France's Street Music Festivals Go Ahead Despite Extreme Heat and Alcohol Ban
Authorities kept the music festival going as Meteo-France warned temperatures could reach 41C and 35 departments faced the highest heat alert.
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On Monday, 845 schools in France were to close because of the heat, and 1,800 modified their timetables to adapt to weather conditions.
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Modern GhanaFrance's street music festivals go ahead despite extreme heat and alcohol ban
France is preparing to host annual street music festival Fête de la Musique in boiling heat, with a third of the country on red alert and alcohol consumption banned in the streets. While some French cities have cancelled Sunday's events, celebrations are going ahead in Paris, Lyon, Strasbourg and other cities.
This year again, the Fête de la musique resonated with the great choruses of the French variety, gypsy rhythms and electro sounds etc. Celebrated under a stifling heat, it nevertheless brought a breath of energy and freshness to the cities, where the desire to have fun, to escape and to stroll dominated. Back in images on the concerts offered in the Gard and in Arles.
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