Tomorrowland's Mainstage usually sends the whole crowd looking toward the sky. For Weekend 2, the festival said there would be no large-scale fireworks display.
On July 23, We Rave You and DJ Mag reported that only limited, controlled pyrotechnics would be allowed at the Mainstage. DJ Mag's Martin Guttridge-Hewitt linked the restriction to a regional Code Orange wildfire risk. The campsite ban on personal barbecues remained in force.
That was a limited easing from Weekend 1, when fireworks and pyrotechnics were banned outright. Weekend 2 regained a narrower, supervised version subject to a close-to-show assessment.
The show has other tools
Hardwell closed the Mainstage on Friday, July 24, with a Revealed-heavy big-room set. The detail that travelled furthest was not a stage effect: he wore a jacket that had belonged to Tim Bergling. DJ Mag's Ben Hindle placed the jacket on him during a One World Radio interview.
Indira Paganotto brought metal guitarist Harald Barrett onstage, with the pair also working on a track together. Both moments gave the audience something specific to remember without relying on a full fireworks sequence.
DJVibe covered another form of restraint in January 2025, when Hardwell announced a vinyl-only set for the Freedom Stage. This time, the reduced toolkit came from fire risk rather than an artistic choice.
A temporary restriction
The restriction was assessed close to the day, not adopted as permanent festival policy. Our sourcing includes no primary local-authority document for Weekend 2 and no follow-up confirming exactly what the Mainstage eventually used. Tomorrowland also published its own independent risk analysis in May.
What can be said cleanly is that weather and fire risk can narrow a production plan at short notice. Tomorrowland adjusted the available tools, and the artists still had to make the peak work.
