UGH! Pleasantville Music Festival CANCELLED

UGH! Pleasantville Music Festival CANCELLED: The Pleasantville Music Festival announced that due to the Covid 19 Pandemic, the Village-run event scheduled for July 11th has been cancelled. This is the first time the Festival has been cancelled in 16 years.

Festival Executive Director, Bruce Figler said the decision was made after lengthy deliberations. “We have always considered our Festival a safe, welcoming, carefree, and family-friendly environment but in the current age of social distancing, there is no way of knowing when it would be safe for the community to gather safely.”

Figler said that he considered postponing the event but he pointed to the unpredictability of when festival management would get the “all-clear.”  As well when people’s appetite for large scale music events will return. “Even
after we get an ‘all-clear’, whenever that might be, I still think it will be quite a while before people feel comfortable assembling in large festival-sized groups like ours that number in the thousands.”

For those who purchased advance Festival tickets on-line through TicketWeb, ticket costs and fees will be automatically refunded to the purchaser’s credit card accounts within two weeks. No other action will be necessary. For those who purchased tickets directly from the Festival Box Office at the Pleasantville Recreation Center, refund instructions are available at the Festival’s website; www.PleasantvilleMusicFestival.com.

When will the festival return?

Figler fully expects the festival will return in 2021 and did not rule out having some sort of event this year. “In the meantime, should circumstances allow, we’re keeping an open mind towards having some sort of alternate, smaller-scale event later this year.”