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Rock am Ring Faces Traffic Gridlock and Rain Risk Ahead of Opening

Organizers have rolled out a cashless chip payment system alongside reservable lockers to streamline transactions for incoming festival-goers.

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Overview

  • Rock am Ring is set to launch June 6–8 at the Nürburgring with an anticipated daily crowd of 90,000.
  • Persistent traffic jams on major approach roads have left early-arriving festival-goers facing hours-long delays.
  • Weather forecasts from Deutscher Wetterdienst predict rain and thunderstorms that could turn campsites muddy.
  • Organizers have implemented chip-based cashless payments, reservable lockers and rentable power banks and stations to reduce onsite friction.
  • The concurrent Rock im Park event in Nürnberg mirrors the 90,000 daily attendance and will debut telemedicine services.