Hurricane Festival

Month : June
Place : Scheebel, Germany
Famous For : Music Festival
Attractions : Rock Music.

The Hurricane Festival, also just Hurricane, is a music festival that takes place in Schee�el near Bremen, Germany, usually every June. It is promoted by German private music television channel VIVA, which belongs to Viacom, the MTV Network's parent company, as of 2004. The festival and its guests are generally associated with the alternative part of mainstream music, although the festival has been becoming more and more mainstream over the years.

Major Attractions

The Southside Festival, often referred to as the daughter of Hurricane, takes place on the same three days in the very south of Germany (contrary to Hurricane, which is in the north). Together they're a twin festival, since they are on the same days and usually have the same lineup with only few exceptions. In 1973, the first festival was held in Schee�el, the place where today's Hurricane takes place. It was called "Es rockt in der Heide" at that time (literally translated: It's rocking the heath) and was attended by 52,000 people. At the "First Rider Open Air" in 1977, fans caused damage of more than a million marks when riots broke out, because only five of the announced 23 bands could perform�a huge scandal was uncovered few days later, forcing the organizing management to discontinue their festivals in Schee�el. In 1997 rock returned to Schee�el in the form of the Hurricane Festival, with numerous bands performing in front of 20,000 guests..