The Midnight

The Midnight at Transbordeur: a cinematic surge of synths and heart

At Transbordeur, we are thrilled to welcome The Midnight to our stage, where the duo’s widescreen synths and heartfelt songwriting are set to bloom in an immersive, room-filling experience. Our venue’s reputation for clarity and punch makes it a natural home for their neon-soaked sound: shimmering pads that linger in the rafters, drums that hit with cinematic power, and a vocal presence that brings intimacy to even the biggest choruses. Expect a set that sweeps from the nostalgia-tinged energy of “Sunset” and “Lost Boy” to the soaring hooks of “Seventeen,” “Deep Blue,” and “Fire in the Sky.” When the saxophone lines rise over the crowd and the guitars carve out their melodic arcs, Transbordeur’s lighting and production will amplify the show’s storytelling—those radiant bursts of color and shadow that turn songs into scenes. We live for these nights when the dance floor becomes a tide of motion and voices, and The Midnight’s catalog was made for exactly that collective rush.

Artistic momentum: new energy, deeper grooves, and a living songbook

From our vantage point behind the console and along the wings, we’ve seen how The Midnight’s recent chapters have refined their balance of vintage textures and modern bite. The momentum that followed Heroes gave the duo license to lean harder into live dynamics: muscular drums, elastic basslines, and sax flourishes that make “Brooklyn. Friday. Love.” and “Change Your Heart or Die” feel both anthemic and immediate. Between those luminous singles and crowd favorites like “America 2” and “Avalanche,” their setlist bridges tender nostalgia and forward-looking pop craft, often stretching arrangements to let grooves breathe and choruses bloom. The Midnight’s live production carries a cinematic vocabulary—moody palettes, ascending strobes, and crisp silhouettes—that our team fine-tunes to the contours of the room, so the narrative in each track is echoed by light and space. This is music that invites motion and memory at the same time, with synth arpeggios mapped to city lights and vocals that land like postcards from a past you can still dance to.

What we love about hosting The Midnight at Transbordeur is the way their show transforms the venue into a shared skyline of sound. We dial the low end to be warm but controlled so the kick and bass pulse through your chest without blurring the textures that make their production sing—those delicate keys, the shimmer on the guitars, the breath in the sax. From the front barrier to the back rail, every vantage point is designed to keep you inside the performance, where the chorus of “Deep Blue” can wash over you and the lift in “Brooklyn. Friday. Love.” can send the whole room forward at once. Our team shapes the night around the arc of the set: a pre-show atmosphere that leans into synth-driven ambiance, a high-impact light design to chase the crescendos, and a precise, intimate mix during introspective moments. With a songbook that moves from the youthful glow of “Lost Boy” to the catharsis of “Avalanche,” The Midnight gives us the kind of narrative concert we love to stage—one that starts in the glow of memory and ends with a present-tense celebration, built for our floors, our lights, and the voices of a Lyon crowd ready to sing every refrain back.