- The health crisis and the new rules of social distancing that it implies will significantly modify the summer programming in Strasbourg.
- Examples ? There will be no fireworks on July 14, you will need to reserve your place at Docks Beach or to see the lights.
- The animations could still be modified during the 3rd phase of deconfinement. “We will wait until June 22 because a new update on the epidemic situation is planned. This is when we will make the final decisions, ”promises Mathieu Cahn, the assistant to the city of Strasbourg in charge of animation.
Thousands of people admire the illuminations on the cathedral, dozens of children busy at their sandcastle on the Malraux peninsulaor even concerts everywhere in the city center for an evening… These images of a summer in Strasbourg will be greatly modified this year.
“We have tried to maintain the classic event offer as much as possible, but the context is very disturbing for the organization of certain general public events. We must respect the physical distance, that there is no big event ... ", said the mayor Roland Ries, who presented this Monday a" rich and diversified summer program but obviously below the last few years. "
No fireworks on July 14
The main points to remember? First, there will be no fireworks on the evening of July 14. "It would have gathered too many people and it would have been necessary to launch the public market during the confinement period when we had no visibility", justifies Mathieu Cahn, the deputy mayor in charge of animation. Instead, a “republican picnic” will be offered at the Deux-Rives garden, as well as an “evening course” to pay tribute to the nursing staff. There will also be no firefighters' ball on July 13.
Another highlight of the modified summer: the Fête de la Musique. Here again, in order to avoid any gathering, the Strasbourg town hall has not issued a public domain authorization. Clearly, no scene can therefore legally take place on June 21. "But there will be a musical offer that will move and go as close as possible to the inhabitants of the city center and the districts," says Mathieu Cahn, evoking musicians on bikes who will come "at the foot of the buildings" and participatory blind tests. A webradio will also be dedicated the same evening.
The beach is maximum 1h30
From the beginning of July, the ephemeral Docks beach will be easily accessible, but ... by reservation. "For a 1:30 hour slot so that a maximum of people can go there," further specifies the deputy mayor in charge of entertainment. The same principle will be implemented for the cathedral illuminations from mid-July to mid-September. They will take place this time on the forecourt, with a gauge limited to "812 people" for each of the three performances of the evening. Where “up to 10,000 spectators” could follow one another overnight…
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All these reservations will be possible by the end of June, on the Eurometropolis website. “We will wait until June 22 because a new update on the epidemic situation is planned. This is when we will make the final decisions, ”promises Mathieu Cahn, without refraining from reviewing certain arrangements. Down or… up. “We worked on places and gauges in order to respect the criterion of physical distance and will not impose any placement. We have not retained this principle but it could evolve, ”he concludes.
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