Dock des Suds will see 2025. But not for long. The former sugar warehouse, which in twenty-six years became one of the most important theaters and festive evenings in Marseille, was to close its doors on December 31, at the request of the owner of the premises, the public institution Euroméditerranée. The symbolic end of a story, some time after the death, in August 2023, of one of the souls of the place, the co-founder Southern FiestaBernard Aubert.
On Tuesday, December 17, in the face of a wave of public protests, sent by various left-wing mayors, Benoit Payanin person, Euroméditerranée finally granted additional time to the site manager, the Latinissimo association. Three months of postponement to allow it to host programs in the first quarter and on 21 and 22 March 2025 World Music Market concerts Babel Music XPwhich it organizes every year. According to the transactional agreement between the two entities, Latinissimo will vacate the premises from April.
This unexpected extension adds to a story full of twists and turns. Dock des Suds, 5,000 square meters in the heart of the Arenc port area (2e arrondissement), was regularly threatened with extinction, while the neighborhood around it became more residential. Each year, it hosts approximately sixty festive events in its two venues with 2,800 and 1,400 seats. It was the den of the Fiesta des Suds until 2017, and Cabaret rouge, the smallest of its rooms, has become essential for the electronic music scene, very active in Marseille.
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