A 21-year-old man has died at a drum and bass festival was closed down for being too hot.
The man was rushed from Margate Drum and Bass to the hospital – the event was then shutdown early.
Organisers of the event at Dreamland Margate, an amusement park in Kent, announced on social media that it was forced to ‘close early’ as ‘it was just too hot today’.
The event was due to end at 10:45pm Saturday evening but organisers issued an announcement at 6:30pm to say it would be closing prematurely, urging gig-goers to ‘get home safely’.
A force spokesperson told The Sun today: ‘Kent Police was made aware of a report that a man in his 20s, who was taken to hospital following a medical incident at Dreamland in Margate on the afternoon of Saturday 28 June 2025, subsequently died.
‘Officers are making enquiries into the circumstances of the death which is not believed to be suspicious.
‘A report is being prepared for the coroner.’
A note was sent to all members of Thanet District Council by the authority’s chief executive Colin Carmichael last night, KentOnline reported.
An unnamed councillor told KentOnline that his note said: ‘Very sadly, a 21-year-old man was taken by blue light services from Dreamland and died at QEQM (Hospital).
A major music festival in Kent was shut down early this afternoon due to a serious medical emergency, forcing thousands of attendees to evacuate the venue
The Margate Drum and Bass Festival was taking place at Dreamland Margate (pictured), an amusement park in Kent
‘We understand that medical advisers approved the medical provisions set up by Dreamland for this event, but of course, police will carry out a proper investigation.
‘We are not intending to speculate until we have the results of that.’
The festival, which was open only to over 18-year-olds was due to be headlined by Andy C, alongside performances from Wilkinson, K Motionz, Mozey and Fish56octagon.
A festival goer told KentOnline that Mozey came on stage to tell everyone to leave the festival.
They said a few people were angry but most other revellers were calm about the situation.
A crowd of around 7,000 were evacuated shortly after the announcement.
A man announcing the closure on the tannoy reportedly said the closure was due to staff being ‘inundated’ by people needing medical assistance.
It follows the death of 17-year-old Emily Stokes who died in hospital last year after attending the same festival in Kent.
Emily Stokes, 17, is believed to have taken two fentanyl-laced MDMA pills before she died
Her sister Megan said she ‘passed away from an overdose from being spiked’.
Megan has since paid tribute to her older sister, saying she was the ‘kindest person you could ever meet’ and ‘was so full of life’.
Ms Stokes was found to have 5,500 micrograms of MDMA per litre of the teenager’s blood – more than three times higher than the level that has been fatal in other drug overdose cases.
The inquest was also told that a batch of the drug circulating in the area at the time was laced with lethal fentanyl.
