The jogging festival celebrates sport and Brazil

Du 22 to 25 May 2025, the Marais vibrates to the rhythm of the Festival Jogging, fifth edition of an event that makes Carreau du Temple The craziest laboratory for the intersection of art and sport. It's a playground, dance floor, art gallery, and gym all rolled into one.

This new edition of the Jogging Festival is once again a wonderful opportunity to celebrate the encounter, the friction, and the raw energy that the collision of disciplines provokes. From the opening, the tone will be set: Baile Bom, a Brazilian dance created with Raí—the football legend and PSG icon—brings down boundaries, featuring roda de samba, capoeira-voguing, DJ sets, and freestyle performances. A tribute to Brazilian culture, but also a gesture of solidarity: each ticket supports the Gol de Letra Foundation for youth integration in Brazil.

♦ Highlights

Thursday May 22 : Baile Bom Opening Night

• A festive Brazilian ball imagined by football legend Raí, combining capoeira-voguing performances, freestyle football demonstrations, samba roda, and DJ sets. An explosive launch celebrating Brazilian culture and the fusion of sport and dance.
• La Flamme Olympique by Mélanie Martinez Llense & Claire Lapeyre Mazerat: A show that humorously twists the Olympic imagination and questions the place of the body in contemporary society.
• Love by Arno Ferrera & Gilles Polet: A choreographic creation that explores power, vulnerability and resistance through dance, echoing sporting values.
• Wod by Akène Lenoir & Marco Mary: A show where crossfit becomes an artistic playground, merging physical performance and contemporary creation.
• Our Abysses by Léa Deschaintres: A sensory and poetic dive into the depths of the body and movement, between art and sport.

Friday May 23

• 14:30 p.m.: “WOD” (Akène Lenoir & Marco Mary) – explosive duo combining burpees, glitter and reflections on bodybuilders
• 18:30 p.m.: “Nos Abysses” (Léa Deschaintres) – poignant choreographic solo on the violence imposed on the body to exceed its limits
• 20 p.m.: Talk Show (Gaël Santisteva) – humor and secrets about the life of a circus artist
• 22 p.m.: “Armour” (Arno Ferrera & Gilles Polet) – acrobatic trio questioning virility and tenderness

Saturday May 24

• Contemporary Art Exhibition: 19 artists take over the Halle with works inspired by sport, with free admission all weekend
• Sports workshops and wellness classes (Swedish Fit, Pilates, pole dancing, etc.)
• Meeting “Sport, body and gender”
• 19 p.m.: “Our Abysses” (Léa Deschaintres) – second performance

Sunday, May 25 : Roller Dance Party

• The festival closes with a huge skate party, open to all, to celebrate diversity and inclusivity in a high-energy atmosphere.
• At the same time, the "Jogging" exhibition brings together 19 visual artists who twist the codes of sport with humor and critical thinking, to be discovered throughout the festival in the Halle du Carreau du Temple.

In the Marais, the Jogging Festival is firmly established as the rendez-vous where we come to sweat, think, dance and open ourselves to the unexpected. An ode to diversity, creativity and collective joy, which brings a breath of fresh air to central Paris.