In Brittany, Dieudonné organizes shows in private homes, thus circumventing prefectural bans.

The scam was meticulously planned. The controversialist Dieudonné, convicted multiple times for racial insults, anti-Semitism , incitement to hatred, misuse of corporate assets and tax fraud , performed discreetly in Brittany on Friday evening, August 8, despite the ban from the prefecture, according to information from Le Télégramme .

On his website dieudosphere.com, he had announced in advance that he was to perform on Friday, August 8th "near Rennes," without further details. A schedule that led local authorities to ban the comedian's show on August 7th, due to a "risk of disturbing public order," "radicalization of a part of the population in a context of rising anti-Semitism," and "remarks that could undermine human dignity," according to the decree that Ici Armorique was able to consult. And for good reason: Dieudonné's latest creation, called "Friday the 13th," was filled with "outrageous, hateful, conspiratorial, homophobic, transphobic, and anti-Semitic " remarks, according to the prefecture.

The show was held despite everything, playing on the lines of legality, since it took place in the courtyard of a private house in Sens-de-Bretagne (Ille-et-Vilaine), a town of about 2,600 inhabitants located about thirty kilometers north of Rennes. In the audience, about 150 spectators. On stage, the singer Francis Lalanne, close to the actor , as the opening act. Since the event took place in a private place, the police were unable to intervene.

Same old story this Saturday, August 9. On his website, the actor announced that his show would be held "30 kilometers from Lorient," again without giving any details in order to remain discreet, as his performance had been banned by the prefects of Finistère and Morbihan last Tuesday.

Dieudonné is no stranger to this approach. On Friday, July 25, his show in Lestrem (Pas-de-Calais) was interrupted by the police , who notified him of a prefectural decree prohibiting the event from being held directly on site. He was originally scheduled to perform in Dunkirk, but a banning order prevented him from doing so, so he moved the venue, before the local prefecture issued a similar order in turn.

In January 2024, the multiple offender was fined €8,000 for performing at a castle in Piré-Chancé (Ille-et-Vilaine), which he had rented without informing the owners. The owners did not file a complaint, but the prosecutor's office nonetheless initiated proceedings.

In a similar vein, on August 18, 2023, Dieudonné organized a clandestine show in a private residence in Montbartier (Tarn-et-Garonne), a venue he chose after the prefecture and the mayor of Toulouse banned his performance initially planned for Toulouse. On August 26, 2023, the actor took to the stage in a hangar on private land in Allonzier-la-Caille (Haute-Savoie), again despite the prefecture's ban. The same scenario occurred the next day, August 27, in Eybens (Isère).

Between 2018 and 2019, the comedian also organized a series of shows disguised as theater workshops and DVD and textile sales to avoid rejections of his room rental applications in the towns of Roubaix, La Chapelle-d'Armentières, and Marcq-en-Barœul. He was sentenced to a 200-day fine for receiving stolen goods in July 2021.

At this stage, the Rennes prefecture has not announced whether or not it will take legal action against Dieudonné for his performance on Friday, August 8.