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{{Infobox recurring event
| name         = Love Parade
| native_name  = {{lang|de|Loveparade}}
| logo         = Logo of Love Parade.svg
| logo_caption =
| image        =File:Berlino Love Parade 1998.jpg
| caption      =Loveparade 1998 in [[Berlin]]
| location     = Various locations in Germany
| years_active = 1989–2003; 2006–2008; 2010
| founded      = {{start date and age|1989|7|df=yes}}<br>[[West Berlin]], Germany
| dates        =
| genre        = [[Electronic dance music]] [[festival]] and [[technoparade]]
| attendance   =
| budget       =
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| last         = {{end date|2010|7|24|df=yes}}
}}
The '''Love Parade''' ({{langx|de|Loveparade}}) was an [[electronic dance music]] [[festival]] and [[technoparade]] that originated in 1989 in [[West Berlin]], Germany.<ref name=Borneman/> It was held annually in [[Berlin]] from 1989 to 2003 and in 2006, then from 2007 to 2010 in the [[Ruhr]] region. Events scheduled for 2004 and 2005 in [[Berlin]] and for 2009 in [[Bochum]] were canceled.

On 24 July 2010, a [[Love Parade disaster|crowd crush at the Love Parade]] in [[Duisburg]] caused the deaths of 21 people, with at least 500 others injured.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/07/28/2966977.htm |title=Love Parade report blames organisers for stampede |newspaper=ABC News |date=28 July 2010 |publisher=Australian Broadcasting Corporation|access-date=28 July 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100731070712/http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/07/28/2966977.htm |archive-date=31 July 2010 |url-status=dead}}</ref> As a consequence, the organizer of the festival announced that no further Love Parades would be held and that the festival was permanently canceled.<ref>{{cite web|author=Staff writer|author-link=Staff writer|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-10753448|title=Organisers Blamed for German Love Parade Deaths&nbsp;— Survivors of a Stampede at a Free Dance Music Festival in Germany in which 19 People Were Killed Have Blamed Organisers for the Deaths|work=[[BBC News]]|date=25 July 2010|access-date=25 July 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100725191052/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-10753448|archive-date=25 July 2010|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>Mara, Darren; Levitz, David (25 July 2010).[http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,,5835760,00.html "Prosecutors Launch Investigation into Love Parade Tragedy&nbsp;— German State Prosecutors Have Opened an Investigation into the Stampede that Killed 19 People and Injured Hundreds at the Love Parade Music Festival in Duisburg&nbsp;— But Questions Remain as to What Caused the Tragedy"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100728050711/http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,,5835760,00.html |date=28 July 2010 }}.  ''[[Associated Press|The Associated Press]]'' and ''[[Agence France-Presse]]'' (''via'' ''[[Deutsche Welle]]). Retrieved 27 July 2010.</ref><ref name="local">{{cite news|author=Staff writer|author-link=Staff writer|url=http://www.thelocal.de/national/20100725-28731.html|title=No More Love Parades, Organiser Says&nbsp;— The Love Parade Will Never Be Held Again, Organiser Rainer Schaller Said on Sunday at a Highly-Emotional Press Conference|work=[[The Local]]|date=25 July 2010|access-date=27 July 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100728032616/http://www.thelocal.de/national/20100725-28731.html|archive-date=28 July 2010|url-status=live}}</ref>

==History==
[[File:Liebende.jpg|thumb|upright=0.7|Lovers on the Love Parade, 1999]]
The parade first occurred in July 1989, when 150 people took to the streets in Berlin.<ref name=Borneman/> It was started by the Berlin underground at the initiative of [[Dr. Motte|Matthias Roeingh]] (also known as "Dr. Motte") and [[Danielle de Picciotto]], who were partners at the time.<ref name=Borneman/> It was conceived as a [[political demonstration]] for peace and international understanding through love and music. The idea came from the administrative employee Miriam Scheffler https://www.zeit.de/online/2009/27/loveparade-interview <ref name=Borneman/> Over the years, the Berlin Love Parade was mainly organized by Dr. Motte, Sandra Molzahn, Ralf Regitz and William Röttger (until the takeover by Mc Fit in 2006)<ref>https://www.zeit.de/2009/27/Love-Parade-27/seite-2</ref><ref>https://www.morgenpost.de/printarchiv/berlin/article104262140/Friede-Freude-Eierkuchen.html</ref>It was at the beginning supposed to be a bigger birthday party for Roeingh, and the motto ''Friede, Freude, Eierkuchen'' (in English&nbsp;— ''Peace, Joy, Pancakes'') stood for [[disarmament]] (peace), music (joy) and a fair food production/distribution (pancakes). Roeingh dissociated himself from the parade in 2006 because of the [[commercialization]] of the event.

