ZENITH PARIS - LA VILLETTE Concerts 2024-2025

What a brilliant concert venue! We saw Hozier on the last night of our Paris stay and I was taken with how well laid out the venue is with multiple Merch stands and bars as well as an outside area for smokers that also has burger vans etc. We had seated tickets and the view was great, it fenuinely felt like there wouldn't be a bad seat in the house. Lovely friendly atmosphere too. If you go and you have one of the staff show you to your seat be sure to tip them a couple of euros.

Great venue for live music! Be warned though, like other reviews say, it gets really, really warm in there... There are plenty of bars to get soft and alcoholic drinks, serving beer, cocktails, and coca cola etc. The food options were limited to crisps (chips), hotdogs and wraps but they looked okay. It is easy to access the bars from the venue area itself. There is a standing area for a few hundred people, and then there is seating wrapped around this in front of the stage. From the middle section you get a great view and because the seating is incrementally tiered for each row everyone gets a great view. I don't know what the view from the sides is like though... Everyone was standing up soon after the main band came on and it was a great atmosphere. It did get really hot (June) and some little portable electric fans work well here. Getting to the venue is really easy from the nearest metro station, and it was a simple five minute walk to the entrance. There are bars and restaurants around the venue in the park area around it but I didn't go here. I would definitely go back to the Zenith for a gig in the future.

The good news in my point of view are: the place good visibility wherever is your seat, the sounds has good quality. The bad news are the access is crowded since there are only 1 long queue in main entrance and I miss some big screens to watch the stage and musicians. They had one but was off during the concert.

One of the best concert halls I have ever been to when it comes to size and layout. The bathrooms are quite small so you probably will have to wait in a line. Beer is very expensive and there is no cloakroom so keep that in mind when you prepare to come to a concert here!

The lighting and sound is great. However, ventilation is very poor and after an hour it gets really hot and smelly. Moreover, there is a lot of people vaping continuously in closed doors during the concert, but there is no security to stop them. If they fix these two issues, I give 5 stars. Also chairs are not comfortable at all. After an hour, your back will hurt.