Woodstock Festival – the safest mass event in Poland? Cover Image

Przystanek Woodstock - najbezpieczniejsza impreza masowa w Polsce?
Woodstock Festival – the safest mass event in Poland?

Author(s): Natalia Moch
Subject(s): Public Administration, Public Law, Sociology
Published by: Wydawnictwo Naukowe Akademii im. Jakuba z Paradyża
Keywords: Woodstock Festival; security of mass events; security

Summary/Abstract: Woodstock Festival is one of the largest mass events organized in Poland. It is organized by the Great Orchestra of Christmas Charity, which thus would like to thank all the volunteers supporting it during rebounds in the January. Every year to Kostrzyn nad Odrą it arrives hundreds of thousands of people, which should be provided security. In numerous media reports Woodstock Festival is known as the safest mass event in Poland. The purpose of this article is to answer two questions: whether the Festival are met all the requirements specified in the act on safety of mass events and implementing acts, and whether the festival has rightly deserves to be called a safe mass event.

  • Issue Year: 1/2017
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 147-170
  • Page Count: 147
  • Language: Polish