Gaîté-Lyrique
Gaîté-Lyrique (cultural venue, 3rd arrondissement): €50k paid by the City in 2021, 43 Paris Council deliberations about it and municipal bulletin extracts. The source of each item is given.
Source: Conseil de Paris, Bulletin municipal officiel, opendata.paris.fr, data as of 29 September 2026.
€50k
paid by the City for this place in 2021
The Gaîté Lyrique, formerly the Théâtre de la Gaîté or Gaîté-Lyrique, is a Parisian performance venue at 3bis rue Papin (3rd arrondissement), converted into a City of Paris cultural centre in 2011. Wikipedia ↗
One of 225 places · €2.9 B paid by the City
What the City funds here
€3.4M
paid · 2016–2025
Annual subsidy to the operator, Gaîté Lyrique S.A.S. →
€14k in 2016 · €3.2M in 2025
2010
Click a year for its amount and the Conseil de Paris decision.
Works and renovation
€30.7M
paid · 2010–2019
€20.4M in 2010 · €537k in 2019
2025
The 9 projects
GAITE LYRIQUE2009–2013 · City accounts€54.8MGAITE LYRIQUE2009–2013 · City accounts€3.5MGAITE LYRIQUE2009–2012 · City accounts€3.1MGAITE LYRIQUE2014–2017 · City accounts€97kGAITE LYRIQUE2014–2015 · City accounts€57kGAITE LYRIQUE2009 · City accounts€49kGAITE LYRIQUE2014 · City accounts€8kGAITE LYRIQUE2009 · City accounts€4kThéâtre de la Gaîté Lyrique - Amélioration du réseau de désenfumage, travaux divers2019 · City accounts€537kThe 6 contracts · 2013–2019, €832 k ceiling
Modernisation Installation Ventilation la Gaîté LyriqueEIFFAGE ENERGIE SYSTEMES · 2019€353kThéâtre Gaite Lyrique DesenfumageTRAVAUX BATIMENTS ELECTRICITE SECUR · 2018€246kCréation D'un SAS dans le Hall de la Gaîté Lyrique 75003DORMAKABA FRANCE · 2014€69kModification Portes Salle de Concert Gaîté LyriqueAGENCEMENT CLOISONS DECORAT PARQUET · 2016€60kAmélioration des Installations de Ventilation Gaité LyriqueSPHERE INGENIERIE · 2019€53kFourniture de Produits Derives Gaite LyriqueSOC DE GESTION DE LA GAITE LYRIQUE · 2013€50kAlso funded here
Organisations that receive a subsidy for an activity at this place without running it.
Outside the figure: €31.4 M of works and renovation, in 2009. The City publishes investment from 2009, subsidies from 2010.
A contract amount is a ceiling: what was actually paid on it is not published by the City.
At the Conseil de Paris
6 moments chosen from the 43 deliberations about this place.
APRIL 2025Four motions on the venue: funding, future, damage
Four motions were filed on the Gaîté Lyrique: awarding an exceptional grant (Les Écologistes), the site's future (Union Capitale), damage sustained (Les Républicains, Les Centristes et Indépendants), and a motion from the executive.Read the decision ↗DECEMBER 2007Public-service delegation approved for running the venue
The Council was presented with a deliberation authorizing the Mayor to sign a public service delegation agreement with the Société de Gestion de la Gaîté Lyrique SAS (S.G.G.L) for operating the Gaîté Lyrique.Read the decision ↗FEBRUARY 2004Design contract and building permits authorized for the digital arts and music centre
The Council was presented with a deliberation authorizing the Mayor to sign the project management contract and to file the construction and demolition permit applications for the centre dedicated to contemporary music and digital arts.Read the decision ↗MAY 2001Abandonment of the 2,100-seat symphony hall announced
The deputy mayor for Culture laid out the grounds for abandoning the planned 2,100-seat symphony hall under the State-Region development contract, and disputed that the State's 22 million francs were earmarked for the Gaîté-Lyrique.Read the decision ↗NOVEMBER 1996248,000 F voted for the preparatory association; a 180 million F bond guarantee raised
The Council adopted, by a majority vote, 248,000 francs in operating funds for a preparatory association; during the debate, Ms Laure SCHNEITER put the guarantee that the Planète Magique's bankruptcy would leave the City holding at 180 million francs.Read the decision ↗MAY 1996Question raised on the future of the theatre, closed for five years
The Communist group questioned the City about the future of a theatre closed for five years, its question describing the interior as "destroyed by the installation of a children's amusement centre"; the City replied that it aimed to keep cultural activities going and countered that the building "has undergone alterations."Read the decision ↗3 more moments, 2002–2025
APRIL 2025Topical question on the situation of unaccompanied minors
Mr Laurent SOREL addressed a topical question to the Mayor of Paris and the Prefect of Police on the situation of unaccompanied minors at the Gaîté Lyrique.Read the decision ↗JUNE 2007Artist compensated for rights to her work in the lobby
The Council was presented with a deliberation authorizing the Mayor to sign a settlement agreement with an artist, granting her compensation for the intellectual property rights to the work she created in the lobby.Read the decision ↗MARCH 2002Steering committee announced to oversee the renovation
Asked about the members of the renovation's steering committee, the deputy mayor for Culture replied that the project "will be the subject of a steering committee", which he would chair, to oversee the definition studies and organize public consultation.Read the decision ↗Further back, in the municipal bulletin: 1926 · 1922 · 1917 · 1913 · 1910 · 1889
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