The town hall of Paris has listed 60 outdoor venues to organize concerts and parties this summer, in partnership with clubs closed due to the health crisis, explained this Friday, February 12 the assistant to tourism and nightlife Frédéric Hocquard.
The call for projects concerns sites such as the courtyard of the town hall of XIe arrondissement, emblematic squares in the capital (Hôtel de Ville, Bastille, République, Bastille, Nation, Stalingrad), the Auteuil and Longchamp racetracks, the forecourt of Est and Saint-Lazare stations or hall 3 of Montparnasse station, the Trocadéro gardens and of course the Bois de Vincennes …
Despite the uncertainties about the health evolution by June, Paris wants “A festive summer in the open air”, according to the presentation of a meeting Thursday with 120 night professionals, a sector shut down since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic a year ago.
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“Sanitary conditions in 2021 cannot be worse than in 2020”
“The sanitary conditions in 2021 cannot be worse than in 2020. However, in 2020, things were possible in the open air in the summer”, estimated, optimistic, Frédéric Hocquard for whom it is still too early to look into the health protocols to be put in place.
Represented at this meeting, the police headquarters “Has the same health vision as us”, assures the deputy mayor PS Anne Hidalgo.
With the nightclubs closed, the summer of 2020, a period of calm in terms of health, was marked in Paris by illegal parties in the Bois de Vincennes.
“If we want to avoid being subjected to free parties again, we need a legal and organized proposal, with satisfactory sanitary conditions”, supports Frédéric Hocquard who considers “Quite possible” to organize “50 events for 1,000 people”.
Clubs such as Rex, Badaboum or Gibus will thus be able to find an activity by working on projects. ” outside the walls “ since they “Will not reopen in 2021, at least not in the summer”, assure Frédéric Hocquard.
Most “We are not going to transform the town hall of the XIe in a night club “, reassure the assistant who wants “Give back a little hope” to young people suffering from an economic but also psychological crisis.
According to Frédéric Hocquard, no Parisian nightclub has yet closed its doors. Before the pandemic, there were 600 establishments open after 2 a.m., including about 400 clubs.
The founder of the Solidays festival announced the cancellation of the 2021 edition on Wednesday, scheduled for June 18 to 20.
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