The latest cancellation came on Friday from the organisers of Angouleme’s world-renowned comic books festival, due at the end of June. It joins a raft of casualties that already includes some of Europe’s biggest summer music festivals: Solidays, Hellfest, Garorock, Eurocks, and Lollapalooza in Paris, among others – together accounting for more than one million ticket sales. The French government has put a limit of 5,000 people on this summer’s events, and they must be seated and socially distanced – not exactly conducive to going wild in a moshpit. Festival organisers have also been unimpressed with the €30 million support package offered by the government, which must be shared between everything from rock and classical festivals to art and street theatre. A handful of events are still holding out in the hope of adapting to the situation.

Source: The Local April 02, 2021 10:18 UTC