Lyon claims the title of France's electronic music capital, and the numbers back it : Reperkusound is 21, Nuits Sonores 23. The scene lives in iconic city-centre spaces (la Sucrière, le Transbordeur), not on the outskirts like elsewhere.
What sets it apart from Paris : a heavy rave culture (hard techno, dub, acid) carried by solid local collectives like 23:59, and a crowd that travels for the music, not the lifestyle. Lyon dates surface in the list opposite week after week.