I've been at this place to visit the "Salons des créateurs" where around 60 creators exhibited…read moretheir work. And it was a perfect place for this event : on Saturday 6PM or Sunday 10PM, l'Embarcadère was not empty but not too crowed, a perfect fit.
If you are looking for an event, you will be anyway satisfied with the location, along the beautiful Saône, near Perrache, so in center town. You just have now to wait the event that will fit your tastes, everything can happen at l'Embarcadère, from creators' exhibitions to gastronomic events through business meetings and of course special lyonstuffing for "la fête des lumières".
The place allow few to 500 people inside depending on the setting of the place (rooms, exposition stands, conference, big hall...), so it fits for many different events.
If you plan to go there, I would recommand to go by metro/tramway (tram station: Suchet), because of the traffic in center town and the difficulty to park the car.
