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The Street Parade is the most attended technoparade
Technoparade
A Technoparade is a parade of vehicles equipped with strong loudspeakers and amplifiers playing techno music. It resembles a carnival parade in some respects, but the vehicles are usually less elaborately decorated. Also, a technoparade doesn't share the carnival parade tradition of bombarding...
in Europe, since the end of Love Parade 2010
Love Parade stampede
On 24 July 2010, a stampede at the 2010 Love Parade electronic dance music festival in Duisburg, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, caused the death of 21 people. At least 510 more were injured....
. It takes place in Zurich
Zürich
Zurich is the largest city in Switzerland and the capital of the canton of Zurich. It is located in central Switzerland at the northwestern tip of Lake Zurich...
, Switzerland
Switzerland
Switzerland name of one of the Swiss cantons. ; ; ; or ), in its full name the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in Western Europe,Or Central Europe depending on the definition....
. Comparable to Berlin
Berlin
Berlin is the capital city of Germany and is one of the 16 states of Germany. With a population of 3.45 million people, Berlin is Germany's largest city. It is the second most populous city proper and the seventh most populous urban area in the European Union...
's Love Parade
Love Parade
The Love Parade was a popular electronic dance music festival and parade that originated in 1989 in West Berlin, Germany. It was held in Germany annually between 1989 and 2003 in Berlin, and then from 2006 to 2010 in the Ruhr region...
, the Street Parade is one of the largest techno parties in the world and the largest annual event in Zurich. Proceeding along the side of Lake Zurich
Lake Zurich
Lake Zurich is a lake in Switzerland, extending southeast of the city of Zurich. It is also known as Lake Zürich and Lake of Zürich. It lies approximately at co-ordinates ....
, it normally occurs on the second Saturday in August.
History
- 1992 — participants: 1,000
The first Street Parade (the EnglishEnglish languageEnglish is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...
name is used in GermanGerman languageGerman is a West Germanic language, related to and classified alongside English and Dutch. With an estimated 90 – 98 million native speakers, German is one of the world's major languages and is the most widely-spoken first language in the European Union....
) took place on September 5, 1992, initiated by student Marek Krynski and officially called the Demonstration for Love, Peace, Liberty, Generosity and Tolerance . About 1,000 took part in dancing behind two LovemobileLovemobileA lovemobile is a popular name for a float. These lovemobiles are trucks with flatbed carrying sound equipment, a DJ or other live act, dancers and props, which is used as a central element at technoparades. The setup and decoration of a lovemobile takes place in the days or weeks preceding the event...
s. - 1993 — participants: 10,000 — temp: 27 °C
In only its second year, 10,000 raverRaverRaver or ravers may refer to:* Raver, Maharashtra, a city in India* Raver, a party-goer: in the 1960s and 1970s, a "party animal"; since the 1980s, more specifically an aficionado of raves...
s participated. - 1994 — participants: 20,000
The Street Parade was nearly banned, but strong protests from the techno music scene, the media, and population forced the city to back down. Since that time, the parade has taken place every August with a lengthened route around the corner of Lake Zurich. The first compilation was published: Energy 94 Streetparade - The Disc. - 1995 — participants: 150,000 — temp: 24 °C
As many as 150,000 Swiss and foreign ravers come to the Street Parade. The double-disc Street Parade 95 is the first dedicated release. - 1996 — participants: 350,000
For the first time, the Street Parade is organized by its own dedicated Association, founded by Marek Krynski, Barbara Suter and Christoph Soltmannowski. The official logo of the Street Parade is conceived: a stylized "P" inside a rounded red star. - 1997 — participants: 475,000 — temp: 27 °C — motto: Climb & Dance
- 1998 — participants: 450,000 — temp: 28 °C — motto: It's All In Your Hands
The Street Parade can be first heard in a live CD, directly recorded on a Lovemobile. As music plays, the crowds are heard cheering and celebrating in the background. In this way the disc uniquely portrays the voice of the Street Parade. - 1999 — participants: 550,000 — temp: 30 °C — motto: More than Words
Radio Street Parade goes on the air for about two weeks prior to and about a week following the Street Parade. Radio Street Parade broadcasts techno music, electronica and dance, interviews with DJs and musicians as well as reports about the Street Parade. - 2000 — participants: 750,000 — temp: 32 °C — motto: Believe in Love
The Street Parade is for the first time broadcast live on Swiss television SF1, 3sat and Tele 24. The German music television VIVA showed two-hour summaries in the following week. - 2001 — participants: 1,000,000 — temp: 21 °C — motto: Love, Freedom, Tolerance
The event reaches record heights with one million participating ravers. The Zurich Street Parade came out of the shadow of the Berlin Love Parade. - 2002 — participants: 650,000 — temp: 17 °C — motto: Peace!
