Gabin Tower Memorial Festival
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The Gąbin Tower Memorial Festival was a large Goa
festival, which took place between August 4 and August 6, 2006 on the site of the former Warsaw Radio Mast
(also known as Gąbin Tower) at Gąbin
, Poland
as remembrance for the 15th anniversary of its collapse. Gąbin Tower Memorial Festival was one of the largest Goa festivals in Europe and was visited by 18,043 people.
Gąbin Tower Memorial Festival offered contrary to other Goa parties also some very interesting non-musical highlights, like a laser
beam directed to the sky, mass-launches of balloons carrying a lightstick
(a balloon-carried light effect
), special contests for radiofreaks and a pickpocket contest, at which one had to try to steal dolls equipped with sensoric equipment something out of their pockets.
Goa trance
Goa trance is a form of electronic music that originated during the late 1980s in Goa, India.-History:The music has its roots in the popularity of Goa in the late 1960s and early 1970s as a hippie capital, and although musical developments were incorporating elements of industrial music and EBM...
festival, which took place between August 4 and August 6, 2006 on the site of the former Warsaw Radio Mast
Warsaw radio mast
The Warsaw radio mast was the world's tallest structure until its collapse on 8 August 1991. It is the second tallest land-based structure ever built, being surpassed as tallest by the Burj Khalifa, completed in 2010....
(also known as Gąbin Tower) at Gąbin
Gabin
Gąbin is a small town in Płock County, Masovian Voivodeship, Poland, with 4,230 inhabitants . It is an ancient town, having been founded in the 13th century.-Current events:...
, Poland
Poland
Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...
as remembrance for the 15th anniversary of its collapse. Gąbin Tower Memorial Festival was one of the largest Goa festivals in Europe and was visited by 18,043 people.
Gąbin Tower Memorial Festival offered contrary to other Goa parties also some very interesting non-musical highlights, like a laser
Laser
A laser is a device that emits light through a process of optical amplification based on the stimulated emission of photons. The term "laser" originated as an acronym for Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation...
beam directed to the sky, mass-launches of balloons carrying a lightstick
Lightstick
A glow stick is a single-use translucent plastic tube containing isolated substances which when combined make light through a chemical reaction-induced chemiluminescence which does not require an electrical power source...
(a balloon-carried light effect
Balloon-carried light effect
A balloon-carried light effect is a special effect carried by a balloon, which can be fixed with a rope to the ground or free-flying.-Uses:...
), special contests for radiofreaks and a pickpocket contest, at which one had to try to steal dolls equipped with sensoric equipment something out of their pockets.