Reggae Geel festival prepares to welcome campers despite rain

Lailuma Sadid
Credit: Belga

Geel (The Brussels Morning Newspaper): Reggae Geel’s camping site opened at 4 PM despite rain. Organizers and extra police teams are ensuring safety and smooth operations for festival-goers monitoring crowds and drug use.

Rob Swolfs from Reggae Geel said that the rain on 1st August didn’t stop the camping site from opening at 4:00 PM . Even with the heavy rain they’re getting everything ready for the festival-goers as scheduled. The organizers are working hard to make sure the rain doesn’t cause big problems for the event. Swolfs from Reggae Geel is confident that the rain won’t cause big issues for the festival starting tomorrow. The organizers are taking steps to handle any possible problems from the rain and are hopeful that the event will go on as planned with little disturbance from the weather.

How is Reggae Geel ensuring a safe festival experience?

While they were working on construction they made sure not to drive any vehicles over the meadows. This careful approach allowed the meadows to handle the sudden showers effectively this morning. By avoiding vehicle traffic on the grass they minimized potential damage and preserved the health of the grass and soil. Because they protected the meadows during construction their workers will have to park in a different meadow than before. This change is needed to keep the construction site and meadows safe while maintaining their health.

To handle the many campers expected for the festival weekend the police are sending extra teams. They want to make sure that people arriving with camping gear can set up smoothly and without any issues. The extra police teams will be placed in important spots to help manage the crowds and deal with any problems that might come up due to the large number of festival-goers.It has been said that this plan is to make sure everyone stays safe things run smoothly, and everyone has a fun and secure time at the festival.

It has been said that in the next few days there will be teams helping with traffic and parking at the festival. They will guide people to the right places .  There will be teams checking for drugs around the festival area to keep everyone safe and follow the rules. These actions are to make sure the festival is safe and organized for everyone.

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Lailuma Sadid is a former diplomat in the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan Embassy to the kingdom of Belgium, in charge of NATO. She attended the NATO Training courses and speakers for the events at NATO H-Q in Brussels, and also in Nederland, Germany, Estonia, and Azerbaijan. Sadid has is a former Political Reporter for Pajhwok News Agency, covering the London, Conference in 2006 and Lisbon summit in 2010.
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