The Love Parade German : Loveparade was an electronic dance music festival and technoparade that originated in in West Berlin , Germany. Events scheduled for and in Berlin and for in Bochum were canceled. On 24 July , a crowd crush at the Love Parade in Duisburg caused the deaths of 21 people, with at least others injured. The parade first occurred in July , when people took to the streets in Berlin.
Motte" and Danielle de Picciotto , who were partners at the time. Roeingh dissociated himself from the parade in because of the commercialization of the event. Many people from Germany and abroad traveled to Berlin to take part in the Parade β over a million attended in the years through and , in Attendance at the festival was significantly lower because the date of the parade was changed with little advance notice.
The parade had inspired opposition because of the damage to the Tiergarten by attendees, who were provided with insufficient toilet facilities. Opponents allegedly complicated matters for organisers by booking their own events in Berlin and so to exclude the parade from being able to register with city police. In , however, a scaled-down version took place which served more as a mini-protest and was promoted with the title Love Weekend. Dozens of clubs promoted the weekend-long event all over the city, with various clubs staying open for three days straight without closing.
In , the parade made a comeback with the help of German exercise studio McFit. The Love Parade was planned for 7 July in Berlin.
However, the Berlin event was canceled in February because the Senate of Berlin did not issue the necessary permits at that time. After negotiations with several German cities, on 21 July, it was announced that the parade would move to the Ruhr Area for the next five years.