The parade was held on the Berlin [[Kurfürstendamm]] until 1996. Because of overcrowding on this street, the festival moved to the [[Straße des 17. Juni]] in the [[Großer Tiergarten]] park in the center of Berlin. The festival became centered around the ''[[Berlin Victory Column|Siegessäule]]'' in the middle of the park; and the golden angel atop the column became the parade's emblem.

Many people from Germany and abroad traveled to Berlin to take part in the Parade&nbsp;— over a million attended in the years 1997 through 2000 and 800,000 in 2001. Attendance at the 2001 festival was significantly lower because the date of the parade was changed with little advance notice. 2002 and 2003 also saw lower figures, and in 2004 and 2005 the parade was canceled because of funding difficulties. The parade had inspired opposition because of the damage to the Tiergarten by attendees, who were provided with insufficient toilet facilities. Opponents allegedly complicated matters for organisers by booking their own events in Berlin and so to exclude the parade from being able to register with city police. In 2004, however, a scaled-down version took place which served more as a mini-protest and was promoted with the title ''Love Weekend''. Dozens of clubs promoted the weekend-long event all over the city, with various clubs staying open for three days straight without closing.  In 2006, the parade made a comeback with the help of German exercise studio [[McFit]].

The Love Parade 2007 was planned for 7 July 2007 in Berlin. However, the Berlin event was canceled in February because the [[Senate of Berlin]] did not issue the necessary permits at that time. After negotiations with several German cities, on 21 July, it was announced that the parade would move to the [[Ruhr Area]] for the next five years. The first event took place in [[Essen]] on 25 August. The parade in Essen saw 1.2 million visitors in comparison to the 500,000 who attended the 2006 parade in Berlin.

In 2008, the festival took place in [[Dortmund]] on 19 July on the [[Bundesstraße 1]] under the motto ''Highway of Love''. The event was planned as a "Love Weekend", with parties throughout the region. The official estimate is that 1.6 million visitors attended, making it the largest parade to date.<ref>
{{Cite news
  | last = Volmerich
  | first = Oliver
  | title = Feucht, fröhlich, friedlich
  | newspaper = [[Ruhr Nachrichten]], Dortmunder Zeitung
  | pages = DOLO1x1
  | date = 21 July 2008
  }}, in [[German language]]</ref>

The 2009 event, planned for [[Bochum]], was canceled;<ref>{{cite news|title=Loveparade 2009 Fällt Komplett Aus|date=15 January 2009|url=http://www.wdr.de/themen/freizeit/freizeitgestaltung/loveparade_bochum_09/index.jhtml|language=de|work=[[Westdeutscher Rundfunk|Westdeutscher Rundfunk (WDR)]]|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090118210642/http://www.wdr.de/themen/freizeit/freizeitgestaltung/loveparade_bochum_09/index.jhtml|archive-date=18 January 2009|access-date=16 January 2009}}</ref> a year later, the deaths of 21 attendees at the [[Duisburg]] venue prompted the parade's organiser [[Rainer Schaller]] to declare an end to the festival.  "The Love Parade has always been a peaceful party, but it will forever be overshadowed by the accident, so out of respect for the victims the Love Parade will never take place again," Schaller said.<ref name="guardian"/> The parade was one of the oldest and largest festivals of electronic music, together with [[Zürich]]'s [[Streetparade]], [[Mayday (music festival)|Mayday]] and [[Nature One]].

