- Title: France gets ready for annual music festival amid heightened security
- Date: 21st June 2017
- Summary: PARIS, FRANCE (JUNE 21, 2017) (REUTERS) STRUCTURES BEING SET UP FOR ANNUAL "FETE DE LA MUSIQUE" ONE-DAY MUSIC FESTIVAL AREA SECTIONED OFF WITH METAL FENCES MEN SETTING UP STRUCTURES VARIOUS OF PEOPLE WORKING ON SCAFFOLD VARIOUS OF POLICE VANS IN STREET POLICE OFFICERS BADGE ON POLICE READING (French): "National police - CRS (riot police)"
- Embargoed: 5th July 2017 17:20
- Keywords: Fete de la musique security Paris celebration music Christophe Castaner
- Location: PARIS, FRANCE
- City: PARIS, FRANCE
- Country: France
- Topics: Conflicts/War/Peace,International/National Security
- Reuters ID: LVA0026M83AKN
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text:The 36th 'Fete de la Musique', an annual one-day music festival that takes place across France, will go ahead despite several attacks on police in the past weeks but with reinforced security measures, French government spokesman Christophe Castaner said on Wednesday (June 21).
France's annual music festival, where groups play on street corners and in cafes nationwide, is set to kick off on Wednesday evening, but with 48,000 police on duty, Castaner said in a radio interview.
That number is similar to the numbers deployed during the four days of recent presidential and parliamentary elections to ward off the threat of further attacks by Islamist militants.
Festivities are set to begin later in the day and go on late into the night.
France's annual music festival takes place every year on June 21 to celebrate the summer solstice, and has been going on since 1983. - Copyright Holder: REUTERS
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