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Cyrill Roy
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June 29, 2024 at 1:17 a.m.
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Here we go! The new edition of Rock in Évreux kicked off this Friday, June 28, 2024. In a tighter format this year (a single stage, eleven bands and three DJs on the bill), the festival has, according to its artistic director, found its audience.
It was the Normans from Captain Sparks & Royal Company who opened the ball at 6 p.m. in front of around twenty people, mostly volunteers. The fault lies in opening the doors too late. The courageous leader of the group preferred to laugh about it and thanked the public for this “modest but warm welcome”.
After Seb Katana’s first interlude, Dajak took the stage at 7:15 p.m. in front of a slightly larger, but still modest, audience.
The Matmatah kings
Around 8:30 p.m., the crowd began to grow. And to fill with gwenn ha du, the Breton flag, carried as a standard by the fans of the Brestois Matmatah. The group truly launched this edition of Rock in Évreux with almost 1 hour 30 of rock concert with punk accents. Songs that have not aged a day and which – for some – are still relevant, like the apology.
The crowd was also huge to welcome Kyo. Every gesture (or removal of clothing) of the singer was accompanied by screams. Benoît Poher released hits at a breakneck pace.
Shaka Ponk, the big Saturday concert
We will remain divided on the progress of this first evening of the festival. The artists performed well, but we are inevitably disappointed for Captain Sparks & Royal Company who gave their all in front of a small audience. We will also note very big hiccups at the organizational level: crowded parking lots, huge queues at the entrances, at the bank to collect the irritating cashless card (more than forty minutes sometimes), at the bars, at the food trucks and even the toilets.
Hoping that everything goes better this Saturday, June 29. The festival will open at 5 p.m. with Möön (5:30 p.m.), Eagle Eye Cherry (7 p.m.), FFF (8:30 p.m.), Shaka Ponk (10:15 p.m.), Danakil (12:30 a.m.) and Doorshan (2 a.m. ). DJ Sam then Grys will take care of the transitions between the artists.
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