The 86th edition of Catalan Workers’ Day is organized this Friday June 28 and Saturday June 29, 2024, at the Bocal du Tech, route du littoral in Argelès-sur-Mer.
Catalan Workers’ Day this year will be more political than ever. This Friday June 28 and Saturday June 29, 2024, the unmissable TC event will deploy its stages for its 86e edition. The dean of Catalan festivals will not only be in a festive mood. The message will be clearly announced from the entrance to the site at Bocal du Tech: “‘Long live the new Popular Front’. This is what we are going to write on a large banner using the color codes of the 1936 Long Live the Popular Front poster.“, quite a symbol presented by Dominique Poirot, member of PC 66.
Coincidentally with a political calendar disrupted by the President of the Republic, the TC holiday therefore falls on the eve of the early legislative elections. Providing a last-minute platform for the Communist Party. Even if the faithful festival-goers are, very often, no longer to be convinced. “We still feel the effects of this election. Twelve associations ensured their presence. All sections of the PC will be hard at work. Even the unions are joining us. Normally, only the CGT travels. This year, FSU, Solidaires and the two branches of the CNT ensured their arrival”. The four Catalan candidates of the new Popular Front – Francis Daspe, David Berrué, Nathalie Cullell and Julien Baraillé – were invited to the party. The spokesperson for the PC66, Michel Coronas, will host a meeting in support of left-wing candidates.
The communists really need this festive time. They who found swastikas tagged on their poster for the Europeans in Estagel, accompanied by the words “France to the French“. “This is something that was still unimaginable a few months ago. We are faced with a historical void, some confuse everything. We have the feeling that speech is uninhibited but in a terrible way“, deplore Dominique Poirot, Patrick Cases and Michel Coronas. But this Friday and Saturday they will still have their hearts in the party.
In the program
Friday June 28.
6:30 p.m.: inauguration of the festival with a meeting in support of the new Popular Front.
On the main stage: Sidi Wacho and Mister Leu and the Nyabinghers.
On the small stages: On the small stages, local groups will perform, such as Let’s go cats, the Witch Caroll, Lucas and Lape afrobeat.
Saturday June 29.
11 a.m.: debates for peace and an end to the conflicts in Ukraine and Gaza.
12:30 p.m.: tribute to the members of the TC who died during the year.
5:30 p.m.: major debate on the department’s environmental issues.
On the main stage: Marcel and his orchestra, Skatalans.
On the small stages: Sea Urchin, Santa Maria Death Trip, Davy Kilembé and Mycose of you.
Price: 2-day pass 30 euros. Free for under 16s. Free and monitored parking nearby.
