Marsatac is a festival of
electronic music
Electronic music is a genre of music that employs electronic musical instruments, digital instruments, or circuitry-based music technology in its creation. It includes both music made using electronic and electromechanical means ( electroa ...
held at the end of September each year, in
Marseille
Marseille ( , , ; also spelled in English as Marseilles; oc, Marselha ) is the prefecture of the French department of Bouches-du-Rhône and capital of the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region. Situated in the camargue region of southern Fra ...
, France. Since 2009, the festival has had trouble finding a lasting location, and the City of Marseilles has often been criticized for not defending this popular event. Since 2012, the festival has also been held in
Nîmes, one week before the Marseille event. In 2013, the festival took from the 19th to 29 November.
History
It was originally dedicated to the Marseille
hip hop scene, then expanded progressively to international hip-hop scene, to
electro,
rock and, since 2008, to African music for one night. The first edition took place in 1999.
Since its creation, the festival took place in many different locations, on the
Frioul archipelago, at ''Dock des Suds'' and on the ''J4'', at . Since 2009 the ''J4'' has been unavailable due to the building of the
MUCEM, therefore the festival took place in ''Dock des Suds'', and then at
La Friche, where it is still held for the moment. In Nîmes, the festival occurs in the recent cultural building ''Paloma''.
In the 2011 edition, more than 23,000 people attended the festival, which ran sold out.
In 2012, more than 35,000 people participated in the festival.
See also
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List of electronic music festivals
The following is an incomplete list of music festivals that feature electronic music, which encapsulates music featuring electronic instruments such as electric guitar and keyboards, as well as recent genres such as electronic dance music (E ...
References
External links
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Music festivals established in 1999
Electronic music festivals in France