==Successors==
A spiritual successor, the [[Rave The Planet Parade]], was founded by Dr. Motte, the original creator of the Love Parade and is annually held in Berlin. On 9 July 2022, the first Rave The Planet Parade took place in Berlin to call for the city’s electronic music culture to be added to a World Heritage list.<ref>{{Cite magazine|title=Techno Party With Love Parade Founder Hits Berlin's Streets|url=https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/rave-the-planet-love-parade-founder-berlin-1235112348/|date=July 9, 2022|access-date=July 10, 2022|magazine=Billboard}}</ref>

==Setup==
The music played at the events was predominantly electronic [[dance music]]&nbsp;— in this case mainly [[house music|house]] & [[techno music|techno]], and schranz music. Attempts to introduce other music styles, such as [[Hip hop music|hip hop]], have failed. Hardcore and gabber music were part of the parade in early years, but were later removed. They are now celebrated separately on a counter-demonstration called "[[Fuckparade]]".

The parade was seen to be louder and more crowded than most concerts. With its water-cooled sound systems on every truck, the parade produced an extremely loud sound floor.{{Citation needed|date=July 2008}} After the 2001 arrangement, [[veterinarian]]s at the [[Berlin Zoo]] blamed the parade for giving more than half of its animals [[diarrhea]]. Chairman Heiner Kloes said veterinarians told him the heavy bass was to blame for disturbing the animals.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.quiet.org/noiseletter/spring2003/page8.htm|title=Noiseletter - Spring 2003, Page 8|website=www.quiet.org|access-date=28 July 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080705055202/http://www.quiet.org/noiseletter/spring2003/page8.htm|archive-date=5 July 2008|url-status=live}}</ref> The parade consisted of the sound trucks that usually featured local, or important, clubs and their [[DJ]]s. It had become a rule that only trucks that had sponsors from a techno-related field, such as clubs, labels or stores, were allowed, but advertising space was increased after the 2006 event to offset the high costs of equipping a truck.{{Citation needed|date=July 2010}} The trucks were usually open on top and featured dancers, with box-systems mounted on the side or rear.

The parade was a place where some exhibited and enjoyed other people's [[exhibitionist]] tendencies.<ref name=Borneman/> Some attendees enjoyed carrying around toys or other items such as dummies (pacifiers) or face masks. Often the crowd was imaginative in terms of clothing (or lack thereof) and appearance.

One famous picture from the parade is people sitting and dancing on streetlamps, trees, commercial signs, telephone booths, which gave the event's nickname "the greatest amateur circus on earth".{{cn|date=May 2023}}

The demonstration concluded with the so-called "Abschlusskundgebung" which were sets of the world's leading top DJs such as [[DJ Tiesto]], [[Paul Van Dyk]], [[Carl Cox]], [[Armin Van Buuren]], [[DJ Rush]], [[DJ Hell]], [[Westbam]], [[Drum Connection]], [[Miss Djax]], [[Marusha]] or [[Chris Liebing]]. During this time all trucks (usually about 40) were connected to each other and set online to the statue of victory where the [[phonograph|turntables]] are. This was one of the few chances a DJ can ever have to play for a crowd of about one million people.

==Disturbances==
The parade was quite peaceful for an event of its size, seeing few arrests. In 2008, for example, charges were pressed for six robberies, three sexually related offences and forty thefts. Twenty-three attendees were caught with drugs and forty-nine were charged with bodily harm. There were 177 parade visitors provisionally arrested by the police.<ref>
{{Cite news  | last=Anon  | title=Friedliche Party  | newspaper=Ruhr Nachrichten, Loveparade 2008 Dortmund  | pages=LPDO1  | date=21 July 2008  }}, in German</ref> Arrests were usually related to [[drug]] crimes and most other incidents featured people passing out due to dehydration or [[hyperthermia]]. In 2000, after the parade, a girl under the influence of [[MDMA|ecstasy]] was run over by an [[S-Bahn]] after she had been leaning on the door too hard.

==2010 disaster==
{{Main|Love Parade disaster}}
At the 2010 Love Parade in Duisburg, the number of people attending allegedly reached 1.4 million – the original expectation was around 800,000 – whereas police believed around 400,000 people were present.<ref>{{cite news|title=No Resignations, Just Unanswered Questions|url=http://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/0,1518,708676,00.html|work=Spiegel Online|date=27 July 2010|access-date=28 July 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100727223908/http://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/0,1518,708676,00.html |archive-date=27 July 2010 |url-status=live}}</ref> 21 people were killed, and more than 600 injured,<ref>{{Cite news |date=2020-05-04 |title=Love Parade disaster: German court ends trial over 2010 stampede deaths |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-52527515 |access-date=2022-07-19}}</ref> in an incident on an overcrowded ramp leading from a tunnel into the festival. All of the victims were crushed to death, according to officials.<ref>{{Cite news |last1=Diehl |first1=Jörg |last2=Gathmann |first2=Florian |last3=Hans |first3=Barbara |last4=Jüttner |first4=Julia |date=2010-07-28 |title=Analysis of the Love Parade Tragedy: The Facts Behind the Duisburg Disaster |language=en |work=Der Spiegel |url=https://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/analysis-of-the-love-parade-tragedy-the-facts-behind-the-duisburg-disaster-a-708876.html |access-date=2022-07-19 |issn=2195-1349}}</ref>

