Kilomètre25 Paris Guide: The Open-Air Under the Périphérique

Kilomètre25 is closed for the winter: its 2026 season ended with a Halloween night on 31 October, and the open-air techno club under the périphérique, at 8 boulevard Macdonald in the 19th, is due back in spring 2027, with no opening date announced yet. In season it plays techno, house, hard techno and acid house outdoors, from Thursday to Saturday and on selected Sundays, with weekend nights running until 09:00.

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What a night under the ring road is like

The dancefloor is in the open air, under the concrete of the périphérique, at the north-east corner of Paris, by the Canal de l'Ourcq and the border with Pantin. That's the whole appeal: a big outdoor techno party where the motorway is the roof, the sky gets lighter as the night goes on and, at weekends, the music carries on well after sunrise. The 2026 season, its sixth, came with a refreshed sound system. Around the dancefloor you'll find tattoo artists, stalls and exhibitions, plus a shop selling merchandise and food and handing out prevention information, so it feels more like a small festival site than a club.

The timetable is built for long nights. During the season, the weekend and the eves of public holidays go from midnight right through to 09:00. Thursdays are added from June (23:00 to 06:00), and a few Sundays run from 16:00 to midnight. If you're coming on from another club, “after” tickets let you in from 05:00. On the 2026 posters you'd have found Randomer, Under Black Helmet, Manu Le Malin, Jayda G, Pan-Pot and Terrence Parker, and in October DJ Pierre led an acid night.

What to wear outdoors

There's no published dress code at Kilomètre25, and the setting decides for you: you'll be outside, under a motorway, until morning, so think weather first and style second: comfortable shoes, a layer for the cooler hours before dawn in spring and autumn, and not much to carry. Once the 2027 dates are public, send us a WhatsApp with your night and the size of your group, and we'll help you organise it.

When will Kilomètre25 reopen?

The return is announced for spring 2027, and that's all that is known so far. For reference, the 2026 season opened on Thursday 2 April and ran until the Halloween closing night on 31 October, with Thursday nights added from June. There's no guarantee 2027 will follow the same calendar, so wait for the venue's own announcement on its website and Instagram before planning a trip around it. We'll update this guide as soon as the dates are out, and if you message us on WhatsApp we can let you know too.

Getting there, and where to go in winter

Tram T3b to Ella Fitzgerald gets you closest. Otherwise, walk from Porte de la Villette (metro 7), Porte de Pantin (metro 5) or Pantin (RER E). Access is along the Canal de l'Ourcq, next to Jardin21, as Time Out points out. With weekend nights finishing at 09:00, the trip home usually means a morning metro; for an early exit in the dark, Noctilien buses cover the night from roughly 00:30 to 05:30. Until spring, the same scene moves indoors: Time Out calls Mia Mao, a few minutes away in La Villette, Kilomètre25's sibling club, open Thursday to Saturday, and Glazart runs its daytime afters every weekend and public holiday.