2023-08-27 06:06:31
Culture Minister Rima Abdul Malak hopes for a “historic” edition. And Rock en Seine an “Olympic edition” in 2024. Not only will the Parisian festival, which celebrates its 20th anniversary until Sunday evening on the national domain of Saint-Cloud (Hauts-de-Seine), will take place between the Games Olympic and Paralympic Games, between August 21 and 25, 2024, but it will be one of the major cultural events of Paris 2024.
The director of the festival, the Minister of Culture and Tony Estanguet, the president of the organizing committee of the Olympics, announced a partnership during a joint press conference, Friday evening, just before the concert of Christine & The Queens.
“We are going to make the Olympic values shine”
“Our partnership is obviously a big asset”, summarizes the director of Rock en Seine. But he does not yet know if the festival will be held over four or five days. “We will decide according to the opportunities of the artists on tour, explains Matthieu Ducos. But it will be at least four days. We’re going to take advantage of the excitement of the Olympics to be part of the party. We very early on established a dialogue with Tony Estanguet and the teams of the organizing committee and those of the Cultural Olympiad, which programs artistic events until September 2024. We have many ideas. Just before the Paralympic Games, we are going to welcome athletes, demonstrations, exhibitions, meetings… We are going to make the Olympic values shine, which are also ours, tolerance, perseverance, inclusion…”
The fate of Solidays 2024 is guaranteed. The festival of the Solidarité Sida association has already announced that it will be held from June 28 to 30 at the Longchamp racecourse. But for Lollapalooza, who is aiming for the weekend of July 11 to 14 in the same place, it’s always complicated. Rumors say Live Nation, its organizer, about to abdicate.
What its French director, Angelo Gopee, denies: “We are always looking for solutions, he assures us. We are moving forward, many artists will be on stage next summer, there is plenty to do in terms of programming, but we have no contact with Paris 2024. And it’s complicated in terms of staff, costs… We We will make a decision before the end of September. »
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