Thousands of people, masked and tested for the virus, pack inside a Paris concert hall as part of a public health experiment to prepare the country to host big events again, in Paris, Saturday, May 29, 2021. The concert in the AccorHotels Arena in eastern Paris features 1980s French rock band Indochine and DJ Etienne de Crecy. (AP Photo / Francois Mori) / XFM110 / 21149646866588 // 2105292005 – Francois Mori / AP / SIPA
Only a few more days to wait. Concerts with standing audiences will again be authorized in France from June 30, Culture Minister Roselyne Bachelot announced on Monday.
The government has decided to “reopen standing concerts from June 30 (…) with a 75% gauge in indoor establishments, and a 100% outdoor gauge”, said Roselyne Bachelot after a meeting at the Elysée with professionals in the sector. The health pass (proof of vaccination or recent negative test) “will only be required for standing concerts for more than 1,000 expected spectators”, as is currently the case for all shows in a seated configuration, said Roselyne. Bachelot.
“Allow young and old to party”
And for these concerts requiring the health pass at the entrance, “wearing a mask will no longer be compulsory but recommended”, she added, stressing that this decision made it possible to “finalize the resumption of cultural activities”. In addition, nightclubs are finally seeing the end of the tunnel. Nightclubs will reopen on July 9, announced on BFMTV this Monday the Minister Delegate for SMEs Alain Griset, without wearing a compulsory mask. The same conditions will apply to nightclubs, the only sector that has remained closed since the start of the pandemic, or 15 months of a “difficult period” for their managers and a “long wait for customers”, he said. recognized
They will be able to reopen on July 9 but access will be reserved for holders of a health pass, a gauge of 100% outside and 75% inside, without compulsory wearing of the mask. “The idea is to allow young and old to party in safety,” said the Minister Delegate.
For concerts as for discotheques, the organizers will be able to install barnums at the entrance to allow customers who do not have a health pass to carry out a rapid screening test, said the two ministers.