These diverse activities enable La Friche, whose resources come mainly from public funds, to contribute to the development of artistic research. It offers creators a place to work, swap experiences and promote their new productions. At the same time, its various workshops contribute to the social integration of young people in difficulty. La Friche's main function is to offer residential workshops for a myriad of projects. Some of these are permanent, some short-term, and all make it possible to integrate local and sometimes foreign artists in rich cultural surroundings.
Most residential workshops result in one or more public performances.
3 Assistance for innovative music . The A.M.I. association wants to restore a balance between these two approaches. Directed by well-known artists . La Friche also has five recording studios for use by local groups, selected from applications received. Generally speaking, AMI does not try to support any particular artistic style, but rather to encourage the emergence of original words and music and to facilitate access to production tools, by undertaking active discussions with elected representatives responsible for the development of cultural policy in the field of music.