A Swedish music festival has been cancelled for 2018 following reports of four rapes and 23 sexual assaults that allegedly took place on site. Bråvalla, which bills itself as the “biggest music festival in Sweden”, took place this year from 28 June – 1 July and featured acts including The Killers, The Chainsmokers, Prophets of Rage, Linkin Park and System Of A Down.
One woman said she was forced to have sex with a man after changing her mind.
Between the Thursday and Sunday, four rapes and 23 sexual assaults were reported. Organisers then announced that the 2018 festival had been cancelled.
They told AFP: “Certain men… apparently cannot behave. It’s a shame. We have therefore decided to cancel Bråvalla 2018.”
Swedish prime minister Stefan Lofven told the Swedish daily Expressen: “This must stop.”
He said that the government is in talks with police about increasing surveillance at large-scale music events.
“Festivals are a celebration of music and people, a place to let go and feel safe doing so,” they wrote. “We won’t play at this festival again until we’ve had assurances from the police and organisers that they’re doing something to combat what appears to be a disgustingly high rate of reported sexual violence.”
Zara Larsson added: “Damn you people who shamelessly rape a girl in public. Damn you guys who make a girl feel unsafe when they go to a festival.”
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