(Last Update: 04.09.2024) For some reason, when I think of Paris, three famous places come to my mind for the concert: The first one is undoubtedly Olympia, the second Stade de France, the third is Zenith de Paris.
OK Olympiaof my childhood Ajda Pekkan Paris I remember from your concert, Stade de France's concerts are also famous, even July 14, 2012 Madonna I watched his concert there, but I have no idea how Zenith was engraved in my mind :) The image created in my mind by the sentence "He is performing at Zenith" has somehow gained some value over time. That being the case, it was inevitable to watch a concert here, and what a chance it was. June 2014here in ZAZ I had the opportunity to watch his concert.
Parc de la VilletteZenith located in 1984within the scope of an organization in built for 3 years After this concert, I learned that it was a prefabricated concert venue. When the project was successful, Zenith became a brand and concert halls were opened in other cities of France. Well Zenith in Paris is just like Bostancı Performance Center In fact, it was a place similar to a “tent theatre”. I'm cooler, more like this parisian I was expecting a concert hall, but the feeling I had when I first saw it was a bit of disappointment.
Zenith, located at the northeastern end of the park, can be reached by walking through a tree-lined path. As you walk on the road, first on your right Musée de la Musique – Paris Music Museumwhich also includes City of Musicand then Philharmonie de ParisYou pass . The first thing you see make it redThe section where the toll booths are located. After the first check here, you reach the main structure. There are many entrance doors, almost the entire door on the left side of the tent, so entrances and ticket checks can be done very quickly and you can get in.
The foyer area is in the shape of an arc, it is actually wide, but for some reason it is not spacious. Since you are in a prefabricated structure, everything looks a bit makeshift. Still, the cheerful sales tactics of the young people selling promotional materials about the concert and the fact that the people who come here are here to be happy give a pleasant energy to the environment. If you wish, you can buy your beer or coke and go to the concert hall. Entry to the main hall is also extremely easy because there are many doors.
When I first walked in, the hall did not seem very big to me; I had a feeling like "It's better than Bostancı Performance Center", but later I learned that Zenith has twice the seating capacity of Bostancı Exhibition Center. A hall for 6.293 people. After looking around and being "a little" impressed, I attempted to tear my clothes in pieces due to the lack of ventilation in the hall. Fortunately, the ventilation regained its balance after the concert started :)
While waiting for ZAZ to take the stage, people quickly settled into their seats. At one point, there was applause, screams, etc. I said, "What are we doing, who is coming?" I saw that there was a lighting guy right above us, he was walking around topless adjusting the lights. When the young girls who saw this cheered wildly, the lighting guy greeted them from above 😉 Everyone is comfortable, everyone is happy, everyone is happy...
After that, the concert atmosphere we know... ZAZ was very important to me; It's not like I fainted, but for someone like me who attaches a lot of meaning to memories and scenes from the past, ZAZ was engraved in my mind the day we chanced upon it on YouTube with friends at work a few years ago. MontmartreI really liked the video he shot and released as a street singer in , and I was very impressed. Then other songs came out and we realized that he had also made an album; For some reason, I was happy for him as if I had achieved it myself :)
Then, his first album, which was given to him as a gift just before moving to Paris, listening to it many times, and our memories while listening to it, all made us love ZAZ even more. Isn't it sometimes more valuable than the songs or singers, but the traces in our memories of the moments accompanied by them?
And it was a great concert as we expected, the stage was very successful, we enjoyed it very much, we were happy, we were satisfied with the music.
When the concert ended, after the typical encore chatter and applause, the hall emptied in almost 10-15 minutes; There is such a beautiful entrance and exit system that flocks of people passed through that tree-lined road, and the atmosphere calmed down in a short time.
The only problem was parking I think. Well, of course it's normal, that's all we say. Although I am normally someone who almost never takes the car out of the garage, for some reason my habits in Istanbul recurred, so we decided to go to the concert by car. Arrive a little early and leave the car in the nearby parking lot. Parc de la VilletteWe had something to eat at Café de la Musique on the “Porte de Pantin” side of , which I recommend, it is a very stylish and pleasant place.
Then we went to our concert as I explained above, we watched it beautifully and when we saw that the payment queue was longer than the parking lot queue at the end of the concert, we decided to have a snack and spend time at a small brasserie across the road, just to the left of Mc Donalds. When you get the fastest service I was shocked, we had to get up from there very quickly 🙂 Fortunately car park The queue was over and we could easily leave and return home.
I don't know how many days your trip to Paris will take or if you live in Paris, but your route is Parc de la Villette I would be happy if you remember this article and smile when you visit these parts. If you have the chance to go to a concert here, I would be happy for you. You can find the concert program and detailed information about Zenith in the official website link at the end of the article.
If you wish to come here by public transport M5 of the metro line, if you wish 3Tb tram of the line “Porte de PantinJust get off at the ” stop.
Beautiful days full of joy and music…
Web address: le-zenith.com
Address: Parc de la Villette, 75019 Paris
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I didn't see this place for some reason. Maybe I saw a tent and overlooked it :))) There are so many things to see in this park anyway...