“I’m overflowing with proposals there”, confides the Rennes resident DJ Hustler, a regular at the 1988 Live Club. “For December 31, for example, it’s the party. Frankly, I had none before and there since the announcements, every hour, I have calls”. While the nightclubs are closing this Friday for four weeks, the organizers of private parties are already preparing.
“It’s going to be madness, that’s for sure. There, it was closed for 17 months, it reopened, so people rushed to discos, parties, we cut their feet and you think that ‘ are they going to stop there? Over a year-end period? Impossible! “, estimates the Rennes DJ. “I think it’s going to be madness, even anarchy. Anything that’s going to be private events, whether it’s between friends or organized parties, it’s going to be more complicated to manage than in nightclubs where you have security guards, there is a staff who works for you, everything is managed from A to Z. Me, that does not really interest me, we will say, these are evenings which are risky anyway. indeed to eat we must do it, we will do it. “
Lots of cancellation for tea dancing
These dance bans also apply to bars and restaurants, but through private events or in communal halls, where tea dances are often held, for example. On the other hand, the organizers often take the lead. “The calls are rather rare for new services, it is especially cancellations, indeed, sometimes, three or four a day”, says Patrice Bellay, musician based in Bréal sous Montfort, who hosts parties throughout the West. “We have a date for the 19th, we don’t have one by then. The others are canceled. We wait a bit to see what will happen by then.”
“On the financial level, during these months of December, around the holidays, we have more services, indeed, it is a big shortfall. We have already suffered during all the confinements, during all the closures of all the dance halls. , discos and venues before and there, we suffered once again. We, it is true that New Year’s Eve is a big financial service. We missed it last year, necessarily by obligation, if we miss again this year, it’s a big blow anyway “, concludes Patrice Bellay.