Love Parade

The Love Parade (German: Loveparade) was an electronic dance music festival and technoparade that originated in 1989 in West Berlin, Germany. It was held annually in Berlin from 1989 to 2003 and in 2006, then from 2007 to 2010 in the Ruhr region. Events scheduled for 2004 and 2005 in Berlin and for 2009 in Bochum were canceled.

Love Parade
Loveparade
Loveparade 1998 in Berlin
GenreElectronic dance music festival and technoparade
Location(s)Various locations in Germany
Years active1989–2003; 2006–2008; 2010
FoundedJuly 1989 (1989-07)
West Berlin, Germany
Most recent24 July 2010 (2010-07-24)

On 24 July 2010, a crowd crush at the Love Parade in Duisburg caused the deaths of 21 people, with at least 500 others injured. As a consequence, the organizer of the festival announced that no further Love Parades would be held and that the festival was permanently canceled.

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