Paris Techno Parade cancelled for second consecutive year due to financial issues

The annual Paris Techno Parade has been cancelled for the second consecutive year. Writing in an Instagram post on Thursday (17th July), organisers cited the need to ‘rethink their funding model’ as the reason for the cancellation, explaining that the next parade will take place in 2026. They described the coming year off as one “marked by a reflection with partners – public and private”. “As the event is mainly supported by private brands, these are increasingly difficult to mobilize,” they wrote, adding that they are “actively working” on Paris Techno Parade 2026 and have already received “expressions of interest from private partners who wish to support the event”. The post continued: “The objective is therefore clear: to organize a Techno Parade in 2026, in a renewed and equally ambitious format, in order to celebrate at the same time this new historic recognition for French electronic music. See you in September 2026!” Jack Lang, parade creator and France’s former Minister of Culture, described the cancellation as “a humiliation for Paris, France and the French Touch”, according to Le Parisien. “At the very moment when President Macron has proposed the inclusion of the French Touch, which brings together the big names in electro music, in the UNESCO heritage.” The Paris Techno Parade was initially conceived in 1998 by French electronic music association Technopol to mark the 150th anniversary of the French Revolution. Technopool did not go ahead last year due to the Paris Olympic Games.