
At this level, American military forces are put on a heightened state of alert in anticipation of mobilization - in particular, the Air Force is kept ready to launch operations with just 15 minutes of notice. Situations that call for DEFCON 3 are serious - though they may not pose an immediate threat to the existence or stability of the American state, they do call for significant vigilance. Use DEFCON 3 for tense military/political situations. What are people meant to do if they cant afford that at the end of a very expensive night? This happened on all 3 nights and so we ended up spending 150EURO on taxis on top of our travel, camping, tickets and expenses! So for me. This is absolutely disgusting and an total CON at the end of a good night. They told us the only way we could leave was to get a taxi at the rank and ALL taxi drivers charge a minimum of 50EURO to leave the car park. We tried to explain our pathway and where we were staying but they seemed to get more aggressive and physical. As we tried to take the walk, once again we were met by aggressive staff refusing our entry to this side path. We had walked the short distance to get there and it was completely safe and off road. We didn't let this stop us having a boss night as tickets for the full weekend were expensive and we had driven all the way from the UK to be there! However, at the end of the first night we made the short walk back to the exit, where there was a path to the left that led us back to the campsite we were staying on. My partner was 'warned' and 'allowed' back to the festival. On one experience we were looking for the Gold tent and my partner tapped a security guy on the shoulder to ask him directions and he turned around in an instant, put him in a chokehold and as my partner struggled, more security came out and carted him off behind a restricted access fence to 'talk to him.' I was horrified and more than anxious about what happened. I was absolutely shocked at how antagonistic and aggressive some of the security staff were.

Unfortunately, the staff at the festival were not included in these people. I met some brilliant people there and was lucky not to see any trouble.


The atmosphere was electric and people everywhere were happy dancing and enjoying the experience.

On the Saturday and Sunday night, there was an amazing firework display, perfectly timed to a robotic moving stage and of course some pure Defqon hardstyle tunes. Fantastic special effects, animatronics and theatrics, especially on the main stage. This was an experience!!! Hardstyle morning noon and night and definitely not for the feint hearted.
