On Sunday evening, attendees of New York’s Electric Zoo music festival were informed that the venue had reached its capacity and would be closing its doors early.
However, many festivalgoers disregarded this information and videos emerged on social media showing them rushing the gates, climbing fences, and forcing their way into the festival grounds.
These incidents were just part of a series of mishaps that plagued the festival, which took place on Randall’s Island from September 1 to September 3. The first day of the festival had to be canceled due to issues with the global supply chain, and the second day started two hours behind schedule.
Disappointed attendees storm the venue
On Sunday, the festival organizers posted on X (formerly known as Twitter) at 6:35 p.m., announcing that the venue had reached its capacity “earlier than anticipated.”
The organizers expressed their regret and stated, “For the safety and well-being of everyone on site, we will not be admitting any additional attendees today.”
Refunds will be issued to those who were unable to attend as a result.
Shortly after the announcement, videos started surfacing on social media, showing large crowds outside the festival entrance reacting to the news. The videos captured fans pushing through the entry point and bypassing security measures.
The TikTok user @suitelifeofcody posted a video showing festivalgoers running and screaming. “Holy fuck,” one person is heard saying in the video.
“They made everyone wait there for over an hour before the crowd started shoving through,” the TikToker wrote in the caption. “Saw multiple security guards shoving and tackling people trying to get away from the stampede.”
Another TikToker, @renergy203, shared a series of videos capturing the events leading up to Electric Zoo’s announcement.
In one video, fans can be heard chanting, “Let us in, let us in.” The user mentioned that there were “thousands of ticket holders” waiting to enter.
In another video, people are seen forcefully pushing through metal detectors.
According to Rolling Stone, the announcement was made still with three and a half hours left of the festival.
“Every single staff member at EZoo is mad at EZoo,” a security guard informed the outlet. “Why would you oversell the tickets?”
In addition to capacity issues and multiple cancellations, festival attendees have taken to social media to express their overall disappointments with this year’s event.
In one TikTok video posted by @dannyllenium, several issues were highlighted, including uncooked fries near the rest
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