This Saturday, June 4, the We Love Green festival is exceptionally closing its doors due to the bad weather that is beating down on the capital.
40,000 people are being evacuated from the Bois de Vincennes in Paris.
“
Due to heavy rain and thunderstorms, we have to cancel the festival tonight.
Head calmly to the exit
,” the organizers wrote on Twitter.
“
See you tomorrow
,” they added.
“The conditions are not pleasant either for the public or for the artists”, had announced earlier a speaker on stage, according to an AFP journalist on the spot.
The environmentally conscious festival reopened its doors Thursday at the Bois de Vincennes, after two editions canceled due to health crisis (2020 and 2021).
Thursday's opening night was marked by a concert by Gorillaz, one of Briton Damon Albarn's bands.
The Versailles of Phoenix and the rapper SCH were scheduled for Saturday.
The other headliners of the event are Angèle, PNL, Juliette Armanet, expected on Sunday.
According to information from Le
Parisien
, tickets for the concerts of the day will be reimbursed by the organization.