The Fuckparade is an annual summer
technoparade
A technoparade (taken from the German word "Technoparade") is a parade of vehicles equipped with strong loudspeakers and amplifiers playing Electronic dance music. It resembles a carnival parade in some respects, but the vehicles (called love ...
in
Berlin
Berlin ( , ) is the capital and List of cities in Germany by population, largest city of Germany by both area and population. Its 3.7 million inhabitants make it the European Union's List of cities in the European Union by population within ci ...
.
The event began in 1997 as a
demonstration against the increasing
commercialisation
Commercialization or commercialisation is the process of introducing a new product or production method into commerce—making it available on the market. The term often connotes especially entry into the mass market (as opposed to entry into e ...
of culture and public life and the misuse of the right of assembly by purely commercial ventures, in particular the
Love Parade
The Love Parade (german: Loveparade) was a popular electronic dance music festival and technoparade that originated in 1989 in West Berlin, Germany. It was held annually in Berlin from 1989 to 2003 and in 2006, then from 2007 to 2010 in the Ruh ...
.
The event has had problems with the authorities since 2001, but in 2007 the
Federal Administrative Court of Germany
The Federal Administrative Court (german: Bundesverwaltungsgericht, ) is one of the five federal supreme courts of Germany. It is the court of the last resort for generally all cases of administrative law, mainly disputes between citizens and t ...
decided that it met the definition of a demonstration.
Versammlungsrecht und Demonstrationen: Bundesverwaltungsgericht bestätigt Demonstrationsstatus der Fuckparade
Press release www.eve-rave.net Berlin, 17 May 2007
See also
*Techno Viking
Techno Viking is an internet phenomenon or meme based on a video from the 2000 Fuckparade in Berlin, Germany.
Summary
The four-minute video shot by experimental video artist Matthias Fritsch at the Fuckparade on 8 July 2000Matthias FritschThe ...
*List of electronic music festivals
The following is an incomplete list of music festivals that feature electronic music, which encapsulates music featuring electronic instruments such as electric guitar and keyboards, as well as recent genres such as electronic dance music (E ...
*List of technoparades
A technoparade (taken from the German word "Technoparade") is a parade of vehicles equipped with strong loudspeakers and amplifiers playing Electronic dance music. It resembles a carnival parade in some respects, but the vehicles (called lovem ...
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Music festivals established in 1997
Parades in Germany
Music festivals in Berlin
Internet memes
Technoparade
1997 establishments in Germany
Anti-consumerism
Electronic music festivals in Germany
Free parties
Summer events in Germany
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