14th Annual Great South Bay Festival Moved To 2021
PATCHOGUE, NY — Long Island's largest and longest-running music festival scheduled for this summer has officially been postponed until 2021 due to the coronavirus. The 14th annual Great South Bay Festival was originally scheduled at Shorefront Park in Patchogue for July 16 to 19. Organizers stated on Facebook that they were originally planning to move the event to September, but decided it didn't "seem prudent from a health or financial perspective." Now, the festival has been moved from July 15 to 18, 2021.
"Wherever we see large crowds getting together, cases are spiking," a post on the festival's Facebook page read. "The artists would rather not take the chance either, and when given the choice of performing in September or moving the date, ALL would rather come back a bit later."
For those who already purchased tickets, organizers said they will be automatically transferred to next year's festival. In addition, they will receive a 20 percent voucher that can be used for food, beer, merchandise, another ticket, etc. Or, festival organizers will help ticket holders coordinate donation their ticket to a health care worker. For those who want to see a specific artist who can't make it or are no longer able to attend, refund requests will be accepted.
"No, 'Rona' has not left the building! Ask any health care professional, or person of science. So Great South Bay will not put any of our family at risk. I wouldn't let my kids or grandkids hang at my fest, I am surely not going to allow others to take the risk. And as for financial...I make my living by having large crowds hang together while listening to music. we just lost a year, a year of payouts, lost money that we will never see again, and now have no value," the post read. "Believe us, we wanted to get together in September. But it will be a better show if we move it. Most of our headliners are already confirmed to come back. Mentally, the crowds will feel better about coming out to party. There will be less restrictions on the attendees, and the fest. And as stated by a number of our artist friends, they are going to perform like never before!"
So far, Tedeschi Trucks - Wheels of Soul Tour is confirmed for Sunday July 18, with the same exact lineup. In addition, other bands that have confirmed for next year include: Rebelution, Bosstones and Third Eye Blind.
This article originally appeared on the Patchogue Patch
