Earth Garden will go ahead as planned, despite snap election

The Earth Garden Festival will go ahead as planned, despite the snap election on the weekend of 2, 3 and 4 June 2017.

In an official statement, the organizers of Earth Garden have said that, “it’s definitely business as usual for us. I’m not going to lie; we were taken aback with the announcement of the general election as we have been working extremely hard on this year’s edition for over nine months and this year is our biggest year, in terms of artists and footprint. The scale of the event is definitely one of the reasons why cancelling or postponing was not even an option for us.”

They added that they understand that the election can “bring along a bit of tension,” and therefore hope to “offer a different perspective where we can have a principle and/or political opinion, which doesn’t have to be an obsession. Earth Garden has always been a festival of unity bringing people together from all walks of life, nationality, beliefs, and gender ever since our first edition 11 years ago.In this respect, we will not tolerate any disrespectful or any partisan behaviour. No politically associated material or items will be permitted within the Festival grounds.”

The 2017 edition of Earth Garden Festival will be held on the 1st until the 4 June at the National Park, Ta’ Qali. Doors open on Thursday, 1 June at 6pm hours.