The 2025 edition of Paris’s Techno Parade, a showcase of electronic music launched in 1998, has been cancelled for the second consecutive year, this time because of a lack of financing. Organiser Technopol said it relies largely on private sponsors, which have become harder to secure, and confirmed that it is reworking its funding model with the aim of relaunching the event in 2026. The parade last took place in 2023, drawing about 400,000 participants for its 25th anniversary. Earlier cancellations were linked to the 2001 terrorist attacks, the Covid-19 pandemic in 2020-21, and the 2024 Paris Olympics. Former culture minister Jack Lang, who helped create the event, described the latest decision as an “humiliation” for France’s electronic-music scene and urged the city of Paris and the national government to intervene. Financial and political pressures are also affecting other French music events. The suburb of Saint-Cloud has pulled a €40,000 grant from the Rock en Seine festival after organisers booked the Irish rap trio Kneecap, known for its pro-Palestinian stance. Festival management, working with an overall budget of about €17 million, said the group will still perform, illustrating the broader funding strains facing cultural gatherings.