Story highlights The Rock am Ring festival will resume Saturday

Organizers evacuated thousands of fans citing a possible threat

(CNN) Germany's Rock am Ring festival will resume Saturday after thousands of fans were evacuated due to a terrorist threat, concert organizers said.

"After intensive searches and sweeps of the complete festival site by the police, the suspicion of a potential terrorist threat has not been confirmed," the organizers said on social media

The festival, in the central German town of Nuerburg, was scheduled to run Friday through Sunday at an auto racing track.

On Friday, police suspended the shows and ordered attendees to evacuate the festival's site.

Organizers estimated 175,000 people at the event, which is considered one of the largest and most popular rock festivals in Europe.