Fusion Festival 2025: 80,000 visitors celebrate - police report calm!

Fusion Festival 2025: 80,000 visitors celebrate - police report calm!

The Fusion Festival, a popular and alternative music event, also attracted numerous visitors in its 26th edition: inside from all over the world. At the former Soviet military airfield in Lärz, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, around 80,000 festival guests flocked to the state to enjoy more than 2,500 artists: inside. From techno to rock to political lectures and workshops, there was something for every flavor. The mood was fundamentally relaxed and the police reported on a "largely trouble-free course" of the festival, such as Groove.

Despite the general satisfaction, there were some incidents during the event. The police filed a total of 209 advertisements, including 114 due to driving under drug influence and 63 for suspected drug possession. An Austrian festival visitor was particularly striking, who was presumably picked up with cocaine with 1.8 kilograms. The officials secured drugs in the estimated street value of around 18,000 euros, and customs took 19 investigations into violations of the Narcotics Act, as well as the Welt reported.

quiet course with some exceptions

Despite the preventive measures, there were unfortunate incidents. A festival visitor was hospitalized in a critical condition; The circumstances of your illness are currently being examined. In addition, a 30-year-old guest entered a nearby house, where he willingly damaged furniture before the police brought him to a clinic. Here, too, investigations into property damage and trespassing are underway, as reported by [Stern] (https://www.stern.de/sgesellschaft/mecklenburg-vorpommern/kultur --und-musikfestival-70-000-Bei-fusion ---Polizei-Bei-drogen-fuendig-35854008.hml).

The police carried out extensive drug controls as part of the festival, in which 88 visitors were taken up: inside under the influence of narcotics and three under the influence of alcohol. The measures to ensure traffic safety, such as additional bassliner buses and special trains, contributed to the fact that the arrival and departure of the festival guests were largely smooth, even if there were temporarily short traffic jams.

Overall, it should be noted that the Fusion Festival is not only a place for music lovers, but also contains challenges for the law enforcement officers. Despite the events, a good festival experience for most participants could be ensured.