‘Unmute Us’ Marchers Demand for Dutch Authorities to Elevate Ban on Music Festivals
Raves and protests have grow to be one and the identical in current historical past — and the Unmute Us march passed off over the weekend as 1,000 affiliated events from the Dutch occasion business joined collectively.
The protest passed off throughout six Dutch cities on Saturday, as music competition organizers, performers, employees and followers sounded off in opposition to restrictions which have compelled the cancellation of large-scale occasions.
As a result of coronavirus pandemic, the Dutch authorities has banned massive gatherings together with music festivals till a minimum of September nineteenth. Those that protested throughout the Unmute Us on Saturday had been combating for the ban to be lifted on September 1st.
Presently, one-day occasions are allowed as much as 750 attendees with proof of COVID-19 vaccination or a detrimental check. Nonetheless, organizers imagine individuals can congregate in bigger numbers with out concern of an infection numbers surging.
Dutch organizers have referenced main music festivals like Lollapalooza in Chicago, which reportedly didn’t flip right into a super-spreader occasion. The competition drew in 385,000 individuals over 4 days and was linked to solely 203 circumstances of COVID-19.
Forward of the protest, Unmute Us introduced on its web site — “That’s why organizers, suppliers, artists, occasion places and guests will take to the streets on Saturday, with one clear message: Don’t maintain us down any longer!”
See an inventory of music festivals, artists and creators that assist the Unmute Us efforts here.
Over 70k people in 6 cities protesting in the Netherlands from EDM
Supply: AP News