SWITZERLAND: AROUND 500,000 RAVERS DELIGHT IN THE WORLD'S SECOND BIGGEST TECHNO STREET PARADE

Record ID: 387151

  • Title: SWITZERLAND: AROUND 500,000 RAVERS DELIGHT IN THE WORLD'S SECOND BIGGEST TECHNO STREET PARADE
  • Date: 16th August 1997
  • Summary: ZURICH, SWITZERLAND (AUGUST 16, 1997) (RTV - ACCESS ALL) VARIOUS VIEWS OF REVELLERS DANCING ON FLOATS AND ON THE STREETS PEOPLE IN VARIOUS COSTUMES/ MAN DANCING IN HIGH PLATFORM SHOES CROWDS WATCHING MEN ON FLOAT DANCING / MAN WITH FEATHER BOA MORE PEOPLE DANCING ON FLOATS/ MEN IN LEATHER OUTFITS WITH CHAINS FESTIVAL PROCESSION/ PEOPLE WITH BODY PAINT/ PEOPLE DANCING O
  • Embargoed: 31st August 1997 13:00
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  • Location: ZURICH, SWITZERLAND
  • Country: Switzerland
  • Topics: Entertainment
  • Reuters ID: LVA4ZVO4JBV1W7FIKC61PJTZB1UL
  • Story Text: Up to half a million revellers swamped Zurich for the annual techno music Street Parade, Europe's second-largest techno festival after the Berlin Love Parade.

    Techno fans, in flashy costumes or scantily clad for hot weather, came from across Europe for Saturday's (August 16) five-hour parade.

    They danced for about five hours behind 30 colourful floats (so-called lovemobiles), equipped with turbo-powered sound systems, down a four-kilometre route along the lakeside and through downtown Zurich. This year, lovemobiles from Germany, Austria and Italy joined the Swiss vehicles.

    Well-known disc jockeys such as Djaimin, playing happy or hard core, trance, progressive or jungle beat got the crowd going.

    People of all ages, races and backgrounds were present, shouting and jumping inside the circle of floats and watching at open windows.

    After the parade, ravers faced a choice between 30 all-night techno parties in sites ranging from the main train station to a forest clearing above the city.

    Zurich's Street Parade started in 1992, three years after Berlin's Love Parade. About 2000 people participated in the first rave, after which the number exploded. Berlin's Love Parade on July 12 drew up to a million people.

    The Zurich festival under the motto "Love, peace and tolerance" is also a financial wellspring, generating sales estimated at around 50 million Swiss francs for everything from music CDs to railroad tickets.

    It is organised as a non-profit making event by the Street Parade Authorities organisation. They carry all costs incuding garbage removal, security, and even the distribution of 200,000 ear plugs.
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