Rain dampens success of the event. - 2003 — participants: 900,000 — temp: 37 °C — motto: Let the Sun Shine
Very hot weather with partly clouded sky. Attendance slightly down to an estimated 900,000. However, this contrasts to far more drastic declines in the Berlin event. The direction of the route was reversed in this year in order to reduce noise levels on certain streets, and to provide better exits for the trucks. - 2004 — participants: 1,000,000 — temp: 37 °C — motto: Elements of Culture
The Street Parade again reaches a 1,000,000-person count. - 2005 — participants: 1,000,000 — temp: 23 °C — motto: Today is Tomorrow
A million raverRaverRaver or ravers may refer to:* Raver, Maharashtra, a city in India* Raver, a party-goer: in the 1960s and 1970s, a "party animal"; since the 1980s, more specifically an aficionado of raves...
s and visitors are officially cited once again. The Street Parade Radio ran into some financial difficulties, but was rescued by the Zurich local radio station Energy Zürich and the free newspaper 20 Minuten20 Minuten20 Minuten is a free German language daily newspaper in Switzerland, distributed to commuters at over 150 train stations across the country.The newspaper was first published in 1999 by "20 Minuten Schweiz AG"...
. Beer was for the first time available at official drink stands. It was perceived by many that the Street Parade took on a more aggressive tone than before. - 2006 — participants: 800,000 — temp: 17 °C — motto: Move Your Mind
- 2007 — participants: 800,000 — temp: 23 °C — motto: Respect
The Street Parade attracts 800,000 people despite the bad weather forecast. - 2008 — participants: 820,000 — temp: 24 °C — motto: Friendship
- 2009 — participants: 600,000 — temp: 19 °C — motto: Still have a dream
- 2010 — participants: 650,000 — temp: 22 °C — motto: Celebrate the Spirit of Street Parade
- 2011 — participants: 900,000 — temp: 28 °C — motto: 20 Years Love, Freedom, Tolerance & Respect (1,400,000 participants was called around on the street parade radio ! ?)
Organization
Since 1996, the event is organized by the Verein Street Parade (Street Parade Association). Today, the Street Parade has all the character of a popular festival, however legally it is still a political demonstration. This frees the organisation of security costs, among all else that the city takes under its charge.The Street Parade continues to be one of the safest mass events in the world. This is not just a consequence of the peaceful nature of dance parades, but is also thanks to a widely thought-out prevention concept. Five to ten times more participants at the Love Parade in Berlin had to be medically treated or transported to hospital in the last few years, relative to attendance.
Clear advice on healthy behavior is part of the "do's & dont's" informational campaign of the Street Parade. In particular, the message "Please, NO DRUGS" was made prominent on every Lovemobile during the 2006 and 2010 event.
Political aspects
Streetparade is today not an official political demonstration. Nevertheless sometimes stickers with demonstrative character occur.External links
- Official Website
- Friends of the Street Parade
- The photographic book on Lake & Street Parades by Claudio Bonavolta; 35 pages of the book are available online.
- Love- and Streetparade pictures
- FG DjRadio Street Parade