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Fête de l'Humanité

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Attendance
  
600,000

Dates
  
15 Sep – 17 Sep 2017

Organised by
  
L'Humanité

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Inaugurated
  
September 1930 (1930-09)

Most recent
  
September 2016 (2016-09)

Location
  
Georges Valbon County Park, La Courneuve, France

Similar
  
Festival du Bout du Monde, Beauregard Music Festival, Solidays, Les Francofolies de La Ro, Vieilles Charrues Festival

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Fête de l'Humanité ([fɛt də lymaniˈte]; English: Festival of Humanity) is an event organised annually by L'Humanité, a French Communist newspaper.

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The first fête de l'Humanité took place in September 1930 it was started to raise funds for the newspaper L'Humanité and 1000 people attended it. The 2010 festival attracted 600,000 visitors

Hundreds of stalls are scattered around the venue offering food and drinks with the stall holders coming from all over the world to be part of the event. Political debates are also held in some of the tents.

1960

  • Paul Robeson
  • Jacques Brel
  • 1961

  • Léo Ferré
  • Robert Lamoureux
  • Catherine Sauvage
  • 1962

  • Jean Ferrat
  • Léo Ferré
  • Georges Brassens
  • 1964

  • Eddy Mitchell
  • Charles Trenet
  • Annie Cordy
  • Nana Mouskouri
  • 1966

  • Nino Ferrer
  • Juliette Greco
  • Guy Béart
  • Hugues Auffray
  • 1968

  • Mireille Mathieu
  • 1969

  • Jacques Dutronc
  • 1970

  • Pink Floyd
  • 1971

  • Claude Nougaro
  • Joan Baez
  • 1972

  • The Who
  • Mireille Mathieu
  • Country Joe and the Fish
  • Golden Earring
  • 1973

  • Chuck Berry
  • Jerry Lee Lewis
  • Alan Stivell
  • Catherine Ribeiro
  • 1974

  • Leonard Cohen
  • The Kinks
  • Mikis Theodorakis
  • 1975

  • Jacques Higelin
  • 1977

  • Deep Purple
  • Alan Stivell
  • Joan Pau Verdier
  • 1978

  • Genesis
  • 1979

  • Charles Trenet
  • Catherine Ribeiro
  • Gilles Vigneault
  • 1981

  • Ray Charles
  • 1982

  • Magma
  • 1983

  • Julien Clerc
  • Robert Charlebois
  • 1984

  • The Communards
  • Nina Hagen
  • Renaud
  • 1985

  • Johnny Hallyday
  • 1986

  • Jacques Higelin
  • Eddy Mitchell
  • Sapho (singer)
  • 1987

  • Demis Roussos
  • 1988

  • Kassav
  • 1990

  • Johnny Clegg
  • Manu Dibango
  • Dee Dee Bridgewater
  • Paul Personne
  • Colin James
  • 1991

  • Johnny Logan
  • 1992

  • MC Solaar
  • The Kinks
  • Calvin Russell
  • Bernard Lavilliers (guest: Léo Ferré)
  • 1993

  • Princess Erika
  • Michel Fugain
  • 1994

  • Midnight Oil
  • No One Is Innocent
  • 1995

  • Jacques Higelin
  • 1996

  • Maxime Le Forestier
  • Jimmy Cliff
  • 1997

  • Robert Charlebois
  • Cesária Évora
  • 1998

  • Sinsemilla
  • Cheb Mami
  • Raggasonic
  • 2000

  • Eddy Mitchell
  • 2001

  • Manu Chao
  • Ska-P
  • 2004

  • Youssou N'Dour
  • The Rasmus
  • Dub Incorporation
  • 2005

  • Asian Dub Foundation
  • Bernard Lavilliers
  • The Offspring
  • Recent notable acts

    The festival features many stages. The main one is the Main Stage which can accommodate about 100,000 spectators. Many artists such as Roger Hodgson, Léo Ferré, Stevie Wonder, Pink Floyd, The Who, Deep Purple, Jacques Brel, Johnny Hallyday, Renaud, Chuck Berry, Jacques Dutronc, Leonard Cohen, and Joan Baez have performed at this event. Iconic punk rocker-poet Patti Smith is scheduled to appear there in September 2012.

    2007

  • The Stooges
  • Razorlight
  • 2008

  • Roger Hodgson
  • Babyshambles
  • NERD
  • 2009

  • Deep Purple
  • The Kooks
  • 2010

  • Raggasonic
  • The Prodigy
  • Madness
  • Simple Minds
  • 2011

  • Joan Baez
  • Avril Lavigne
  • References

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