UK’s Download Festival evacuated after rain downpour leaves fans soaked and grounds covered in mud

UK’s Download Festival evacuates attendees after the grounds experienced extreme weather And floods.

Download Festival flooded last weekend causing last-minute evacuations. Hosted in Leicestershire, England the festival has again had a muddy outcome resulting in floods. No stranger to wet weather, the festival has had its bouts of extreme weather in 2016, 2018, and now recently in 2024. Last weekend the festival faced massive flooding as the grounds were overcome with rain leaving massive puddles and small ponds.

Download Festival is a premier rock music soiree with a stacked lineup ready for this year, including Fall Out Boy, Avenge Sevenfold, Sum 41, Bowling For Soup, Limp Bizkit, and Queens of the Stone Age. In addition, there were four stages across three different nights.

However, the weather had other plans when the rain rolled in and the festival had to be evacuated on Saturday. Although the grounds were extremely wet, festival organizers decided to reopen the festival on Sunday. This is not the first festival in the UK that has been rained out – Glastonbury Festival often battles subpar weather, with last year being one of the worst years of rain washing out the festival grounds.

In the states, some Floridian festivals have also battled Mother Nature. Last year, Forbidden Kingdom in Florida was overtaken by storms with a massive evacuation of the festival grounds and campsites needed. However, this did birth the group, Forbidden Four consisting of Sullivan King, Svdden Death, Wooli, and Excision. Recently in Texas, the Texas Eclipse Festival had to be evacuated for tornados and storms.

Despite the unfortunate weather conditions, Download Festival attendees made the best of every moment. The festival’s organizers also did a phenomenal job given the cards laid out for them all weekend long.

Camping festivals are the heart of the music industry, and something about them keeps festivalgoers coming back for more. The gamble of weather is just another chance music fans need to take to see some of their favorite artists – 99% of the time, some shows are even more magical and memorable in the rain.

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Shiv

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