Safety experts and a fire service investigator had previously warned that the site was not suitable for the numbers expected to attend.<ref name="guardian">Connolly, Kate (25 July 2010).  [https://www.theguardian.com/world/2010/jul/25/germany "Prosecutors Investigate 'Ignored' Safety Warnings after 21 Die in Love Parade Crush&nbsp;— Organisers Allowed Just One Entrance to Music Festival Grounds for Expected Crowd of 1.4 Million, Witnesses Say"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160308030453/http://www.theguardian.com/world/2010/jul/25/germany |date=8 March 2016 }}.  ''[[The Guardian]]''. Retrieved 27 July 2010.</ref> [[Rainer Schaller]], the festival's organizer and chief executive officer, later said the festival would not continue in future.

A preliminary investigation of the ministry of the interior placed heavy blame on the organizers around Rainer Schaller. Schaller in turn claimed that errors by the police in controlling streams of visitors led to the accident.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.rhein-zeitung.de/nachrichten/deutschland-und-welt_artikel,-Jetzt-21-Tote-durch-Loveparade-Katastrophe-_arid,117302.html |title=Jetzt 21 Tote durch Loveparade-Katastrophe&nbsp;– Deutschland & Welt&nbsp;– Rhein-Zeitung |publisher=Rhein-zeitung.de |access-date=28 July 2010 }}{{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120722044018/http://www.rhein-zeitung.de/nachrichten/deutschland-und-welt_artikel,-Schwere-Vorwuerfe-gegen-Loveparade-Macher-_arid,117302.html |archive-date=22 July 2012}}</ref>

==Love Parade International==
{{See also|List of technoparades}}
Similar festivals have taken place in other cities of Germany and many other countries worldwide. Large spin-off festivals in Europe include [[Zürich]]'s [[Street Parade]], [[Geneva]]'s [[Lake Parade]], [[Paris]]'s Techno Parade, [[Rotterdam]]'s FFWD Dance Parade, [[Munich]]'s [[Union Move]], [[Hamburg]]'s Generation Move, [[Hannover]]'s Reincarnation, [[Bremen]]'s Vision Parade and the Love Parade and the Freeparade in [[Vienna]]. In 1994, 1995 and 1996 an event called Love Parade was held in Melbourne, Australia. Unlike its overseas counterparts, this was a smaller "rave party" version of the festival. In 1996 it was held at [[Festival Hall (Melbourne)|Festival Hall]] in West Melbourne and included a parade that made the evening news. It was followed in 1997 by a Love Parade in Sydney, Australia,{{Citation needed|date=May 2024}} likewise a smaller rave party, held at the infamous Graffiti Hall of Fame in Redfern{{Citation needed|date=May 2024}}. In 1999 and 2000 technoparades named "Buenos Aires Energy Parade" took place in [[Buenos Aires]], Argentina under the motto "Love, Peace and Dance". On Saturday 8 July 2000 a Love Parade was held in [[Roundhay Park]], [[Leeds]], United Kingdom sponsored by [[BBC Radio 1]]. In 2001, the official UK parade had moved to [[Newcastle upon Tyne]] which was to have seen a parade through the streets of Newcastle before ending up on [[Town Moor, Newcastle upon Tyne|Town Moor]] but was canceled after the police refused a license: BBC Radio 1 still hosted a more contained event, however.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/tyne/loveparade/love_parade_newcastle_2001.shtml |title=Tyne&nbsp;– Love Parade |publisher=BBC |access-date=28 July 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151016005152/http://www.bbc.co.uk/tyne/loveparade/love_parade_newcastle_2001.shtml |archive-date=16 October 2015 |url-status=live}}</ref> Since then no Love Parade has taken place in the United Kingdom. In Summer 2000 one of the first public events that took place in post-war Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, was Futura, Festival of Electronic Music. Some of the world's most famous DJs, including the organizers of the Berlin Love Parade, performed in a bombed and burnt out factory.
[[File:Two women a Tel Aviv love parade 01.jpg|thumb|right|LoveParade in Tel Aviv in October 2004]]

