The inaugural Echoland Music Festival has been canceled due to “unforeseen circumstances,” organizers announced.
“Echoland Music Festival will no longer take place this year,” the festival said in a statement. “While we have done everything we can do to bring our wild & wonderful world to the banks of the Suwannee River, we have encountered some unforeseen circumstances that we cannot overcome.”
Festival organizers went on to add that ticket-holders who purchased passes through Front Gate Tickets “will be automatically refunded in as little as 30 days.”
Presented by C3 Presents, which also produces Bonnaroo, Lollapalooza, Shaky Knees, and more, in partnership with Live Nation Florida, the first-ever Echoland Music Festival was scheduled to take place on May 11th–13th, 2023 at the Spirit of the Suwannee Music Park in Live Oak, FL with a diverse lineup of artists, including headliners Tyler Childers (presenting an Echoland exclusive collaborative set), Vulfpeck, and Phil Lesh & Friends, as well as Robert Plant and Alison Krauss, Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats, Tenacious D, Nile Rodgers & CHIC, Noah Kahan, The Flaming Lips (performing Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots), Gov’t Mule, Marcus King, and 100 gecs. Also booked to perform were Dopapod, Grace Potter, BADBADNOTGOOD, Cory Wong, Karl Denson’s Tiny Universe, Yonder Mountain String Band, George Porter Jr. & Runnin Pardners, Vieux Farka Touré, Dark Star Orchestra, Andy Frasco & the U.N., Neal Francis, Celisse, Digable Planets, Dumpstaphunk, North Mississippi Allstars, Jazz is Dead, Trouble No More, Maddy O’Neal, Eggy, Pink Talking Fish, Perpetual Groove, Dogs In A Pile, Maggie Rose, Sicard Hollow, and more.
Festival organizers did not detail specific reasons for the cancelation. Read their statement on the official festival website.