The Fête de la musique in Strasbourg will be very different from previous editions this year. - G. VARELA / 20 MINUTES

  • The Fête de la musique will necessarily be special in Strasbourg this year, covid-19 requires.
  • No big stage will be installed in the city. Instead, ten cargo bikes will crisscross the Alsatian capital with musicians on board. Other activities have been planned and bars, cafes, restaurants can also organize mini-concerts.
  • A floating stage will also be installed on a boat, Sunday afternoon.

A giant karaoke, Stéphan Eicher as a guest-star and four large stages spread across the city ... That was the Fête de la musique version 2019 in Strasbourg. The 2020 edition will be different, with the all-too-well-known refrain of the Covid-19.

In this context, the town hall of the Alsatian capital did not issue public domain authorization this year. No stage can therefore legally take place on June 21. This does not prevent cafes, bars and restaurants from organizing mini-concerts in establishments or on their terrace. With respect for barrier gestures and social distancing. They will also have to "stop the broadcast of all music from midnight", specifies the eurometropolis in a press release.

Ten itinerant cycling groups

For those who do not wish to move in these places, "there will be a musical offer that will move and go closer to the inhabitants of the city center and neighborhoods," assured Mathieu Cahn, the deputy mayor in charge. animation.

Clearly, ten touring groups will perform from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday, on ten cargo bikes. “Each team consists of an actor on board a sound-loaded cargo bike and accompanied by one or more musicians or singers, details the city. These teams will come to meet the inhabitants to offer them to sing, "karaoker", play the percussionists, make music together… ”

Their performances will be filmed and broadcast live on the strasbourg.eu Facebook page, where blind tests and musical quizzes. With gifts to win, indicates the eurometropolis, before detailing the prizes: "entrance tickets to Strasbourg museums, books on Strasbourg etc. A traveling radio station will finally roam the streets and artists from Strasbourg will be broadcast on the frequencies of REC (90.7) and RBS (91.9).

L'Ill Musicale, traveling and floating stage for # FeteDeLaMusique2020 in #Strasbourg, presented by @PokaaTeam. 🙏 # LillMusicale https://t.co/6lWQXqmfIa

- Batorama Strasbourg (@Batorama) June 18, 2020

As for private initiatives, there are two. A floating concert will take place on a boat from 4 p.m. to midnight, with local groups and artists in eclectic styles. They will be visible from the Fisherman's wharf at the Saint-Thomas bridge. Les Percussions de Strasbourg will give three concerts at the Hautepierre theater, at 4 p.m., 5 p.m. and 6 p.m. Their particularities? The musicians will be in the stands and the public ... on stage. For a Music Festival really like no other!

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