The Big Fucking Party 2024 is still going on after four days of unlimited partying, but the passing of the days has caused wear and tear on the attendees and, thanks to the control carried out by a hundred Civil Guard agents, the event is losing steam. Six of the seven stages that made up the rave have already been dismantled and transported in trucks that have left the Fuente Álamo circuit where the event takes place, as reported this Thursday by the Government Delegation of Murcia. Of the more than 2,100 vehicles that entered the interior last Saturday, only about half remain. For now, the authorities have ruled out the option of an eviction pending the end of the celebration next Sunday at the latest. To contain the rave, the agents have applied a non-return protocol, which consists of those who leave the premises cannot return to it; At least, by car, because there are numerous areas, unguarded, that allow access on foot.
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A night at the endless party of the nomads concentrated in the 'rave' of Murcia
Some of those who leave the place have already dropped by Fuente Álamo. The town, which with 17,589 inhabitants is the most populated in the area, has hardly been affected by the illegal macro-party, according to its neighbors. The circuit where the rave is held is about 13 kilometres from the town, in an area without livestock or agricultural farms. Passers-by in other towns in the area, such as Corvera, Los Paganos or Los Almagros, do not complain either.
On the terrace of the bar El Buen Yantar, a group of four young people stopped to eat a mixed dish before returning to the road. After five days at the party, they are tired and have decided to retire. Amaia (Bizkaia, 27 years old), is reluctant to talk to the media, but raises her voice to defend that this type of party does not generate any problems for the neighbors. "We live our own way and we don't want to upset anyone. We always pick up what we stain and want to respect others. I've seen a lot of village nightclubs where fights break out, for example. There haven't been any at this rave," he says.
The owner of the bar, José Antonio (59 years old, Fuente Álamo), happily serves them. "If more come thanks to the party, all the better. I am impartial, I live from day to day and thinking about work. Here in the village we haven't noticed anything unusual except for a slight increase in customers, which is always appreciated." The municipality's gas station employee, Jose, 26, agrees. "As long as they don't leave residue and don't cause disturbances, I see it well. They have not contributed as much as is believed to the local economy because they bring their own jerry cans of gasoline and a lot of food and drink in storage; But there has been some extra movement. They've put the town on the map and that's always good," he concludes.
Greg (right) and his friend Alfonso in a bar in Fuente Álamo (Murcia), this Thursday.
The strategy followed by the Guardia Civil is more of attrition than shock: it aims to prevent more people from entering, but above all, to guarantee safety on the roads. The controls established on the dirt roads and interurban roads surrounding the site have so far resulted in 150 administrative sanctions, 47 for drug tests and 90 for possession of narcotics. One of the most striking cases was that of a young Brazilian man who had 90 doses of LSD seized.
The fear of these controls and the development of strategies to avoid them has become the obsession of those who arrive after the party. Greg (Málaga, 46) has come to Fuente Álamo to visit a friend. On the way, he offered his car as BlaBlaCar, the car-sharing platform, and had two young boys with him. Halfway through, he realized they were coming to attend the rave. As they approached the area, they warned Greg where there were going to be checkpoints and asked him to please take an alternate route.
Although it is practically impossible not to leave waste at this type of macro-party, the attendees are aware of it and, in fact, consider the cleanliness of the venue and the orderly accumulation of garbage as one of the pillars of the unwritten rules of the event. In fact, every night, garbage bags are piled up in a specific place and, first thing in the morning, a truck hired by the organizers of the macro-party comes to remove them.
Despite the reduction in attendance and the variety of stages – of the seven that made up a kind of Bourbon Street of techno only one remains – those who resist indoors (approximately half, according to the authorities), intend to extend the event until Three Kings Day, as already happened in the previous edition of the Big Fucking Party. held in a village in Granada. January 6 is, precisely, the deadline set by the Government Delegation and the Civil Guard when it comes to carrying out a possible eviction.
This Wednesday, the Government delegate, Mariola Guevara, the lieutenant colonel of the Civil Guard of Murcia Diego Mercader and the mayor of Fuente Álamo Juana María Martínez (PP) offered a press conference to comment on the evolution of the security device and announced that, for now, the option of carrying out a forced eviction was ruled out. "Evicting such a large number of vehicles and people is going to generate even greater conflict. Therefore, what was decided by the professionals of the Civil Guard and Local Police was to prevent its expansion and to carry out a control," explained Guevara. In this way, priority was given in the distribution of resources to roadside controls to prevent people under the influence of alcohol or drugs from driving on Murcian roads after leaving the party.
However, the lieutenant colonel of the Civil Guard explained that, "in case the party continues after the weekend and based on the number of people and vehicles that are still in the venue, the intervention of the Civil Guard will be evaluated to carry out a controlled eviction of what is left of the rave.
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