French Jewish DJ Barbara Butch Defiant After Concert Disrupted by Pro-Palestinian Protesters
She said the protest crossed into intimidation and vowed to perform again after legal complaints were prepared.
- On Saturday, pro-Palestinian activists disrupted French Jewish DJ Barbara Butch's concert at the Cabaret Frappé festival in Grenoble, forcing her off stage barely 20 minutes into her set.
- Activists targeted Butch citing her travel to Tel Aviv and support for legislation viewed as pro-Israel. France Unbowed official Allan Brunon had called on activists to organize against her appearance.
- The City of Grenoble filed a complaint against "persons unknown" following the incident. Mayor Laurence Ruffin stated authorities have evidence of violence and sabotage of electrical equipment.
- Demonstrators convened by the Union of Jewish French Students rallied in Paris on Monday to support Butch, who vowed in a video statement: "I will return to the stage."
- Yonathan Arfi, president of CRIF, warned the incident reflects a pattern of intimidation against Jewish artists, describing it as "turning cultural stages into political tribunals," and urged government intervention.
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The mayor of Saint-Denis, Bally Bagayoko, said this Friday on TF1 that he would not have invited DJ Barbara Butch to perform in his city. Last Saturday, the DJ concert in Grenoble (Isère) was interrupted during an action of pro-Palestinian activists and LFI. "Does public resources need to be mobilized to welcome an artist who has distinguished himself by his positions?", he asked in particular.
On Saturday 18 July, the concert of the French DJ Barbara Butch was interrupted by a hundred pro-Palestinian activists, accusing him of having supported the Yadan bill. Since then, reactions have multiplied and an investigation has been opened.
French Jewish DJ Barbara Butch defiant after concert disrupted by pro-Palestinian protesters
Butch has also drawn support from Jewish activists who demonstrated outside the office of the far-left party whose top Grenoble official called for her performance to be canceled.
"I'm still in a state of shock," she said on BFMTV. "I didn't expect such violence," she added. Saturday night, her concert in Grenoble was interrupted due to an action by pro-Palestinian activists and LFI responding to a call for a boycott launched notably by the Iserois section of the Insoumis. They blamed her for her participation, in 2025, in an event organized at the residence of the French ambassador in Israel and for having signed a forum…
Guested on the BFMTV plateau this Wednesday, July 22, DJ Barbara Butch evoked her concert interrupted in Grenoble on July 18.
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