La Friche

La Friche de la Belle de Mai or La Friche is a former tobacco factory near the Saint-Charles station in Marseille, France, in the neighbourhood of Belle de Mai.

In 1992, it was converted into a cultural complex. Presenting itself as a "pole of authors," the Wasteland focuses its efforts primarily on the creation and production of works. It hosts dozens of international artists in residence and it contains over sixty artistic and cultural structures of all disciplines. It is also a place of spectacle and broadcasting, it contains 2 concert rooms, it hosted several times the electronic and urban music festival Marsatac. La Friche includes as well a restaurant, a nursery, a playground for children, a library, a local food market, a skate shop, a skate park, family and community gardens and two new theaters. The Mediterranean Institute of Show Crafts will open there in 2014.