The 15th anniversary poster · © Family Festival
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August · Montpellier
The official 2025 edition aftermovie · © Family Piknik Festival
Credits
Filming & editing: ClubbingVision · Aerial footage / drone: NicoPeak
Tracklisting
1. Propellar · Coming Out Alive (Family Piknik Music)
2. Nihil Young · Dark Future (Family Piknik Music)
3. Harmonik Kontrol · Tazo Live Version 2024 (Awesome Soundwave)
Family Piknik, fifteen years and a new milestone
Everyone in Montpellier knows Family Piknik. Born as an open-air electronic picnic in the early 2010s, it has grown edition after edition into the region's summer house and techno gathering. For its 15th anniversary, it's going big: two full days at the Parc des Expositions, from noon to 2 AM, over 60 artists, and, as every year since 2018, an opening concert on Friday, July 31: HVOB at full strength, five musicians on stage, exclusive to the South of France, in a venue still kept secret. The spirit hasn't changed. Family-friendly, festive, and serious about its bookings.
Three stages, three worlds
The Elrow stage brings the Spanish-style party: Armand van Helden, an absolute legend of New York house, plays Saturday alongside Kevin de Vries and Fleur Shore. Space 92 completes the bill, with his mainstage-ready techno and "The Door", a track that traveled the world. On Sunday, Blond:ish and Korolova take over, with Venga, one of the new female talents in French tech house, already noticed by Fisher, DJ Snake and James Hype, and Montpellier local Teus.
The Hard Stage is where it hits. Set up indoors in hall A2 of the Parc des Expositions, it changes hands each day: Saturday is curated by Paris collective Organik, with Creeds, Todiefor, Hysta and 25emeheure. On Sunday, Trym himself built the lineup of his own day, surrounded by Alignment and Ava Mind. And for the boldest, a limited HARD PASS lets you dance on stage, right next to the artists, Boiler Room style but without the cameras. If you read us regularly, you already know that's probably where we'll spend most of our time.
And the Nomad Stage by AfterSeason plays the elegant card: Etienne de Crécy, a French Touch monument, a Roman Flügel b2b Erol Alkan we wouldn't have dared to dream up, then Chus & Ceballos, Oliver Huntemann and local talent Cebb on Sunday.
And the bill keeps two cards up its sleeve: Josh Wink, Philadelphia house pioneer behind the timeless "Higher State of Consciousness", and a special guest still kept secret.
Armand van Helden & Etienne de Crécy · © Family Festival
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We fully intend to be there
After Sónar in June, we're carrying the summer on home ground. The 15th anniversary edition of Family Piknik is the kind we don't want to miss: enough headliners to draw the whole region, enough local talent to remember where the festival comes from. One useful note: for the first time in its history, the festival moves into a built venue, reachable by tram and a stone's throw from the beaches, but with capacities that won't stretch. If you're still hesitating, presale is more than recommended. See you August 1-2 at the Parc des Expositions. And if all goes well, we'll tell you the story from the inside.