Marsatac is a festival of
electronic music
Electronic music broadly is a group of music genres that employ electronic musical instruments, circuitry-based music technology and software, or general-purpose electronics (such as personal computers) in its creation. It includes both music ...
held at the end of September each year, in
Marseille
Marseille (; ; see #Name, below) is a city in southern France, the Prefectures in France, prefecture of the Departments of France, department of Bouches-du-Rhône and of the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur Regions of France, region. Situated in the ...
, 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
Nîmes ( , ; ; Latin: ''Nemausus'') is the Prefectures in France, prefecture of the Gard Departments of France, department in the Occitania (administrative region), Occitanie Regions of France, region of Southern France. Located between the Med ...
, one week before the Marseille event. In 2013, the festival took from 19 to 29 November.
History
It was originally dedicated to the Marseille
hip hop
Hip-hop or hip hop (originally disco rap) is a popular music genre that emerged in the early 1970s from the African-American community of New York City. The style is characterized by its synthesis of a wide range of musical techniques. Hip- ...
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
*
List of electronic music festivals
References
External links
{{Authority control
Music festivals established in 1999
Electronic music festivals in France