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France’s Rock en Seine festival confirms that it will be taking a break in 2027 due to “numerous unprecedented factors beyond its control.”
Rock en Seine will not be taking place in 2027, with festival organizers announcing a break next year due to “numerous unprecedented factors beyond its control.” However, the Paris festival assures a triumphant return in 2028.
“For more than 20 years, we’ve brought the summer to a spectacular close with you and the power of music,” festival organizers wrote. “Unfortunately, for this next edition we are facing numerous unprecedented constraints beyond our control, which do not allow us to organize the festival under the necessary conditions.”
Specifically, organizers of the AEG Presents event cited “numerous planned development works around the Domaine national de Saint-Cloud,” which will “notably make access to the festival site much more difficult and compromise the reception conditions that you deserve.” These include major construction work near the Saint-Cloud Bridge and the A13 tunnel and the arrival of Line 15, “with several major infrastructure projects nearby,” according to the Domaine national de Saint-Cloud website.
Other issues impacting the festival include the pullback of national funds and political unrest leading to mass-scale rioting across the country over the last couple of months.
While organizers say they explored every possible option, “none of them allows us to guarantee an edition that lives up to our ambitions—and, above all, your expectations.” As a result, Rock en Seine will not take place in 2027 “so we can come back together in 2028.” The 2028 edition has already had its dates announced: August 23-27.
Every year at the end of summer, Rock en Seine draws thousands of fans to the Domaine national de Saint-Cloud. Since 2003, Rock en Seine has quickly become one of the premier music festivals in France with a mixture of major figures in rock and pop. This year’s edition saw around 175,000 visitors across the five-day festival and featured headliners like Tyler, the Creator, The Cure, and Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds. Other performers included Amyl & The Sniffers, Turnstile, Deftones, Franz Ferdinand, Anna Von Hausswolff, Interpol, and Landmvrks.
