Paris Police Asks Major Festivals Be Cancelled Due to Relentless Heatwave
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Although the situation has become a little more bearable in the west of France, 50 departments remain in red vigilance until at least Saturday evening. Many events, such as Solidays or the march of Parisian pride, have been cancelled.
From Paris to Marseille, via Lyon, the weekend is marked by a series of cancellations of events due to the high heats. If the participants and volunteers are disappointed, the organizers are already thinking of the refund.
Initially scheduled in Paris this weekend of June 27 and 28, 2026, the Solidays music festival and the March of Pride were cancelled at the request of the Paris police prefect on Friday 26 June. The latter invokes the persistence of the heat wave, which weighs on the rescue services and hospitals. Charléty's athletics meeting, scheduled for Sunday, is maintained. The March of Pride will be postponed.
The Paris Pride March and the Solidays Music Festival, two major events that bring together hundreds of thousands of people every year, have been cancelled this weekend to...
Due to the heat, the Solidays festival, which was to open on Friday 26 June at the Longchamp racetrack in Paris, is cancelled. But what about the refund of the tickets?
Heatwave Strains Paris: Events on the Brink
Paris police urged organizers to cancel the Pride March due to an exceptional heatwave, which has pressured emergency services and hospitals. Similar requests were made to cancel Solidays music festival and an athletics meeting at Stade Charlety, as these events were expected to draw large crowds.
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