140,000 people attended the 25th edition of the Spa Francofolies

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Some 140,000 people traveled to Spa on the occasion of the 25th edition of the Francofolies, according to a provisional report communicated by the organizers Sunday, during the last day of the festival.

Blanche, Human League, Heart of Pirate, Vianney or Henri PFR will close the festivities.

The organizers welcomed the important changes made to this anniversary edition, in particular the transfer of the Pierre Rapsat stage from Place de l'Hôtel de Ville to Place Royale.

This new configuration of the festival has conquered the public, professionals and artists. As proof, the French singer Calogero stressed at the end of his concert – one of the highlights of this 25th edition – to have "taken his foot" on this new site "breathtaking", which he will advertise in the artistic world. 19659005] "We start again with a blank sheet of paper but the basics are good, we have managed in 48 hours to solve problems that will not be in 2019. There are still adaptations to be made in terms of programming", badured the technical director of the Francos, citing the scenes Trace and Play Right +. The programming of the last concert on the Sabam for Culture stage is also debated.

Mobility and accessibility to the site could also be improved, says Jean Steffens, co-director of the Francofolies. "We could foresee a second entry on the site whose arrangement was appreciated by the artists themselves."

The other great revolution of this 25th edition resided in the "cashless", this system allowing to pay its consumptions via the chip embedded in his bracelet. A change appreciated despite the queues sometimes endless when reloading the said chip.

"We will provide these automata outside the site in 2019 to facilitate fluidity through the rue du Fourneau. is to connect in the future all the bars and food trucks of the site, to integrate the spadois traders who wish it and especially to allow the festival-goers to reload their chip via their own smartphone.We will also have automatons at various places of the site , one of the two planned near the Rapasat scene had to be removed at the last minute, "says Pierre Angenot, head of ticketing.

On the artistic side, this 25th edition has met the expectations and allowed Belgian artists to to play in front of a public come in number, the new arrangement allowing the festival-goers to make nice discoveries and to mix genres that would not have crossed in the past.