The last day of New York’s Electric Zoo music festival has been cancelled due to poor weather conditions, marking the second year in a row this has happened albeit for much different reasons.
The final day, Sunday Aug. 31, did get off to a start but with six hours left of the festivities, organizers had to shut the festival down.
Rolling Stone reports the festival tweeted before 5pm, “.@ElectricZooNY has shut down for the remainder of the festival due to extreme weather conditions,” adding, “We apologize to fans, but your safety is our main concern.”
.@ElectricZooNY has shut down for the remainder of the festival due to extreme weather conditions.
— Electric Zoo NY (@ElectricZooNY) August 31, 2014
We apologize to fans, but your safety is our main concern.
— Electric Zoo NY (@ElectricZooNY) August 31, 2014
They later tweeted that even if the weather cleared up, there would be no “re-entry” into the festival. Among the EDM acts that were left to perform on Sunday night were Kaskade, Chase & Status, Bingo Players, and Alesso.
The reason for the cancellation was because of a flash flood warning issued for New York City. The festival took place on Randall’s Island.
Last year, Electric Zoo was forced to cancel the last day for a very different reason. After two concert-goers overdosed and died, city officials demanded to put an end to the festival. Other festival goers were hospitalized and arrested, causing the city to say in a statement that “the safest course is to cancel the remaining day of the event.”
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