Celebration’s over.
Connecticut’s common Soundside Music Pageant shocked followers when it abruptly cancelled its star-studded occasion two months earlier than its opening day.
“Due to circumstances beyond our control, [the] Soundside Music Festival has been cancelled,” organizers introduced in an announcement on the competition’s official web site on Friday. “Tickets will be refunded to the original method of payment in as little as 30 days depending on your bank’s processing time.”
Pageant organizers didn’t go into element about what prompted the cancellation.
Thomas Gaudett, the chief administrative officer for Bridgeport Mayor Joe Ganim, alleged the competition was having hassle promoting tickets, in keeping with the CT Insider.
“It’s our understanding that this year’s lineup was drawing a lot fewer attendees than we have seen in the last few years,” Gaudett informed the outlet. “And that may have had an impact on the decision to cancel.”
The cancellation allegedly blindsided Bridgeport officers, who insisted the town was “not involved in the decision-making process” and have been informed the venture was being pulled after the choice was “finalized,” the outlet added.
The Put up reached out to the competition for remark.
The competition was initially scheduled for Sept. 27 and 28 at Seaside Park in Bridgeport. It had already introduced a large lineup of other and digital dance artists, together with The Killers, Weezer, Hozier, Vampire Weekend, Alex Warren, and DJO.
The competition wiped its social media accounts, together with its Instagram and Fb pages, which had over 52,000 mixed followers after the announcement.
Followers have complained about ticket costs in current months, in keeping with a public Fb fan web page for the competition.
Common admission for a single-day ticket to the competition began at $170, in keeping with the Soundside Music Pageant’s now-deleted ticket web page.
“Maybe if they weren’t so greedy with the high ticket cost there would have been higher volume of tickets sold,” one Fb person speculated on the fan web page.
“I personally wasn’t into the lineup this year, but everyone has different taste,” one other added.
Final yr, the competition had file attendance, with 57,000 concertgoers swarming the waterfront competition — regardless of the Foo Fighters dropping out late, in keeping with the CT Put up. Officers had anticipated 32,000 individuals to point out up.
The Foo Fighters withdrew from the headlining gig after frontman Dave Grohl revealed that he cheated on his spouse, Jordyn Blum, and welcomed a daughter outdoors of his marriage.
Earlier headliners included John Mayer, the Crimson Sizzling Chili Peppers, Stevie Nicks and Dave Matthews.
The inaugural Sound on Sound competition, which was ultimately rebranded because the Soundside Music Pageant final yr, occurred in 2022 and was produced by Governor’s Ball producers Tom Russell and Jordan Wolowitz, Dwell Nation, and developer Howard Saffan, in keeping with CT Insider.
