Freestyle Villette Festival

With a spotlight on hip hop dance and urban sports, the Freestyle festival at La Villette in Paris in May showcases urban and street culture in all its forms: dance, music, street art, sports, lifestyle, fashion, block parties and food trucks...

The Freestyle Villette Festival features dancers and artists from all over the world, from leading figures to up-and-coming talents, unveiling their energetic, offbeat worlds in battles and choreographed shows. All styles are reviewed: krump, top-rock, popping, locking, dancehall, house, waacking...

Join us at La Villette's Prairie du Cercle Nord for this free event.

Shows, DJ sets, battles, performances, parties and freestyle clubbing are all on the program.

Freestyle Workshops: The Festival invites the public to try out artistic and sporting disciplines free of charge at workshops and events.

Fashion, Graff, Skate, etc. Open mode market, eco-responsible fashion, graffiti in book form, participatory street art fresco, etc.

Urban sports: 3X3 basketball with the FFBB, skatepark with skateboard initiations and events,
Street-workout competition at Jardin des Voltiges.

Foodtrucks: Thai, Caribbean, ice creams, waffles and crepes.

Freestyle Villette program

Urban cultures have always played a major role in La Villette's programming at La Villette. Find out about other hip-hop festivals in Paris.

If you're looking for a hotel room near the Parc de la Villette, in Paris - we have a list of hotels and youth hostels for those coming in groups or on a tight budget... one click and you're booked!