This is the puzzle that awaits festival organizers this summer: how to welcome the public in the best sanitary conditions?
With this encouraged polar the government, the Eurockéennes team of Belfort conducted the survey of its future festival-goers, asking them in particular if they were in favor of presenting a negative test for Covid-19 to access the site.
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The results showed a clear majority (69%) in favor of this measure.
Organized online for eight days, the consultation gathered the opinions of 21,418 people.
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The majority of festival-goers accept, in a spirit of civic responsibility, the main health protection measures
", the organizers pointed out in a press release: 69% of people who responded would agree to present the results of a Covid-19 screening test to access the festival.
And they are 72% to agree to wear a mask to attend the event.
An uncertain health context
However, "
a clear trend seems to appear as regards the constraints
" defined by the ministry: the idea of attending concerts while sitting is rejected at 72% and the distance between spectators is also rejected at 48% (44% of favorable responses , 8% no opinion).
The option of an edition "
without refreshments or catering
" is also strongly rejected, by 73% of respondents.
"
The result of this consultation naturally participates in the reflections in progress
", indicated the association Territoire de Musiques, organizer of the Eurockéennes festival in Belfort.
Despite a very uncertain health context, the management of the festival had chosen, at the beginning of December, to announce the holding of the next edition, from July 1 to 4, and to unveil the program with the British rock group Muse at the head of poster.
The event was then planned to be held at "
full gauge
", with a capacity of 30,000 visitors per day.
But on February 18, the Ministry of Culture set a binding framework for the maintenance of festivals: a gauge of 5,000 people seated and with distance between the spectators.
The issue of authorizing bar / restaurant areas has not been resolved.
