Barbara Butch Concert Canceled in Amiens: La Lune des pirates Defends Its Decision

The concert hall La Lune des pirates in Amiens canceled a scheduled performance by DJ Barbara Butch, according to an article in Le Monde published on September 16, 2026. The decision comes after boycott calls launched by local associations targeting the artist, who is Jewish.

According to the newspaper, a previous Barbara Butch concert had already been disrupted in July in Grenoble.

The Amiens venue's management invokes security grounds to justify the cancellation. It claims to have made this decision in consultation with local authorities, Le Monde reports. For their part, the authorities are passing responsibility for the decision to each other, according to the same source.

Several political figures have reacted to the cancellation, calling it a "capitulation," again according to the Le Monde article. The newspaper does not specify the identity of these figures in the excerpt reviewed.

The controversy surrounding this cancellation illustrates the tensions surrounding certain cultural events, against a backdrop of pressure from activist groups and disagreements between organizers and public authorities over how to manage security for such events.