After a break: Hurricane Festival inspires despite weather chaos!
After a break: Hurricane Festival inspires despite weather chaos!
on Sunday evening, June 23, 2025, a violent thunderstorm brewed over the Hurricane Festival in Scheeßel in Lower Saxony, which interrupted the event for almost two hours. During this forced break, several ten thousand music fans had to leave the festival site and seek protection. Many decided to crouch in cars to escape the storms. The police, which was on site with hundreds of emergency services and rescue workers, ensured that the evacuation was quick and smooth. As reported az-online.de, the site was released again at 9:30 p.m.
The appearance of the musician duo SDP, which had been interrupted by the storm, could be made up at 11:15 p.m. For the fans, the appearance of the US punk band Green Day was of great importance, which had to be postponed to 11:50 p.m. due to the weather. This was planned by two hours later than originally planned. Meteorologists from the German Weather Service ensured a smooth process, which advised the festival management on site. Professional crisis management also received great attention in an expert council, since extremely weather events are becoming increasingly important at open-air events. As shown [Expertenrat-uchersicherheit.de] (https://www.expertenrat-beschersicherheit.de/deb-talk-unwetter-bei-open-air- events-professell-begegen/), the preparation for such extreme weather extreme has become essential.
safety precautions and number of visitors
The festival went smoothly up to the thunderstorm, and around 65,000 visitors were counted every day, although the organizers had a total of 78,000 tickets. The security situation was also gratifying: the police reported only a few pickpockets and 36 transports to the hospital - a reduced number compared to the previous year. The organizers had also taken precautions to ensure the protection of visitors and ensure the infrastructure on the festival site. This shows that the event management increasingly also have to take into account aspects of visitor protection and the organizer responsibility, as experts in the field of event and visitor security emphasize.On stage, not only SDP, but also artists like Nina Chuba and Jan Böhmermann with the Ehrenfeld radio dance orchestra were ready to make the evening musically. The festival, which is already very important in the German music landscape, also attracted numerous fans in 2025, who can look forward to further appearances. The mix of internationally known artists and a great audience makes the Hurricane Festival an unforgettable experience for many.
The festival ended in the night of Monday, and numerous fans made their way home. Special precautions of the organizers, police officers and rescue workers had contributed to the fact that the security on the festival site was guaranteed at all times despite the weather is.
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