The Dépités d’la cale, without laughing, announce, with regret, disappointment, bitterness and revolt, the cancellation of the 2024 edition of the Agités d’la cale, an unmissable event organized every year, at the beginning of July, on the banks of the Loire in the village of Haute île.
The announcements of the dissolution of the National Assembly and early legislative elections on June 30 and July 7 by Emmanuel Macron have put paid to our festival! The difficulties he imposes on municipalities, by giving them only a few weeks to organize these elections and the political chaos by ignoring the dramatic democratic consequences, he insults the associative fabric that knits the territories that make up the dynamics of a colorful, lively and inclusive France,”
chant the fuming volunteers.
While this month of June, announcing the start of summer, is bustling with festivals and other celebrations supported and led by associations which work throughout the year, a good part of these demonstrations and festive events are canceled or moved .
“We have to cancel due to lack of loan of municipal equipment”
Municipalities find themselves having to equip polling stations urgently and we are one of those organizers having to cancel due to lack of loan of municipal equipment. At our small level, the Agités d’la cale defend cultural diversity, access to conviviality and culture for everyone, all social classes and origins combined. We contribute to an open and colorful world and that won’t change tomorrow! So, we will come back next year, the rebels of the hold, we the flighted from the hold, we the Agitated of the hold! We would like to take this opportunity to thank the volunteers who had already committed to participating in the event. We will go and vote,”
assure those who claim to be activists of culture for all and solidarity.
