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 Profiles | ||
Discours de jean luc m lenchon la f te de l humanit
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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- Discours de jean luc m lenchon la f te de l humanit
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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.
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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.