After being held in the North-American Continent for the first time in Mexico (2002), in the fall of 2004 the Love Parade was held in [[San Francisco]]. They had held their inaugural Parade in September 2004 with 37,000 attending. The parade was held again in San Francisco in September 2005 as a rousing success drawing over 50–60,000 people. In 2006, the parade was held on 23 September and was renamed Love Fest because the Loveparade Berlin organization did not renew any of their worldwide licenses not already under contract so they could focus on their own event. 2009 was the biggest success of the parade now renamed [[Lovevolution]] with over 100,000 people. The first Love Parade in Santiago was held in 2005 and gathered over 100,000 people; the 2006 version gathered over 200,000 people. The first Love Parade in Caracas was held in June 2007 and gathered over 25,000 people.

Spin-off festivals of the Love Parade have taken place in:

{{colbegin}}
*[[Berlin]], [[Hamburg]], [[Munich]], [[Frankfurt]], [[Bremen]] and [[Hanover]], Germany
*[[Zurich]], [[Geneva]], [[Basel]] and [[Bern]], Switzerland
*[[Vienna]] and [[Salzburg]], Austria
*[[Paris]], France
*[[Rotterdam]], Netherlands
*[[Bologna]] and [[Turin]], Italy
*[[Porto]], Portugal
*[[Sydney]], Australia
*[[Buenos Aires]], Argentina
*[[Rio de Janeiro]], Brazil
*[[Santiago]], Chile
*[[Leeds]], England
*[[Budapest]], Hungary
*[[Tel Aviv]], Israel
*[[Mexico City]] and [[Acapulco]], Mexico
*[[Oslo]], Norway (Summer Parade)<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QbMj9C9VoFg | title=Summerparade 2005, Oslo Norway | website=[[YouTube]] }}</ref>
*[[Cape Town]], South Africa
*[[Caracas]], Venezuela
*[[Little Rock, Arkansas|Little Rock]] and [[San Francisco]], United States
*[[Sarajevo]], Bosnia and Herzegovina
{{colend}}

==Legal issues==
Under [[German law]] the state has to pay for security during political demonstrations as well as cleaning up the streets after the demonstration.<ref name=Borneman>John Borneman & Stefan Senders, "Politics without a Head: Is the "Love Parade" a New Form of Political Identification?" ''Cultural Anthropology'' J5(2) 294-31, American Anthropological Association. 2000</ref> In the case of a commercial event however, the organizer must cover these expenses. For a large event like the Love Parade the costs are quite high: an estimated €300,000 to €400,000.<ref name=Borneman/>

The Love Parade was initially held as a political demonstration to save costs; however it was organized by two companies set up just for the Love Parade.<ref name=Borneman/> Due to this there was a dispute between the organizers and the city of Berlin every year about the status of the Love Parade and who should bear what costs.<ref name=Borneman/> Finally in 2001, the courts ruled that the Love Parade had to be held as commercial event.<ref name=Mayer>Florian Mayer, "Origins, Commodification, and Significance of Berlin's Love Parade" GRIN Verlag, 2007. {{ISBN|978-3638815796}}</ref>

==Anthems==
Every German parade has had its own [[anthem]].
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Year
! Artist
! Title
|-
| 1992
| 3 Phase feat. Dr. Motte
| Der Klang Der Familie
|-
| 1997
| Dr. Motte & WestBam
| Sunshine
|-
| 1998
| Dr. Motte & WestBam
| One World One Future
|-
| 1999
| Dr. Motte & WestBam
| Music Is the Key
|-
| 2000
| Dr. Motte & WestBam
| One World One Loveparade
|-
| 2001
| The Love Committee
| You Can't Stop Us
|-
| 2002
| The Love Committee
| Access Peace
|-
| 2003
| The Love Committee
| Love Rules
|-
| 2006
| WestBam & the Love Committee
| United States of Love
|-
| 2007
| WestBam & the Love Committee
| Love Is Everywhere (New Location)
|-
| 2008
| WestBam & the Love Committee
| Highway to Love
|-
| 2010
| [[Anthony Rother]]
| The Art of Love
|}

