Accessible Festivals has launched a new ticket program to make attending some of the country’s biggest concerts accessible to music fans and festival-goers with disabilities.
The nonprofit has announced that Lollapalooza, Austin City Limits Music Festival, Rolling Loud NY, Stagecoach, BottleRock Napa Valley and Electric Daisy Carnival are its festival partners for its new Dan Grover Memorial Ticket Grant program. Grover was one of the first accessibility consultants in the live music industry, leading ADA compliance operations at some of the biggest shows in the country, including Electric Forest, Lockn’, Life is Beautiful and Outside Lands.
Born from the experience of Accessible Festival founder Austin Whitney, who attended his first music festival at Coachella eight months after severing his spinal cord in a car accident and being paralyzed from the waist down, the program offers a limited number of free tickets. At concerts, festivals and conventions, both for fans with disabilities and their loved ones.
Those eligible to apply include those with newly acquired temporary or permanent disabilities, with registration opening this fall for two dozen events, including the Firefly Festival and the Made in America festival. All festivals participating in the Memorial Ticket Program have already committed to establishing ADA compliance programs for their events.
Founded in 2014, Accessible Festivals is focused on making live music and the concert experience accessible to everyone.
In addition to consulting and advising on best practices for accessibility and training for online and in-person events and fiscal support for projects that make festivals more accessible, the nonprofit also organizes Inclusive Festival, an annual music and wellness program. of the festival accessible to all ages. in northeastern Pennsylvania. The organization also works with Live for Live Music to expand the reach of live events across the US.
Source: Hollywood Reporter
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