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After a break from the thunderstorm: Hurricane Festival inspires despite the chaos of the weather!
The Hurricane Festival 2025 in Scheeßel experienced a forced break due to thunderstorms and featured numerous artists, including Green Day.
After a break from the thunderstorm: Hurricane Festival inspires despite the chaos of the weather!
On Sunday evening, June 23rd, 2025, a violent thunderstorm brewed over the Hurricane Festival in Scheeßel, Lower Saxony, which interrupted the event for almost two hours. During this forced break, tens of thousands of music fans had to leave the festival grounds and seek shelter. Many chose to huddle in cars to escape the storms. The police, who were on site with hundreds of emergency services and rescue workers, ensured that the evacuation went quickly and smoothly. As az-online.de reports, the area was reopened around 9:30 p.m., meaning the program could continue late.
The performance of the musician duo SDP, which had been interrupted by the storm, was able to be rescheduled at 11:15 p.m. The performance of the US punk band Green Day was particularly important for the fans, and had to be postponed to 11:50 p.m. due to the weather. This was two hours later than originally planned. Meteorologists from the German Weather Service, who advised the festival management on site, ensured everything ran smoothly. Professional crisis management also received great attention from an expert council, as extreme weather events are becoming increasingly important at open-air events. As [Expertrat-Visitorsicherheit.de](https://www.Expertrat-Visitorsicherheit.de/deb-talk-unwetter-bei-open-air- events-professional-begegnen/) shows, preparation for such weather extremes has become essential.
Security precautions and visitor numbers
Until the storm, the festival was running smoothly, with around 65,000 visitors a day, even though organizers had a total of 78,000 tickets available. The security situation was also positive: the police reported only a few pickpocketings 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 to ensure the infrastructure on the festival site. This shows that aspects of visitor protection and organizer responsibility must increasingly be taken into account in event management, as experts in the field of event and visitor safety emphasize.
Not only SDP, but also artists such as Nina Chuba and Jan Böhmermann with the Ehrenfeld Radio Dance Orchestra were on stage that evening to provide the evening with music. The festival, which already has a high status in the German music landscape, also attracted numerous fans in 2025 who can look forward to further performances. The mix of internationally known artists and a great audience makes the Hurricane Festival an unforgettable experience for many.
The festival ended on Monday night and numerous fans made their way home. Special precautions taken by the organizers, police officers and rescue workers ensured that safety on the festival site was guaranteed at all times despite the adverse weather conditions.