But the crowd exceeded maximum stage weight, and the turntable did not budge.
The main race is for the $6 million Melbourne Cup, and crowds for the carnival exceed 700,000.
The crowd exceeded the auditorium's legal capacity of 270 and spilled out onto the avenue.
It was not clear if police would choose to crack down if the crowd clearly exceeded 30,000.
Over the years, many crowds have exceeded capacity.
The crowd in the Rose Bowl will exceed 100,000.
The Fire Department padlocked the bar for 11 days in June because the crowd had exceeded the legal limit of 74.
The crowd at Rio exceeded anything we had seen before.
Although the 10,027 seats in Gampel Pavilion were sold out, the day's crowd never exceeded 3,500.
The organizers said the crowd exceeded a quarter of a million.