Kultureland released a statement Monday evening, where they took “full responsibility” for failing to update festival attendees that several artists were not able to attend “due to ongoing visa and routing issues.”
Kultureland Festival, the Kingston Music Festival in North York and the Boots and Hearts Festival outside Barrie, faced a number of unforeseen circumstances this weekend, including changed venues, dropped acts and severe weather, with calls from some fans to issue refunds.
In addition to cancelled acts, the festival switched venues at the last minute for its second day of programming, moving attendees from the Markham Fairgrounds to the Ajax Downs, about 30-minutes away. The start time of the show was also moved two hours. With a last-minute venue change on day two, Kultureland said “artists were prepared to perform but we were unable to get them the equipment they needed to perform at the new venue.”
Ferell Laditi of Code R.E.D Entertainment, one of Kultureland’s organizers, spoke to the Star on Monday, hoping to “clear the air” on what had happened over the weekend.“We didn’t see eye to eye with the venue on several issues, including security for the event,” said Laditi. “I had to make the executive decision to cancel or move the show — moving like that at the last minute is almost impossible, especially in that short a period of time.
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