Free Trade Zone in MaMA 2025

MaMA Music & Con­ven­tion, a major event for all those involved in the music indus­try, will take place on Octo­ber 15, 16 and 17, 2025 in Paris, in the heart of the Pigalle / Mont­martre dis­trict !

It will be an oppor­tu­ni­ty for all those involved in the indus­try, both French and inter­na­tion­al, to meet for 3 days and 3 nights and dis­cuss the new chal­lenges fac­ing music, dis­cov­er a wide range of artists and groups and exchange views on the out­look for the sec­tor.

Free Zone events at MaMA

1/ Eco-responsible tour : presentation of the CooProg platform
Wednesday 15/10 from 12.00 to 12.45 h — Trianon workshop area

Dis­cov­er CooProg at MaMA 2025 !
It is well known that in order to reduce the car­bon foot­print of artists’ tours, it is vital that pro­gram­mers coor­di­nate their sched­ules so that tours are ratio­nal. Pro­fes­sion­al prac­tices already exist, as well as projects to sup­port them : CooProg pro­vides pro­fes­sion­als with the tools they need to facil­i­tate their work. Free to access and use, the plat­form allows you to man­age in one place : the pro­gram­ming agenda(s) (from sim­ple inten­tions to con­firmed dates), infor­ma­tion on the artists, visu­al­iza­tion (geolo­ca­tion) of the tour/other dates, the venues and tour oper­a­tors involved in the tour, all exchanges between you (via chat), etc. Already approved in the field of live per­for­mance, it is acces­si­ble for con­tem­po­rary music since mid-2025.

Pro­gram­mers, come and dis­cov­er CooProg ! This gen­er­al pre­sen­ta­tion will intro­duce you to the dif­fer­ent fea­tures of the plat­form. It will intro­duce you to a more advanced use of the plat­form with prac­ti­cal train­ing work­shops (see below).

2/ Eco-responsible tour : training workshops on the CooProg platform
Wednesday 15/10 and Thursday 16/10 from 2:00 pm to 4:00 pm — Elysée Montmartre Networking Floor

Dis­cov­er and learn about CooProg at MaMA 2025 !
Pro­gram­mers, come and learn how to use CooProg ! This small group train­ing work­shop will allow you to test the var­i­ous func­tions of CooProg and mas­ter the use of the plat­form.
One com­put­er per per­son is required for the work­shop — these train­ing ses­sions are for pro­gram­mers only !

Reg­is­ter through this link

3/ Conference
Thursday 16/10 from 15:30 to 16:30 — FGO Barbara — Panel Room 1

Why, in the cur­rent polit­i­cal and eco­nom­ic cli­mate, is it more vital than ever to take peo­ple to see and hear World Music ?
The cur­rent polit­i­cal and eco­nom­ic con­text is turn­ing our soci­ety upside down. Our great repub­li­can prin­ci­ples are being under­mined, and in the field of cul­ture this is expressed not only by the ques­tion­ing of its fund­ing but also, and this is more seri­ous, by the ques­tion­ing of the val­ues it con­veys : free­dom of cre­ation and expres­sion, equal­i­ty of cul­tures and equal­i­ty before cul­ture, fra­ter­ni­ty between artists and cit­i­zens of all ori­gins.

Faced with a Min­is­ter of State who claims that “a mul­ti­cul­tur­al soci­ety is a soci­ety in which ten­sions explode”, faced with the extreme right that appro­pri­ates “indige­nous” music, and faced with those who only see music and cul­ture through an eco­nom­ic prism, it is more nec­es­sary than ever to raise our voic­es and act to resist. The first will be to affirm that diver­si­ty of cul­tur­al expres­sion is an advan­tage, even a neces­si­ty, in this poi­soned cli­mate ; that, more than ever, it is impor­tant to bring peo­ple to see and lis­ten to music from the world, from here and else­where.

4/ Conference on the music industry
Wednesday 15/10 from 5pm to 6pm — FGO Barbara — Panel Room 1
Organized by RIF and SMA
Co-organized by Fédération des Musiques Métalliques, FAMDT, Zone Franche, France Festivals, Haute Fidélité, Le RIM, AJC, Le Pôle, Octopus, FEDELIMA, Grand Bureau, Technopol, Fédéchanson.

New music in the munic­i­pal elec­tions : what is at stake for the sec­tor ?
On the eve of the 2026 munic­i­pal elec­tions, the con­tem­po­rary music sec­tor wants to make its needs and pro­pos­als known to future local deci­sion-mak­ers.
Local author­i­ties play a key role in the orga­ni­za­tion and fund­ing of local musi­cal struc­tures. How­ev­er, in recent years there has been an increase in attacks on free­dom of cre­ation and expres­sion and a decrease in pub­lic fund­ing.
What is at stake in these elec­tions ? On the eve of these elec­tions, how can the con­tem­po­rary music sec­tor be mobi­lized and mobi­lized to ensure a frame­work con­ducive to cre­ation, artis­tic and cul­tur­al edu­ca­tion and dis­sem­i­na­tion in all munic­i­pal­i­ties ? This is what we will dis­cuss with our var­i­ous speak­ers.

5/ 7 Showcases of artists produced by members of the network