Attendance at live performances continues to rise in France
In terms of economic impact, live performance is the second-largest cultural sector after audiovisual media, but it encompasses a wide range of disciplines, leading to diverse results. In 2024, 47% of performances were in theater and related arts, such as circus, puppetry and mime. However, music drew the largest audiences (48%) and generated the most revenue (€1.4 billion, accounting for 58% of all live performance revenue).
These broad trends are not new but "confirm the sector's vitality for the third year running," according to officials at the Department of Studies, Foresight, Statistics and Documentation at the Ministry of Culture. This series of studies is based on declarations by live performance producers via the Ministry's new Sibil system (a ticketing information system), supplemented by data from the National Music Center and the Association for the Support of Private Theater.
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