2023-06-30 22:03:04
Some of his fans had been sleeping in a tent in Saint-Denis, in front of the Stade de France, for a week. In vain, the concerts of Mylène Farmer at the Stade de France are among the events canceled, postponed or shortened this weekend in Île-de-France, due to urban violence following the death of Nahel, killed by a policeman in Nanterre (Hauts-de-Seine). It must be said that the day before, the violence on the sidelines of the white march had caused some cold sweats at the Arena Paris La Défense, where the Maroon 5 concert took place under high surveillance. For the same reason, the concerts of Louis Bertignac, Village People and Boy George are canceled in Enghien-les-Bains (Val-d’Oise), this weekend. Small non-exhaustive list.
In the Val d’Oise
In Enghien-les-Bains, the free concerts of the Barrière Enghien Jazz festival are canceled on Saturday and Sunday. Headliners like Louis Bertignac, Village People and Boy George were expected there.
In Cergy, the big celebration of July 1 planned on the major axis, with fireworks in music, is postponed to September. It usually brings together several thousand people. La Guinguette de Pontoise is also forced to cancel its events on Saturday and Sunday.
In the Hauts-de-Seine
Will Marcus Miller and Joey Bada$$ be able to perform on Saturday and Sunday evenings at the La Défense jazz festival? “The decision will be taken the same day at the last moment”, indicates the departmental council of Hauts-de-Seine, which announced the cancellation of the concerts of this Friday.
In Villeneuve-la-Garenne, the Villeneuve Jazz festival is postponed to September. It was to be held this Saturday evening, from 8 p.m., on the forecourt of the town hall, avenue de Verdun, one of the local “spots” of the current violence. In Rueil, the Offenbach symphony concert and the 70s and 80s evening are canceled.
In Seine-et-Marne and Essonne
Saturday was to be the grand final of the FIFA 2023 tournament at the Pathé du Carré Sénart cinema, from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. This original operation organized on the scale of the Grand Paris Sud Agglomeration, located straddling Seine-et-Marne and Essonne, was part of Grand Paris Sud’s commitment to the development of the e- sport, the agglomeration having been the first French community to have joined the France Esports association at the end of 2021.
In the Yvelines
A sword of Damocles hovered this Friday afternoon over the opening of the Fête des Loges. The carnival with 200 attractions is well maintained in the forest of Saint-Germain, a city which has been affected by incidents in the Bel-Air district.
Elsewhere, small events generally see their closing time brought forward (to 9 p.m.), except in Chanteloup-les-Vignes, where FiestAsso (tales, world music, zumba) has been postponed indefinitely. “Unfortunately, the city does not currently have sufficient resources to enable it to prepare the organization of such an event”, specifies the town hall.
In the Val-de-Marne
The large weekend rally scheduled for Choisy Park was canceled this Friday afternoon by the prefecture. Yardland, the festival dedicated to urban music in all its forms, which was to welcome 30,000 people between Saturday and Sunday, would have mobilized too many police forces to ensure security. Stopping transport at 9 p.m. would not have allowed the evacuation of the crowd in good conditions either.
In Bry-sur-Marne, the night market this Friday evening or even the evening for young people, organized this Saturday by the municipal youth council, with 200 participants expected, are canceled. Chevilly gives up its fireworks of this Saturday evening; Chennevières, to broadcast the recording of the Paris Opera scheduled for the Parc des Bordes; Valenton, at all his weekend events.
In Seine-Saint-Denis
The prefecture has requested the cancellation or postponement of any event or gathering taking place after 7 p.m. this weekend. The events linked to the Multitude intercultural biennale are therefore maintained during the day, throughout Seine-Saint-Denis. According to Stéphane Troussel, the president of the departmental council, it is precisely in this context that the inhabitants “need to find themselves, with pride and in a positive spirit”. The rap concert, which was to take place in the evening in the Parc de la Bergère, in Bobigny, could be postponed during the day but nothing was fixed this Friday evening. The neighborhood world cup will take place this Sunday in the Vélodrome stadium in Aulnay-sous-Bois, but the festivities will end at 7:30 p.m.
The Trail of the heights, which was to be held on Sunday with three courses of 5, 13 and 28 km from Romainville, has been canceled, “given the impossibility of bringing together the optimal conditions necessary for the organization of the race, to the reception of runners, visitors, volunteers and agents”, indicates a press release from Est Ensemble and the FSGT 93, which organized the event. More than 1,100 runners had registered.
In Paris
FNAC Live was canceled on Friday evening. Several doubts hover over other events. But Anne Hidalgo, the mayor (PS) of Paris, wishes to “maintain the planned events, such as school parties”, it is underlined in his entourage.
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