Report: Atlanta festival cancelled due to law that makes prohibiting firearms on event grounds illegal
thefader.comThe Music Midtown Festival will no longer take place this September, according to a statement posted on Monday by the event's organizers.
The message only alluded to "circumstances beyond our control" for the cancellation, but a Billboard report claims the "likely cause" is Georgia's gun laws, which make it illegal for Music Midtown to bar attendees from bringing guns onto publically owned land like the festival grounds of Piedmont Park.
Georgia's "Safe Carry Protection Act" was passed in 2014 and allowed citizens of the state to bring guns into places like schools, churches, and bars.
It was expanded in a 2019 court ruling by the Georgia Supreme Court. While certain businesses on public land with "long-term leases" are allowed to ban guns, brief events like Music Midtown are not.
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