This decision was expected after the announcements at the beginning of the week of the cancellation of the fireworks display on Saturday September 5 and the big clearance sale on Sunday September 6. “All of the weekend’s entertainment is canceled,” informs Alric Berton, deputy mayor of Montluçon for culture, heritage, festivities and tourism on Thursday.
Coronavirus – In Montluçon, the fireworks scheduled for September 5 are canceled
No festivity at the beginning of September
For the municipality, the lack of visibility on the progression of the pandemic in France did not make it possible to maintain the event: “The sanitary conditions are not met and we could not envisage the holding of these events in this context. “
The fear is the return from vacation of Montluçonnais at the start of the school year with the possibility that they transmit the virus during these gatherings.
The village “gastronomy of the world”, the folk dance animation, the salsa concert and the torchlight retreat initially held between 2:30 p.m. and 10 p.m. on Saturday September 5, will not be held. Just like the children’s area on the quai Rouget-de-Lisle in the afternoon of Sunday, September 6.
“We also decided to cancel the fun fair which was to start the following week”, continues the deputy.
Why maintain the Festival de la chanson française?
Starting tomorrow, Friday August 21 and until Sunday August 23, the French Song Festival has been maintained by the municipality “because its configuration does not present the same problems”. Alric Berton adds: “The places where the festival takes place are equipped with closed barriers and the number of places is limited. We are therefore able to manage the flows. “
Music- Fourteen free concerts at the Festival de la chanson française de Montluçon (Allier) from August 21 to 23
The assistant to the festivities will now work with the teams on the next big event, the Christmas market, if however the health crisis does not come, once again, to play the spoilsport.
Brian Le Goff
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