French Minister of Culture Rachida Dati said, “It’s important to recognise clubs and discotheques as popular cultural actors.”
Count France among the growing list of European countries that recognize nightlife for its cultural merit. The country is enacting legislation that designates nightclubs as “cultural actors,” which opens such establishments up to previously unavailable benefits.
French Culture Minister Rachida Dati shared the news via X after a series of meetings with nightlife venue union Culture Nuit. “It is important to recognize clubs and discotheques as popular cultural actors,” she wrote. “I…
