Trainwreck: The Astroworld Tragedy- Release date & time, where to watch, and more 

Netflix's anthology series Trainwreck is bringing another addition titled Trainwreck: The Astroworld Tragedy. The series will present to viewers the details of Travis Scott’s Astroworld festival in 2021, which turned into a disastrous tragedy.

Travis Scott’s third Astroworld music festival, which happened in November 2021, after the COVID-19 pandemic, took place at Houston’s NRG Park. The event saw 50,000 music fans gather, and event security personnel struggled to manage the massive crowd. The event turned into a tragedy when the audience started pushing toward the stage, resulting in a fatal crowd crush and many casualties.

Co-directed by Yemi Bamiro and Hannah Poulter, the documentary features footage from the incident and interviews with survivors and victims' families. Trainwreck: The Astroworld Tragedy premieres on June 10, 2025, only on Netflix.

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When will Trainwreck: The Astroworld Tragedy be released? How to watch the show?

Trainwreck: The Astroworld Tragedy is premiering on June 10, 2025, at 12 AM PT or 3 AM ET. Since Trainwrek anthology is a Netflix original, the show will premiere exclusively on Netflix.

Netflix is a subscription-based platform, and its content can be watched by signing up for the streaming service. Subscriptions start at $7.99 per month.

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What is Trainwreck: The Astroworld Tragedy all about?

Trainwreck: The Astroworld Tragedy is a part of an anthology series titled Trainwreck, which consists of eight documentaries examining some of the most disastrous events in the world that took the mainstream media by storm.

Trainwreck: The Astroworld Tragedy explores the tragedy of November 5, 2021, when the third Astroworld Festival was held at NRG Park in Houston. The Astroworld Festival was founded by rapper Travis Scott in 2018 to highlight Houston's rich hip-hop culture. The event was named after the defunct Six Flags theme park in Houston.

The festival is popular for its high-energy performances, colourful stage setups, and immersive fan experiences, and it attracts thousands of fans every year.

However, the jubilant event turned into a tragedy in 2021, which was the first time the festival was held after the pandemic. The excited crowd turned chaotic as the evening progressed and Travis Scott took the stage. Attendees rushed toward the stage to get near, resulting in a deadly crowd surge.

Ten people died in the tragic incident due to compressive asphyxia, and hundreds were injured. Emergency responders struggled to reach the injured on time and save lives, leading to widespread demand for accountability from organizers.

The Netflix documentary will bring to viewers the details of this tragedy with interviews from survivors, as well as the families of the victims, and members of the Houston Police Department. It also includes insights from Astroworld’s security personnel, a crowd safety consultant, and EMT workers, offering insight on failures in crowd management.

Trainwreck: The Astroworld Tragedy also explores the role played by powerful live entertainment conglomerates like Live Nation, which organized the festival with Scott. It also incorporates accounts from experts on the tragedy.

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What happened following the disastrous Astroworld tragedy?

Following the Astroworld tragedy, attention turned toward Travis Scott, Live Nation (the event co-organizer), and the body that was responsible for crowd control at the festival. Victims and survivors’ families filed lawsuits against the lack of adequate safety protocols and emergency response.

However, all 10 of these wrongful death lawsuits had been settled out of court by Live Nation, Travis Scott, and other defendants in the case. The amount remains undisclosed. A Houston grand jury also declared that it did not find any single individual criminally responsible for the deaths.

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Catch Trainwreck: The Astroworld Tragedy on Netflix on June 10, 2025.