Overview

• Organisers halted the festival around 5:30pm on June 28 when extreme heat overwhelmed on-site medical teams.
• Kent Police and South East Coast Ambulance Service oversaw the orderly evacuation of roughly 7,000 attendees.
• A 21-year-old man taken to Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother Hospital following the shutdown has died, Kent Police confirmed.
• Police say the death is not being treated as suspicious and officers are preparing evidence for the coroner’s review.
• Stricter safety measures introduced after a 2024 licensing review—including tougher drug checks and a ban on under-18s—remain in place at Dreamland.