70,000 take part in ‘Unmute Us’ protest march

More than 2,000 Dutch event companies including Lowlands, Mysteryland, DGTL, Down the Rabbit Hole, Awakenings and Paaspop led the charge

Unmute Us took place in Eindhoven, Groningen, Nijmegen, Utrecht, Rotterdam and Amsterdam
Unmute Us took place in Eindhoven, Groningen, Nijmegen, Utrecht, Rotterdam and Amsterdam © Unmute Us

Tens of thousands of people took part in the ‘Unmute Us’ protest march in cities across the Netherlands on Saturday (21 August).

The march, spearheaded by the Dutch event industry and attended by festivalgoers, called on the Dutch government to end the ‘arbitrary’ restrictions that have effectively written off the festival summer.

Around 70,000 people attended the marches in Eindhoven, Groningen, Nijmegen, Utrecht, Rotterdam and Amsterdam, including more than 2,000 parties from the Dutch event industry.

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