Country Thunder says it is cancelling its upcoming music festival in Calgary due to “city-created safety and operational barriers.”
The cancellation notice was issued June 24 ahead of the festival, which had been scheduled for June 26 to 28 this year, and comes in the wake of clashes between Calgary Mayor Jeromy Farkas and Alberta Premier Danielle Smith over new noise limitations put in place ahead of the Calgary Stampede.
“After exhaustive efforts to find a workable path forward, the organization has determined that conditions created by the City of Calgary, including active construction surrounding the festival site and new restrictive sound limitations, make it impossible to stage the event for 2026,” Country Thunder wrote in a June 24 release….