Storm interrupts major Polish music festival

A heavy storm forced the Open’er Festival organisers to evacuate the audience on the third day of the event yesterday, PAP news agency has reported.

Dua Lipa's and Meghan Thee Stallion's concerts were called off due to extreme weather conditions at the Open'er Festival in Gdynia.

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Friday was supposed to see the performances of world-famous Meghan Thee Stallion and Dua Lipa in the northern Polish port city of Gdynia.

But both concerts were cancelled. After 7 p.m. the music stopped and all fans were instructed to leave the venue immediately.

@opener_festival przerwany ze względu na warunki atmosferyczne ❗☔⚡ pic.twitter.com/ZjjKX8vezT

— Zawsze Pomorze (@ZawszePomorze) July 1, 2022

This was the first time Open’er had to suspend due to weather conditions, PAP wrote.

Poland’s northern region of the Pomorskie province was subject to extreme weather situation, with hailstorm and heatwave alerts. Only yesterday firefighters were called in over 700 times.

The festival resumed yesterday at 10:30 p.m. Today is the last day of the event, with The Killers and Poland’s Dawid Podsiadło in the line-up.

(pjm)

Source: PAP, Opener.pl