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Selestat. Will the rue des Chevaliers party return one day?

The local residents read it in The Selestadian , the municipal magazine: there is no rue des Chevaliers party this year. In fact, it hasn’t happened for five years. Édouard Faller, president of the Vitrines de Sélestat, explains why this animation no longer sees the light of day, even if it is not completely buried.

Deborah LISS

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It seems far away, the time when squires circulated in the rue des Chevaliers in Sélestat and where onlookers could try their hand at archery or enjoy a medieval market.

It’s been five years since the party on this street took place in its usual form… And it’s not scheduled for 2023.

“It costs a bit too much, especially for an event that only focuses on one street”

“Having a great Knights’ Day, well, it costs a little too much, especially for an event that only focuses on one street,” explains Édouard Faller, president of Vitrines de Sélestat. “Around €20,000”, he specifies. “And subsidies are not enough. »

The event which always took place in July is now grafted onto the market sale, called “the unpacking sale”, on July 22, 2023, where children will find wooden games and pony rides.

“The idea is to highlight the merchants and the city center”

Édouard Faller believes that the perspective of associations has changed: “The idea now is to highlight traders, and the entire city center, with a great event per month instead of one event per year. “Like” the Alsace festival in June, the unpacking in July, the Heyden festival in August…”, he lists.

Dedicated to children

However, it is “not at all excluded that the knights’ festival will return”, assures the president of the Showcases. “Perhaps for an anniversary year, for example. In 2016, the 20th anniversary of the festival was in full swing, and in 2017, the Actions association organized the first “Récré des chevaliers” dedicated to children.

2023-05-31 04:00:00
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