FOGGIA – The weekend full of events begins in Foggia in the name of music: in addition to the highly anticipated “Road to Battiti” by Radio Norba which includes the arrival in the city of Geolier, the much followed Neapolitan rapper who will give a short performance, there is the “Nerd Festival” also took place the traditional appointment with the comics fair of the Daunian capital which received much acclaim and numerous participation.
The radio-television event with Geolier is taking place in Piazza Cavour (for the entertainment part) and in Piazza Italia (for the setting up of stands and the positioning of the mobile control room for interviews and broadcasts).
Road traffic on Saturday afternoon will undergo some changes with the total closure of the affected areas to vehicular traffic starting from 2pm. From early afternoon until late at night the Municipality has decided to guarantee mobility on Ataf buses free of charge to discourage the use of the car. An appropriate decision given the circumstances.
Thousands of young people are expected in the square and for this reason, to guarantee the safety of the participants, the Municipality of Foggia has put in place specific safety measures. In particular, from 8.00 pm to midnight in the areas affected by the event, as well as in the neighboring areas within five hundred meters beyond their perimeter, it is forbidden to: introduce and consume alcohol, even if already in one’s possession, in the area interested in the event; introduce and consume drinks in containers, bottles, glass glasses and cans, even those already in your possession, in the area affected by the event; introduce and use firecrackers and pepper spray in the area affected by the event. Only plastic drink bottles without caps may be brought into the event areas. Furthermore, in these areas a ban has been placed on the sale and administration of all alcoholic beverages in any capacity; of non-alcoholic drinks in glass bottles and cans, with the obligation only to sell them in paper or plastic cups and in plastic bottles without caps. Shopkeepers who sell drinks in plastic containers are obliged to remove the caps beforehand.
All merchants must clearly display the ordinance which provides for these prohibitions which do not apply in the event that consumption takes place in public establishments or in the external areas pertaining to them and on condition that the merchant, at the end of consumption, takes action to dispose of glass bottles and cans, while the absolute ban on takeaway sales remains.
The ban on the consumption of alcohol, the introduction of glass and cans and firecrackers and pepper sprays in the areas affected by the event will also apply to the “Nerd Festival”.
The event will be held today and Sunday in Piazza Giordano, Corso Vittorio Emanuele and Via Lanza and will end on Sunday 5 May with the concert by Cristina d’Avenascheduled for 9pm in Piazza Cavour.
An extraordinary weekend for Foggia. Two attractive events which, according to conservative estimates, will bring at least 50 thousand people to the central area of the capital, many also coming from outside the province.
