[4] Founded in 2016 by Derek Barbolla,[5] Cercle originally specialized in organizing, filming and broadcasting electronic music concerts in unconventional venues of cultural, natural, aesthetic or artistic significance.

[5] After receiving complaints from his neighbours, the live shows were exported to various underground locations in Paris: the "basement of a sandwich shop", a "club" or on a "moving barge on the Seine".

[6] Pol Souchier, film director and head of communication, said in an interview with Billboard that the idea of producing concerts in cultural heritage locations “wasn't there at the beginning.".

[45] Originally scheduled for 10–11 October 2020, this edition of the Cercle Festival was postponed twice due to the COVID-19 pandemic,[46] and finally took place on 14–15 May 2022 at the National Air & Space Museum near Le Bourget, France, with a total capacity of 24,000 people over the course of the event.

[50] The line-up featured international electronic music acts such as Dixon, The Blaze, The Blessed Madonna, Sven Väth[51] and a livestreamed back-to-back ("b2b") DJ performance by Disclosure and Mochakk.

The film displayed on the screens will be overseen by Paris-based director Neels Castillon of Ridley Scott Creative Group, co-founder of visual production agency Motion Palace.

For example, Cercle announced in December 2022 a "five-day journey along the Nile" experience in February 2023, which will culminate at Adriatique's live concert at the Temple of Hatshepsut near Luxor, Egypt.

[62][32][63] In April 2023, Cercle introduced One Way, a series of 20 underground concert experiences that aim to "bring back the essence of dance music" in an age of image and digital hyperconsumerism.