Mother Nature has not been very kind to music festivals so far this year. She’s led to the impromptu cancellation of several notable events, including recently New York City’s Governors Ball, and she injured 80 at Rock Am Ring in Germany by sending down lightning bolts.

Now another German festival has met with catastrophe after punters at Scheeßel’s Hurricane Festival were forced to evacuate and several bands, including a number of Australian acts, were forced to cancel their scheduled performances.

As local news outlets report, organisers were forced to evacuate punters on Friday following extreme weather that ripped up the festival site. However, the event was able to resume on Sunday.

Homegrown hero Courtney Barnett was among those caught up in the evacuation. She took to Facebook to share Neil Young’s ‘Like A Hurricane’ and wrote, “Our shows at Hurricane Festival & Southside Festival cancelled due to weather conditions. Extreme sad face. see you again soon Germany.”

In addition to The Offspring and Yeasayer, The Music reports Perth rockers Tired Lion were also forced to cancel their set as emergency services made their way to the festival to drain the site from the deluge that had consumed it.

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