festival after realising that the bands performing were actually neo-Nazis.The Frontnacht festival was due to be held in Ypres, Belgium from August 27 to 28, and would have seen radical Flemish nationalists come together in a bid to increase the youth appeal of their movement.Ypres city council initially granted a permit to the organisers to hold the festival for the first time ever, but they quickly changed their minds following backlash.READ MORE: Mad music festival where revellers dress like murderous clowns and share double bongsReportedly secret services expressed concerns and a petition was launched, pointing to the clear neo-Nazi affiliations of some the acts who were booked to perform.
Some acts were found to have links to the Hammerskins (a white supremacist group formed in Texas), others to the neo-Nazi Blood and Honour movement started by British white supremacist and singer Ian Stuart.The festival's headliner - an Italian band called Bronson - are members of CasaPound Italia, a neo-fascist movement started in the early 2000s.
According to Vice, the group's members are vocal supporters of Benito Mussolini. Wim De Wit, chairman of radical Flemish nationalist group IJzerwake who were organising the event, insisted that "we are not neo-Nazi".
However, experts have since spoken out against Frontnacht.Thorsten Hindrichs, a musicologist at the University of Mainz, told De Standaard: "We notice here in Germany that young neo-Nazis agree in Telegram channels to go to Frontnacht."I therefore advise against people of colour or LGBTI people to come near Ypres that weekend.
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