When 4,000 people show up for a party, you know things are going to get out of hand.

FOX News in Cleveland reported.

Arrests, damage following huge off-campus party called ‘Shermanfest’

About a dozen people have been arrested following a party that police say attracted as many as 4,000 people over the weekend.

The party, known as ‘Shermanfest,’ was held late Saturday on Irisdale Place, off campus near the University of Akron.

Students said it started off as a good time with a manageable crowd but soon people started coming in from all across Akron and elsewhere.

“Shermanfest was a party to kind of unite the City of Akron and to just bring everybody back; everybody’s back to college and stuff,” said Xavier Young, a promoter who helped bring DJs in as entertainment for the event.

Young said the organizers of the 4th annual ‘Shermanfest’ had been communicating with police and had people there to try and keep the event civil.

Young told FOX 8 News that alcohol was being served at the event but that organizers were checking IDs to make sure everything was legal.

People who were at the party said at about midnight some shoving started in the crowd and that was enough to trigger some smaller fights.