THING Festival Cancels Latin Day Amid ‘Community Safety Concerns’

Thing Festival Cancels One Weekend Due to ICE Concerns

As always, fuck ICE. by Julianne Bell Earlier today, the THING Festival announced via social media that it had “made the very difficult decision” to cancel its August 16 date, which had been “specially curated to showcase some of music’s most exceptional Latinx and Spanish-language artists.”  The statement read, “Community safety concerns have greatly reduced ticket sales, and the uncertainty about artists’ ability to secure the necessary visas …

THING festival cancels Latin day amid ‘community safety concerns’

The third weekend of Seattle Theatre Group's new-look festival was intended to showcase Latinx and Spanish-language artists.