Toulouse. The Saint-Michel party will finally take place, here is where
The Town Hall of Toulouse and the Fédération des Forains de France have managed to find common ground for the organization of the next edition of the Saint-Michel festival.
No longer able to take place in the parking lot of the Zénith de Toulouse, the Saint-Michel festival was threatened. But the Town Hall of Toulouse and the Federation of Fairgrounds of France have finally managed to find common ground for the organization of the next edition of the Saint-Michel festival.
“The Town Hall of Toulouse announced, in March 2021, to the Federation of Fairgrounds of France its refusal to set up the Fête Saint-Michel at the Zénith”, indicates the municipality. in a press release on Tuesday, September 6. She puts forward two reasons to justify her decision: “the urban renewal program of the Cartoucherie” and “the nuisances, especially noise, suffered and deplored by the residents”
Twenty sites selected for the Saint-Michel festival
About twenty sites were then selected to host the Saint-Michel festival. Ten were proposed by the Fairground Federation. But neither found favor in the eyes of both parties.
Faced with the lack of consensus with the municipality on a place that could accommodate the Saint-Michel festival, the fairgrounds were annoyed. They are preparing a major demonstration in the Pink City. They wondered “if the new municipality really wanted to host the Foire Saint-Michel after a year of negotiations? »
Cécile Dufraisse, deputy mayor of Toulouse in charge of the commercial occupation of the public domain, notably proposed land on the Ile du Ramier in Toulouse. “At first, they refused it by letter dated September 2, 2022. This was a shame, because it is located in the grip of the former Exhibition Center, which welcomed millions of visitors for decades, and that without problem, ”says the municipality. “Tuesday, September 6, 2022, the Federation of Fairgrounds of France informed by mail the Town Hall of Toulouse of its reversal, finally agreeing to install the Saint-Michel party on the island of Ramier. »