CNN —A heavy metal festival in Germany has been forced to halt admissions after heavy rain turned the site into a mud bath.
The Wacken Open Air festival is an annual event which takes place in fields outside the village of Wacken in northern Germany, attracting tens of thousands of heavy metal music-lovers.
In a statement posted on the festival’s website, organizers said that “considering the weather conditions, the reasonable visitor capacity for Wacken Open Air 2023 has now been reached.
The festival was set to see 150 bands perform on eight stages over a period of four days.
Iron Maiden, Megadeth and Pennywise are among the bands scheduled to perform at the event, which wraps up on Saturday.
Persons:
Christian, ”, Pennywise, revelers
Organizations:
CNN, Wacken, dpa
Locations:
Germany, Wacken