Organisers say violence broke out at the 'periphery of the event' and the decision was made to call it off as thousands of people were enjoying the last music act of the night. It meant the fireworks finale at 10.30pm was entirely cancelled.
In a statement organisers said: "This is the first time in 14 years that the Hemlock Happening has had to be terminated prematurely and the organisers are astonished and devastated that a tiny minority of our community should behave in the way that they did.
"Feedback meetings will follow after which the future of the event will be considered." Nottinghamshire Police said the majority of people had been behaving peacefully. They added that no arrests were made and they moved all the trouble makers out of the area.
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Police prove themselves to be useless again. The event is shut down as a result of fighting and not single arrest is made? This proves they are more interested in avoiding paperwork than in doing the job that the taxpayer pays them to do.
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