The 2020 edition of the Route du Rock, which was to celebrate this year the 30th anniversary of the Malouin festival, originally scheduled for August 19 to 22, has been postponed to 2021, the organizers announced on their website. " The health crisis we are going through forces us to surrender in our turn (...). Apart from all regulatory and economic considerations, it was unthinkable anyway to put a single festival-goer in danger, "announced the organizing association, Rock Tympans.
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Prime Minister Edouard Philippe announced Tuesday the ban on all events of more than 5,000 participants until September, doubting the hopes of the Breton festival, which records the participation of more than 20,000 festival-goers each year.
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The 2020 edition has been postponed to the summer of 2021. " We will do everything to reprogram the artists planned for this year, so that it will only be postponed, " said the organizers. Festival-goers who have already taken their ticket may be reimbursed or not request reimbursement if they wish to support the festival.
The Route du Rock was to welcome this year the German group pioneer of electro Kraftwerk.
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