Cedar Fest History
- Oct 28, 1983: First “official” Cedar Fest; 1,000 attend, 37 arrests
- May 19, 1984: 5,000 attend, no major incidents
- Oct 27, 1984: 5,000 attend, more than 30 arrested
- May 18, 1985: 6,000 attend, 14 arrests, 10 injured, approximately $2000 in damage
- Oct 26, 1985: 4,000 attend, no major incidents
- May 17, 1986: 500 attend, 25 arrests, 22 injured
- Oct 25, 1986: 5,000 attend, 35 arrests, 24 injured
- May 16, 1987: 200 attend, 44 arrests, no damage or serious injuries
- Fall 1987: Permanent injunction makes it illegal to be at a Cedar Fest event in May or October.
- October 1989: While not an official Cedar Fest, 3,000 rioters at Cedar Village Apartments burn furniture, bicycles and a moped, and attack bystanders after MSU's football team loses to the University of Michigan.
- February 1990: A federal appeals court rules that an ordinance allowing police to barricade Cedar Village when officials suspected a party forming was unconstitutional.
- March 27, 1999: Over 10000 rioted in Cedar Village. Numerous cars were overturned and burned included one police car.
- April 5, 2008: 4,000 attend, 52 arrests
- April 4, 2009: 2,000 attend, 61 arrests, 3 couch fires set but no major incidents following a Final Four victory over University of Connecticut.
- April 6, 2009: 1,700 attend, 21 arrests, no major incidents after an NCAA Championship Game loss to UNC.
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