Positive Education — festival guide

At a glance

Dates

1–2 Nov 2026 (2 days)

Location

Cité du Design, Saint Etienne, France

Sound

Electronic

Tickets

€60 – €100 · 2 tiers tracked

Venue type

Urban venue

Best nearby base

Saint Etienne · 0 km · about 0 min

On-site camping

Not listed

Line-up announced

8 artists so far

The story

Positive Education is a festival that takes place in Saint Etienne, France, specifically at the Cité du Design. The festival returns on November 6th and 7th, 2026, after a one-year hiatus, and it features a mix of performances from various artists, including both new and established acts. The festival is recognized for its unique lineup, which focuses on sound exploration and innovative performances.

Positive Education is a 2-day electronic festival at Cité du Design in Saint Etienne, France. The November 2026 edition runs 1–2 Nov 2026.

Announced so far: Ship Sket, Hewan Aman, Jan Loup, Proc Fiskal, Quelza, gyrofield, Lechuga Zafiro and Small Crab. The line-up is spread across the 2 festival days, so a full-weekend ticket is the only way to catch every name.

Everything happens at Cité du Design, in Saint Etienne. Saint Etienne · 0 km · about 0 min is the organiser's practical nearby base for accommodation and transfers to the festival site.

Positive Education keeps the same calendar slot each year: November 2026 for this edition, opening on a Sunday and closing on a Monday. It falls in autumn, after the summer circuit closes, when flights and rooms come back down in price. That slot matters for the budget — flights and rooms in Saint Etienne are priced for the festival weekend, not the week around it, so shifting your arrival by a day often saves more than any ticket tier does.

• Cité du Design venue
• Returning after a one-year hiatus
• Lineup includes artists like A Guy Called Gerald and Machine Girl
• Scheduled for November 6th and 7th, 2026

Venue, camping & access

Venue type

Urban venue

Best nearby base

Saint Etienne · 0 km · about 0 min

Camping

No on-site camping is listed by the organiser.

What the trip costs from Paris

Door to door from Paris, a trip to Positive Education works out at roughly €169 per person on the cheapest combination we track — one of the more affordable weekends in our index.

The ticket is only 36% of that: the rest is getting there and sleeping somewhere, which is exactly the part most ticket sites leave out.

Cheapest travel we price is bus · 8h 11m each way, at €59 return.

Planning the trip, step by step

1. 1Book the ticket first: tiers at Positive Education are sold in waves and the cheapest wave is gone long before the line-up is complete.
2. 2Then price the travel from Paris — Cinderella compares train, bus, car and flight for the same dates, and the cheapest option is not always the obvious one.
3. 3Reserve 3 nights rather than 2: the last night of a festival almost always ends after the last train home.
4. 4Follow Positive Education on Cinderella to be emailed when a ticket price drops or a new tier opens.

Line-up, day by day

• Day 1 — Sunday 1 November

  Ship Sket, Jan Loup, Quelza, Lechuga Zafiro

• Day 2 — Monday 2 November

  Hewan Aman, Proc Fiskal, gyrofield, Small Crab

Full line-up

Ordered as the poster reads it — headliners first, then most booked to least. Each name opens that artist's festival dates.

Past editions

Dates are the event's recurring calendar slot, so treat them as approximate — the organiser keeps the official archive.

• 2025

  1–2 Nov 2025 (approx.)

  Regulars: Ship Sket, Hewan Aman, Jan Loup

• 2024

  1–2 Nov 2024 (approx.)

  Regulars: Hewan Aman, Jan Loup, Proc Fiskal

• 2023

  1–2 Nov 2023 (approx.)

  Regulars: Jan Loup, Proc Fiskal, Quelza

Travel tips from Paris

• The site itself is Cité du Design, in Saint Etienne.
• Book a bed in Saint Etienne early — rooms around a festival sell out before the last ticket tier does.

• bus8h 11m · €59
• car6h 42m · €134
• air4h 7m · €140
• train4h 54m · €151