Footage has emerged of a violent brawl that broke out at the recent Good Life festival in Sydney. As Tone Deaf reported yesterday, the event, which serves as the underage counterpart to Future Music Festival, was cancelled midway through after brutal storms hit the city.

As News Corp reports, while alcohol is prohibited at the event and organisers pride themselves on an “impeccable safety record, with strict entry policies ensuring attendees’ safety”, a fight still managed to break out, with footage depicting a young punter being slammed into the ground by an older reveller.

As readers can see in the footage below, the younger boy lands on his neck after after being thrown to the ground and then shoved around by two larger punters. When he gets up, another festivalgoer intervenes, ending the fight.

The disturbing video recalls footage of a similar incident that broke out at the Stereosonic music festival back in December. In the much-publicised footage, a group of punters could be seen brawling with each other among the crowd, including one man who was knocked unconscious.

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Footage has also emerged of the moment a young man was tackled to the ground by police at Good Life on Saturday. The clip (embedded below) shows two officers pinning the young punter down after he appears to resist arrest. The incident was apparently unrelated to the brawl.

According to a NSW Police media release, the arrest of the young man was the only one officers had to make on the day. “Only one arrest was made out of 20,000 festivalgoers, and that was when a male youth assaulted a police officer. He will appear at a children’s court in the near future,” said Operation Commander Superintendent Gavin Dengate.

Organisers were eventually forced to cancel the event after Randwick Racecourse, where the event was being held, was hit by rainstorms which deluged Sydney on Saturday. After instructing punters to stay in select areas, police oversaw the evacuation of 20,000 revellers out of the venue.

“Eventgoers were instructed to wait in the grandstands while storms passed through,” Superintendent Dengate said. “Festival staff then cleared the site so people could walk back into the main area to collect their belongings.” Police also praised the general conduct of the festivalgoers.

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