Music Midtown’s gun ban was informally challenged in May by Phillip Evans, a gun rights advocate in Georgia.
On Monday, Live Nation announced that the festival was canceled, stating only, “[D]ue to circumstances beyond our control, Music Midtown will no longer be taking place this year. We are looking forward to reuniting in September and hope we can get back to enjoying the festival together again soon.” The festival was set to take place in September with Jack White, Future, My Chemical Romance, and Fall Out Boy headlining.
are allowed to be carried. The festival, as a temporary user of the park, does not have the standing to supersede that law and enforce its own ban.
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