Health and safety come first: In view of the Corona pandemic, the crew of imagine has decided to cancel the imagine festival in June. In return, this autumn "a great prelude to the anniversary year" will take place, according to imagine. Next year, the project by young people for young people will have a special birthday. The anniversary edition of the imagine Festival is scheduled to take place in Basel on June 4 and 5, 2021. imagine is a project of terre des hommes switzerland.
The press release in its entirety:
"imagine has been setting an example of diversity and youth culture in the heart of the city of Basel since 2001. On June 5 and 6, the 19th imagine Festival should have taken place under the slogan "At eye level". Due to the current situation with the novel coronavirus, the project coordination of imagine decided to cancel this year's imagine Festival.
Due to the current situation with the novel coronavirus, the project coordination of the project imagine decided that the imagine Festival 2020, which should have taken place on June 5th and 6th on the Barfüsserplatz in Basel, cannot take place.
The health and safety of the visitors and all those involved in the imagine Festival is the top priority for project coordination. This early cancellation is also necessary in order to avoid a high financial loss and to avoid planning uncertainties for imagine and the supporting organisation terre des hommes schweiz.
imagine looks back on successful months in which workshops and events reached numerous people with our thematic focus. Even in summer imagine will not disappear from the scene. The team will continue to work with the annual theme "Encounter", which is dealt with under the slogan "At eye level". The next months will be used by imagine to enable digital encounters on social media and thus continue to sensitize the public for diversity and against discrimination.
A big kick-off into the anniversary year is planned for autumn. The anniversary edition of the imagine Festival will take place on 4 and 5 June 2021".
www.terredeshommesschweiz.ch/imagine
imagine in the current Magazine No. 1 2020, page 8-9
