Moment music festival is SHUT DOWN and crowd forced to evacuate due to medical emergency
A MUSIC festival in Kent was shut down this afternoon due to a medical emergency.
Margate's drum and bass festival - held at Dreamland - came to an abrupt halt today as the extreme heat got the better of people.
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In our exclusive footage, the crowd can be seen dispersing as a man on a tannoy tries to evacuate the area.
He can be heard telling festival goers: 'Everyone will be entitled to a full refund, but what they need is for everyone to please leave as easily as possible, the way that you came into the venue.
'It's a medical emergency so they have to close the entire venue.'
He continued: 'As I say, everyone's entitled to a full refund, but there's nothing we can do about it.
'It's completely out of our hands, it's due to people needing medical assistance. They're inundated.'
Dreamland's official X account confirmed the news, writing: 'Sorry guys, it was just too hot today so we had to close early. Get home safely.'
The over 18's festival was due to be headlined by Andy C, with performances from Wilkinson, K Motionz, Mozey, Basslayerz, Harriet Jaxxon, Promo Zo,and Fish56octagon.
Temperature's reached 28 in Margate today as people flocked to be by the sea - days before temperatures are set to hit 34C.
It comes as thousands of music lovers packed out Glastonbury Festival in Somerset.
Met Office meteorologist Ellie Glaisyer said the heat "continues to build", particularly in the south and southeast, thanks to an area of high pressure.
"We could see highs of 29, 30, perhaps even 31C."
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