Toulouse: why Bigflo and Oli are finally organizing the Rose Festival at MEET
The festival was to take place at the Domaine d’Ariane in Mondonville. Finally, the Toulouse rappers fell back on the new exhibition center, the MEETT. We explain…
As a fine organizer, Bigflo watched the documentary “Fyre: The Greatest Party That Never Happened” on Netflix, the story of the festival’s failure. Since then, he hasn’t slept. Or badly. “I sent messages at 3 am to Oli to tell him ‘the toilets, are we ready on the toilets?’. I was so afraid that our project would become a fiasco”, confides- he.
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a search for the ideal place was a veritable Stations of the Cross. Originally, the rappers’ choice fell on the Place de l’Europe, in downtown Toulouse. parking…”, says Simon Capus, director of Bleu Citron, co-producer of the Rose Festival. After an in-depth study of 17 sites, the teams for the event finally selected the Domaine d’Ariane de Mondonville. Idyllic setting, possibility of accommodation… All the conditions were met.
“Three dimensions are important, respect for the environment, the experience of festival-goers and accessibility. The domain offered us all that”, continues Simon Capus.
This was without taking into account the “major works”, too expensive, which recently led the organizers to reassess the possibility of changing location. The MEETT presented itself as the ideal solution with its accessibility, by tram or by car. “If we manage to get festival-goers to come by public transport, it will be an ecological festival,” exclaims the director of Bleu Citron. Only the question of accommodation remains unresolved in this new place. The organizers are studying the possibilities of sleeping on site.