Rock en Seine cancels, French organisers get creative
Though government restrictions have written off the last of the major festivals, French organisers won't let 2021 pass them by...
News By IQ | 27 May 2021
France’s Rock en Seine has been called off, following the government’s announcement that festivals would be restricted to 5,000 seated and socially distanced attendees.
The Paris festival, which typically welcomes 120,000 festivalgoers each year, was set to take place between 27–29 August 2021, though the line-up had not been announced.
In a statement, the organisers say: “Even with the greatest optimism, given the health restrictions in place today we know that the event we want to create and experience sadly cannot take place…
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