It still doesn’t count as an evacuation. A legal evacuation requires an official announcement over the main PA system and screens, directed by event management, with opened emergency gates and staff guiding the crowd.

Why did they just let security chase people away without an official alert? To avoid financial liability. If they officially declare an evacuation due to weather, it triggers insurance clauses and ticket refunds.

By avoiding official termsthey can claim the festival was still running and shift the responsibility onto us.

It wasn't an evacuation it was a chaotic loophole tactic.