The summer show will take place from the castle square, on this side of the cathedral.

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Gilles Varela / 20 Minutes

  • More or less removed for a time by the new municipality, a summer show should be organized around Strasbourg Cathedral in 2021.

  • The new environmental mayor of the city, Jeanne Barseghian, spoke of "something which highlights the cathedral" and which will take place "from July 3 to August 29".

  • There will also be the usual summer docks on the Malraux peninsula.

    With novelties.

    The final program will be known in mid-April.

The controversy had swelled in mid-February.

The former first deputy Alain Fontanel at the head, the opposition was offended by a possible cancellation of the sound and light of the cathedral of Strasbourg.

An event in the Alsatian capital and where crowds every summer (excluding Covid-19) between 780,000 and 1.2 million spectators.

Finally, this meeting should be renewed in 2021. Finally, Jeanne Barseghian did not say it clearly but it strongly resembles it.

The new ecological mayor of the city evoked "something which highlights the cathedral" and which will take place "from July 3 to August 29".

"We are going to launch a call for tenders to artists, leaving the possibility for providers to develop this great show", she announced, before quickly adding that the use of "sounds and lights is in the book charges ".

Better, a budget of 420,000 euros, or 60% of the total budget for summer entertainment, is planned for this event which does not yet have a precise form.

But wouldn't that sound like light and sound all the same?

"It will be a visual and sound experience which can be declined in several ways, such as a mapping for example, but we are open to proposals", insisted Jeanne Barseghian.

“We are aiming to enhance the value of the entire Place du Château, at night but also during the day.

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The only certainty therefore, the western facade (that of the entrance) will not welcome visitors.

Who will also be expected for other “scenographic arrangements, break spaces and visual and sound creations” within the Ill-Bruche natural park.

More precisely near the Tour du Schloessel and the Albert-Schweitzer park, in Koenigshoffen.

Strolls should be offered there.

"It's a novelty to compare the architectural and natural heritage of these two places [castle square and park]", welcomes Guillaume Libsig, the deputy in charge of events policy.

Without commenting on any reception gauges or health standards.

“We are very attentive to the evolution of the situation but also confident.

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A neighborhood floating on the water at the Summer Docks

By mid-April, this program of summer festivities in Strasbourg should be finalized.

With new events announced but also the maintenance of other more classic ones, such as the Summer Docks at the Malraux peninsula.

"We are going to develop the beach and install a floating district on part of the basin and the canal, so as to have more space," Jeanne Barseghian has already announced.

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Like last year, no transatlantic will be accessible, nor will the pedal boats and other games at the nautical base.

“We cannot have recourse to shared objects, these are too many disinfection constraints”, adds his deputy, promising a “very rich and very eclectic” global offer.

Maybe even with sound and light.

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