Following the cancellation of New York City music festival Electric Zoo, concertgoers took to Times Square, but reasons for the impromptu assemblage of ravers in Midtown are still largely unknown.
Organizers of the electronic music festival scheduled for Friday through Sunday called off the final afternoon of performances, after two concertgoers died from drug overdoses, 31 people were arrested and one 16-year-old girl was reportedly sexually assaulted.
But ravers who coughed up around $180 per day for tickets weren't ready to end the celebration.
Sunday evening, hordes of people dressed in crop tops and tutus, face paint and shorts, marched around 46 Street and 7 Avenue blasting electro, dancing and chanting, "E Zoo! E Zoo!"
Some said the crowd gathered there to mourn the loss of the deceased duo.
On Twitter, user Pierre Dior cited the Occupy movement's tagline when he posted a photo of hundreds of folks assembled in Times Square to "rave for those two kids who died at electric zoo."
@tiesto we rave for those two kids who died at electric zoo we occupy Times Square pic.twitter.com/phC9LgV6hx
— Pierre Dior (@ohsoyoumodel) September 2, 2013
Others claimed the mass of concertgoers was a riot demonstrating against the cancellation of the music festival. Other "E Zoo Animals" headed to Central Park Sunday afternoon, where DJ equipment was set up around 65 Street and 8 Avenue, according to one Twitter user.
Giant #ezoo party broke out in Central Park #thepartyneverstops pic.twitter.com/79VEnQA9iD — Grace (@gracerose4) September 1, 2013
The New York Daily News reported 23-year-old Jeffrey Russ and 20-year-old Olivia Rotondo died from MDMA, or "molly" overdoses.
It's rumored that Rotondo took six hits of molly before she was rushed to a hospital, where she died hours later.
The 16-year-old who was allegedly raped said she woke up beneath a parked van on Friday with "her pants down and her legs scratched and bruised."