==List of Love Parades==

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Year
! Location
! Motto
! Attendees
|-
| 1989
| Berlin
| ''Friede, Freude, Eierkuchen''<br>(Eng.) Peace, Joy, Pancakes<ref name=Borneman/>
| 150
|-
| 1990
| Berlin
| The Future Is Ours<ref name=Borneman/>
| 2,000
|-
| 1991
| Berlin
| My House Is Your House And Your House Is Mine<ref name=Borneman/>
| 6,000
|-
| 1992
| Berlin
| The Spirit Makes You Move<ref name=Borneman/>
| 15,000
|-
| 1993
| Berlin
| The Worldwide Party People Weekend<ref name=Borneman/>
| 31,000
|-
| 1994
| Berlin
| Love 2 Love<ref name=Borneman/>
| 110,000
|-
| 1995
| Berlin
| Peace on Earth<ref name=Borneman/>
| 280,000
|-
| 1996
| Berlin
| We Are One Family<ref name=Borneman/>
| 750,000
|-
| 1997
| Berlin
| Let the Sunshine in Your Heart<ref name=Borneman/>
| 1,000,000
|-
| 1997
| Sydney
|
|
|-
| 1998
| Berlin
| One World One Future
| 800,000
|-
| 1999
| Berlin
| Music Is The Key
| 1,500,000
|-
| 1999
| Buenos Aires
| (Buenos Aires Energy Parade) Amor, Paz y Dance parte 1 (Love, Peace and Dance part one)
| 450,000
|-
| 2000
| Berlin
| One World One Loveparade
| 1,300,000
|-
| 2000
| [[Leeds]]
| Radio One & Trade &nbsp;– One Love<ref name="Laurence Malice: 12 Trade stories">{{cite web|last1=Lowe|first1=Adam|title=Laurence Malice: 12 Trade stories|url=http://vadamagazine.com/08/10/2014/events/laurence-malice-12-trade-stories|website=8 October 2014|date=8 October 2014 |publisher=Vada Magazine UK|access-date=9 March 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402124901/http://vadamagazine.com/08/10/2014/events/laurence-malice-12-trade-stories|archive-date=2 April 2015|url-status=live}}</ref>
| 500,000<ref name="Laurence Malice: 12 Trade stories"/>
|-
| 2000
| Buenos Aires
| (Buenos Aires Energy Parade) Amor, Paz y Dance parte 2 (Love, Peace and Dance part two)
| 750,000
|-
| 2001
| Berlin
| Join The Love Republic
| 800,000
|-
| 2001
| [[Newcastle upon Tyne]] (canceled)
|
|
|-
| 2002
| Berlin
| Access Peace
| 750,000
|-
| 2002
| [[Mexico City]]
|
|
|-
| 2003
| Berlin
| Love Rules
| 750,000
|-
| 2004
| [[San Francisco]]
|
|
|-
| 2005
| San Francisco
|
|
|-
| 2005
| [[Santiago]]
| Sal a la calle y baila (eng. Get out there and dance)
| 100,000
|-
| 2006
| Berlin
| The Love is Back
| 1,200,000
|-
| 2006
| San Francisco (as [[LoveFest]])
|
|
|-
| 2006
| Santiago
| El Baile es de Todos
| 200,000
|-
| 2007
| [[Essen]]
| Love is everywhere
| 1,200,000
|-
| 2007
| [[Caracas]]
| Live the Love!
| 80,000
|-
| 2007
| San Francisco
| as [[LoveFest]]
| 89,000
|-
| 2008
| [[Dortmund]]
| Highway to love
| 1,600,000
|-
| 2008
| [[Rotterdam]]
| Olympic Edition
| 500,000
|-
| 2008
| San Francisco
| as [[LoveFest]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.sflovefest.org |title=Lovevolution - A Dance Music Parade And Festival |publisher=Sflovefest.org |date=2012-07-12 |access-date=2013-03-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060902055927/http://www.sflovefest.org/ |archive-date=2 September 2006 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
| 120,000
|-
| 2008
| Caracas
| Keep the Love Alive!
|
|-
| 2009
| [[Bochum]] (canceled)
|
|
|-
| 2009
| San Francisco
| as [[San Francisco LovEvolution|LovEvolution]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.sflovevolution.org/ |title=Lovevolution - A Dance Music Parade And Festival |publisher=Sflovevolution.org |date=2012-07-12 |access-date=2013-03-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090616150357/http://www.sflovevolution.org/ |archive-date=16 June 2009 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
|150,000
|-
| 2010
| [[Duisburg]]
| The Art of Love
|1,400,000
|}

