Heatwave: the Music Festival already canceled in several cities in France, here are which

Due to a anticyclonic blocking which was established in the west of Europe, temperatures are rising day after day in Franceuntil reaching scorching levels this weekend. This Thursday, June 18, 2026 alone, we expect 35 to 38°C over a good part of the country, summarizes Météo France, which has also activated heatwave orange vigilance in 26 departments this Thursday and in around fifty on Friday.

If a (very) slight respite awaits the north of France on Saturday, a new influx of hot air will cause the mercury to rise again around 40°Cright for the Music Festival. Precisely, for reasons of health security, the cancellations of concerts and events are already starting to follow one another.

The point, region by region

In several cities in France therefore, too bad for the popular Music Festival this year: even if it remains the most popular music event of the yearthe priority remains the health and safety of the local population in view of the violent heat expected in particular on Sunday June 21, 2026.

Here is what is planned in the regions.

NEW AQUITAINE

At the municipality of Brive-la-Gaillarde (Correze) warned Thursday June 18, 2026 of the cancellation of scheduled activities, “due to the episode of severe heat announced in the department.”

Coteaux-du-Blanzacais, Saint-Savinien, Saujon… Many Music Festivals were also canceled in Charente and Charente-Maritimerelays Here La Rochelle. Other municipalities have chosen to adjust them, such as in Tonnay-Charente, where the timetables have been modified.

As spotted Bordeaux newscancellations also follow one another in Girondelike Bègles where the Eva arcade room normally had an open stage, or the Cité Bleue in Bordeaux where concerts were to be held in the evening.

The Arcachon basin is not spared from this suffocating heat either. The Teich town hall has also decided to cancel the party planned for this Sunday.

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À Claye-Souilly (Seine-et-Marne), the authorities chose a complete cancellation “in the interest of safety for artists, volunteers, mobilized agents and the entire public.”

In view of the weather conditions forecast for this weekend and in the interest of safety for artists, volunteers, mobilized agents and the entire public, the City has taken the decision to cancel the Music Festival initially planned.

They même à Nanterre (Hauts-de-Seine), “all initiatives linked to the music festival are canceled”, according to the municipality.

For the moment, the capital seems relatively spared. Even if the police headquarters recommends, this Thursday, the cancellation of outdoor sporting events in Paris and little crown this weekend.

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No festivities either Ecommoy (Sarthe). “In view of the exceptional temperatures announced (up to 37°C, with a feeling of up to 45°C) […] the town hall has since taken the decision to cancel the event as a whole,” we can read on social networks.

À Angerswe are maintaining the Music Festival, but the organizers of a concert scheduled from 2 p.m. to midnight decided to postpone it and another concert, although supposed to be held in the Collegiate Church of Saint-Martin, was canceled by the department. The city insists on the presence of fountains and water bars in certain squares to hydrate during the event.

There will be no Music Festival this year Pré-in-Pail (Mayenne) neither. The heatwave forced the organizers to cancel the event, informs our local editorial staffL’Orne Hebdo.

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Head to Eure now, where the inhabitants of Illeville-sur-Montfort will be deprived of the Music Festival. Not necessarily due to the high temperatures of the weekend, rather lack of… participants to animate the villageexplains our local editorial staff The Awakening of Pont-Audemer.

Nearly 40°C expected

The heatwave spread to a large part of France on Thursday, from Paris to the center and the east, with temperatures getting closer and closer to 40°C. According to weather models, the peak of this second heat episode of the year, after that recorded in May, is expected on Sunday June 21 or Monday June 22, 2026. But the strong heat could still last until the middle of the week.

With AFP.

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