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The city of Sète (Hérault) unveiled a “plan B” for its summer festivals on Wednesday, providing, due to the global coronavirus pandemic, to transfer the concerts and events usually organized at the Théâtre de la Mer to a quay at the port.
“Due to health regulations, the Théâtre de la Mer will only be able to fill part of its 1,600 seats, which makes the organization of concerts uncertain. We could not bring ourselves to a blank season. We have therefore acted, with the agreement and support of the port of Sète“, managed by the Occitanie region,” a plan B which consists in repatriating the festivals to the ferry terminal on the quay of Morocco “, detailed the mayor François Commeinhes, quoted in a press release.
This platform, located in the city center, has a capacity of 1,600 seats, in compliance with barrier gestures, the equivalent of the Théâtre de la Mer in normal times, said Mr. Commeinhes who presented this “plan B” alongside the president of the port of Sète, the former minister Jean-Claude Gayssot.
In 2020, the singular island had also adapted its cultural season by reconfiguring the Théâtre de la Mer, an exceptional cultural setting located on the shores of the Mediterranean, to host open-air cinema screenings and the festivals had organized concerts and events in the same format. reduced throughout the city.
Sète is due to celebrate the centenary of the birth of Georges Brassens in 2021 and is in the running to become the first French capital of culture in 2022.
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