Workshop

Music, Rurality & Occupational health

Name: Music, Rurality & Occupational health- EN
Start: 2026-05-06T09:30:00+02:00
Location: ESPACE K

Interactive workshop – When illness enters the music sector: supporting employees, including outside major urban centers

Only for Pro pass

Wed 06 May 2026 09:30

ESPACE K, Cabinet des curiosités

60min

Production : Diffusion Prod, Strasbourg Music Week

In a sector marked by mobility, discontinuous employment and precarious working conditions, the question of health — both physical and mental — still too often remains invisible. What happens when illness affects an artistic or professional career? How can cultural organisations support their teams and artists, particularly outside major urban centres?

This workshop will draw on the findings of the survey conducted in the Grand Est region by sociologists Tiphaine Bocquet and Margaux Jankowski (with the support of the Fonds Mercy and the assistance of Le Gueulard Plus), focusing on the health of artists working in contemporary music.

The discussion will be enriched by a testimony from Lydia Frémaux, who will share her experience and perspective as a professional confronted with these issues.

A moment for exchange bringing together field data, lived experiences and concrete support strategies, while taking into account the specific realities of rural and peripheral territories.

CUR - Lydia FRÉMAUX (Fr)

Fondatrice de CurlyCare

Lydia est originaire du nord où durant ses études elle rejoint l’équipe de décoration d’un festival. Elle y découvre les coulisses de l’organisation de concerts Après le concert elle échange de longues heures avec l’artiste qui s’est produit ce soir-là. C’est décidé : elle va travailler dans le milieu de la musique !

Depuis plus de vingt-cinq ans elle avance dans le secteur en tant chargé de diffusion et collabore avec des artistes variés venues d’ici ou d’ailleurs . En début de parcours comme déjà bien installés. Sa force ? Son tempérament ch’ti : son goût du contact vrai et un humour parfois inattendu !

Le 01 er avril 2024, on lui diagnostique un cancer du sein. Aujourd’hui elle est en rémission, elle souhaite partager son parcours pour aider les structures culturelles à offrir un meilleur soutien à leurs salariés touchés par la maladie.

Marion Petit (Fr)

GRABUGE - Fr

Marion Petit is in charge of sustainable practices at Grabuge, the pop music industry network of the Grand Est region. She coordinates projects aiming at equity, eco-responsibility and health prevention for the members of the network and more broadly for all the actors of pop music in the region. The Grabuge network supports them in the implementation of prevention actions for professionals and public audiences.

Grabuge is the network of pop music industry in the Grand Est region. It was born in 2020, following the merger of the 3 former regions Alsace, Lorraine and Champagne-Ardenne.

The main objective of the network is to allow players to act in a common ecosystem, while remaining independent and nourishing it with their variety of points of view, professions and aesthetics. Grabuge counts about 85 members today. Joining the network is a form of support and participation in the movement. The network resonates beyond the members since it is open to all actors of pop music, whatever their project, their desire and their aesthetic.