According to media reports, the attendance figures had been misstated by the organizers for years.<ref>[[David Schraven]]: [http://www.derwesten.de/nachrichten/Teilnehmer-Zahlen-zur-Loveparade-waren-gefaelscht-id3317706.html ''Teilnehmer-Zahlen zur Loveparade waren gefälscht''], online portal Der Westen, 29.&nbsp;July 2010</ref><ref name="sz-981669">{{Cite web|url=http://www.sueddeutsche.de/panorama/loveparade-katastrophe-trauer-wut-und-ruecktrittsforderungen-1.981669 |title=Loveparade-Katastrophe – Trauer, Wut und Rücktrittsforderungen |work=[[Süddeutsche Zeitung|sueddeutsche.de]] |date=2010-07-30 |access-date=2015-02-12}}</ref> Accurate counts are not available since entry is free and uncontrolled. The mayor of Dortmund and the police confirmed the number of attendees in Dortmund.<ref name="official0">{{cite news|author=Staff writer|author-link=Staff writer|url=http://loveparade.dortmund.de/index.php?smi=9.0&nid=25 |title=Loveparade Bricht Besucherrekord |date=21 July 2008 |access-date=27 July 2010 |publisher=loveparade.dortmund.de |language=de |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100727154523/http://loveparade.dortmund.de/index.php?smi=9.0&nid=25 |archive-date=27 July 2010 }}</ref><ref name="official1">{{cite news|author=Staff writer|author-link=Staff writer|url=http://loveparade.dortmund.de/index.php?smi=9.0&nid=24 |title=1,6 Mio. Menschen Feiern in Dortmund |date=n.d. |access-date=27 July 2010 |publisher=loveparade.dortmund.de |language=de |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100727180948/http://loveparade.dortmund.de/index.php?smi=9.0&nid=24 |archive-date=27 July 2010 }}</ref><ref name="official2">{{cite news|author=Staff writer|author-link=Staff writer|url=https://www.tagesschau.de/kultur/loveparade104.html |title=Loveparade in Dortmund&nbsp;— Raver-Rekord im Ruhrgebiet |date=19 July 2008 |access-date=27 July 2010 |work=[[Tagesschau (Germany)|Tagesschau]] |language=de |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090701004108/http://www.tagesschau.de/kultur/loveparade104.html |archive-date=1 July 2009 }}</ref>

==See also==
*[[List of technoparades]]
*[[List of electronic music festivals]]
*[[Love Parade disaster]]

==References==
{{Reflist|33em}}

==External links==
{{Commons category|Loveparade|Love Parade}}
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CxwWDx-KPY8 Love parade 1997 in Berlin]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20101126214516/http://www2.dortmund.de/loveparade_english/ Love Parade 2008 in Dortmund – Official Site]
* [http://www.berlin-life.com/berlin/love-parade Berlin Life: 'The Death of Dance?' A history of the Berlin Love Parade]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20060902055927/http://www.sflovefest.org/ San Francisco Love Fest (formerly Love Parade San Francisco)]
* [https://archive.today/20130104205730/http://www.patyuen.com/events/2005-events/?album=7&gallery=53 2005 Lovefest Gallery]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20090425125020/http://www.festivalpig.com/love-parade-2007.html Festivalpigs Love Parade and Euro Techno & Trance Festivals info]
* [https://www.academia.edu/12893380/The_Love_Parade_European_Techno_The_EDM_Festival_and_The_Tragedy_in_Duisburg Sean Nye and Ronald Hitzler. The Love Parade: European Techno, The EDM Festival, and The Tragedy in Duisburg]
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TcYQy0lM6kg Love Parade Argentina (Buenos Aires Energy Parade)]

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