For a safer festival
Once again this year, Nuits sonores is committed to creating a safer festival for everyone. The festival teams are working with several associations and collectives to implement a series of actions aimed at raising awareness among staff on-site and festival-goers about the prevention of and fight against sexist and sexual violence, as well as harm reduction in party settings.
- Our partners for this 2025 edition: Avenir Santé, Café Rosa, Censored, Ema XP, Frisse, Le Griffon, Moules à Facettes, Pause Diabolo, Purple Effect, RuptureS, Troty
These associations and collectives will be present at certain festival sites (see details below) to carry out prevention and awareness-raising initiatives.
SOCIAL CORNER &
PREVENTION SPACE
Days & Closing day
Nuits sonores is introducing a space dedicated to prevention, listening, dialogue, and exchange—open to all—at the Grandes Locos site: The Social Corner. Several associations and collectives will be present to carry out prevention initiatives, lead awareness workshops, and engage in open dialogue with festival-goers in a safe and welcoming environment.
From Wednesday, May 28 to Sunday, June 1
Avenir Santé, Café Rosa, Censored, Ema XP, Le Griffon, Moules à Facettes, and Troty will be present in this space to raise awareness among festival-goers about the fight against sexist and sexual violence, consent in party settings, as well as harm reduction and risk prevention in festive environments.
Avenir Santé is an association dedicated to promoting young people's health. They will be present every day to provide prevention materials (breathalyzers, earplugs, etc.) and run fun, educational awareness workshops.
Le Café Rosa, a feminist and inclusive cultural space based in Lyon, will offer a fun, educational workshop on topics such as gender, sexuality, drag, partying, and consent. This workshop will encourage festival-goers to break free from gender norms, reflect, spark conversation, and raise awareness around these issues. A little glitter makeup will be offered as a reward for correct answers!
Censoredis an independent platform dedicated to curating emerging arts, culture, and ideas through a feminist and queer lens. Censored will host a creative and playful poster screen printing workshop, led by artist Ema XP.
Ema XP(alias Emmanuelle Valentin) is a self-taught, engaged visual artist from Lyon. Her work, which blends painting, screen printing, muralism, and installations, oscillates between abstraction, geometry, and political engagement. She is the founder of La P. Municipale in the slopes of Croix Rousse in Lyon, an independent artistic space. She explores the boundaries between art and activism, particularly in the context of feminist and social struggles. Her approach is characterized by constant experimentation, a focus on material, layering, and resistance. Her work serves as a space for free expression, where the visual becomes a language and art transforms into action.
Le Griffon is an association that runs a community-based sexual health center. Specializing in the prevention and care of STIs/HIV and overall sexual health, they will engage in a "reach-out" approach to foster a supportive dialogue with all audiences, using a community-oriented and inclusive approach.
Moules à facettes is a Lyon-based collective born from the desire to create a festive space for lesbians and their allies. Their booth will be present throughout the festival to recreate a space for women and gender minorities, offer a haiku writing workshop focused on consent, and have a glitter stand.
Troty is a Franco-Brazilian artist with a sharp and engaged drawing style. She enjoys combining vibrant colors and sharp words to create illustrations that are both feminist and humorous. She will lead a DIY creation workshop focused on the fanzine, a medium with punk origins that allows for self-expression through drawing, writing, and collage.
In addition to these organizations, you will be able to receive self-care treatments in this space (available in the provided resources).
Nuits
The CAARUD Pause Diabolo will be present throughout all the Nights at La Sucrière. Pause Diabolo will be there to offer listening, advice, and harm reduction materials related to drug use, consumption, and sexual practices. Have doubts or questions about your consumption, your consumption habits, or your sexual practices? Come chat with the trained professionals and volunteers from CAARUD Pause Diabolo.
The prevention and mediation association in festive environments, PURPLE EFFECT, will also be present every night at La Sucrière. Their mission during the event? To ensure your safety and assist you if needed, particularly regarding issues of sexist and sexual violence and various forms of discrimination! If you've just experienced or witnessed a difficult event and feel the need to talk about it, they will be available throughout the evening to help.
The mediation team usually present at Le Sucre will also be there to support and take care of you throughout the evening.
Open air HEAT
Thursday, May 29 & Saturday, May 31
The association Frisse will be present with a harm reduction prevention booth offering prevention tools and informational brochures. Frisse is a feminist organization working for the sexual health of everyone, and all others.
Friday, May 30
The CAARUD RuptureS will be present at HEAT to offer listening, advice, harm reduction materials, and to freely engage with you if you have any questions about your sexual practices or risks in festive environments.
TRAININGS &
AWARENESS RAISING
Awareness training is offered to all volunteers across our various sites.
This training focuses on actions taken to combat sexist and sexual violence and harassment (SSV/H), reassurance, victim support, and testimony collection.
The operational teams at Sucre, HEAT, and Arty Farty are also trained annually on these topics.
RESOURCES
AVAILABLE
The festival provides festival-goers with a range of material and human resources to prevent and reduce risks encountered in party environments.
- earplugs
- pocket ashtrays
- reusable glass caps (1€, available on request at the bars of the different festival sites)
- breathalyzers
- external and internal condoms
- single-use straws
- masks
- hand sanitizers
- a product testing service on the Nuit site
Gems tes dents - @gemstesdents
Alexianne, aka Gems tes dents, is here for dental gem applications. Passionate about the artistic, bling-bling, and social scenes, she can't wait to pimp your teeth.
Pechko Massages - @pechko_massages
Time to relax with Pechko Massages. Pauline, aka Pechko, will take care of you for an energizing relaxation session!
A seated massage – Relaxing and energizing – Inspired by Tuina, Amma, and Korean techniques to release tension in the upper body.
Clothed, no oil – approximately 12 minutes.
A hand massage.
With oil – approximately 5 minutes.
The presence of paramedics and emergency doctors.
Trained in supporting victims of sexist and sexual violence at the festival's main sites.
A team of qualified mediators
trained to gather testimonies and support the care of victims of violence, is present at the festival's main sites.