Benjamin Sarfati is co-founder and leader of the Ares League.
What economic health is the Ares League in?
The Ares League is doing well. In 2023 we had eight evenings. Cancellations were due to venue issues. There are only two venues with 3000 or 4000 seats in Paris, and the events calendar there is extremely busy. From then on, Ares studio will allow us to fill any gaps in the schedule that may arise.
Furthermore, we have chosen for our league to start in Paris exclusively, but that will change in 2024. Ares will start to travel across France. We are going to go to Aix-en-Provence, then to Brittany. Then we have other ideas in mind since we would also like to go to Montpellier, Bordeaux, Lyon and Lille.
I think Ares has established himself as the “leader” in France. We should not believe that last year's room problems were linked to slowdown problems. Ares was to perform at the Scène musicale (in Boulogne--Billancourt…