining venues welcome you all week long.
Les Grandes Tables restaurant, every lunchtime and every show evening starting one hour before the performance until midnight.
Reservations recommended for lunch: 04 95 04 95 85.
La Salle des Machines café and its sunny terrace, open daily for take-away or on-site snacks.
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