Beatpatrol Fiasco: ‘I Spent the Whole Time Waiting on Stage,’ DJ Says
Translated from German and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.
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- Beatpatrol began several hours late at Vienna’s Freudenau racecourse on Friday.
- Organizers could not open the site because officials cited too few toilets and a missing second emergency exit.
- DJ Dorah, booked for the afternoon, did not perform, while the evening program was shortened to three headliners.
DJ Dorah was booked to perform in the afternoon at Vienna’s Beatpatrol festival, but spent the day waiting on stage as the event failed to open on time.
The two-day festival at Freudenau racecourse began Friday with a delay of several hours. The municipal authority MA 36 could not officially approve the site because it had too few toilets and appeared to lack a second emergency exit.
Thousands of spectators waited outside for hours without reliable information. Some eventually left, frustrated and disappointed. Those who stayed saw an evening program reduced to the festival’s three headliners.
The event continued on Saturday with fewer difficulties, but Dorah, the stage name of Dora Bansagi, was unable to perform her scheduled set.
I spent the whole time waiting on stage.
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Originally published by Der Standard in German. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.
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