Hurricane Festival

Hurricane Festival
Genre	Rock, indie, electro
Dates	June
Location(s)	Scheeßel, Germany
Years active	1973 as Es rockt in der Heide 1977 as First Rider Open Air 1997–present as Hurricane Festival
Attendance	80,000 (2022)
Website	hurricane.de

The Hurricane Festival, also just Hurricane, is a music festival that has taken place at the Eichenring, a speedway race track, in Scheeßel, Germany, since 1997. With more than 80,000 attendees (2022) it is one of the largest music festivals in Germany.^[1] Southside Festival, often referred to as Hurricane's "sister" festival, takes place on the same three days and has largely the same line-up. Alongside Southside Festival, Hurricane festival is organised by FKP Konzertproduktionen, MCT Agentur and KoKo Konstanz and takes place every June. Like many other large festivals Hurricane Festival plays a mix of rock, alternative, pop and electro music from established as well as emerging artists. Arrival begins at midday on the Thursday.