Despite being denied an alcohol permit by the city only the day before, organizers decided to go through with Wet Electric music festival in Huntington Beach, California with a few small changes. The festival which took place this past weekend on Saturday, September 14th featured artists such as Erick Morillo, Paul Oakenfold, Nadia Ali, and Robbie Rivera on three stages on the beautiful beaches of Southern California.
The festival was a beach bash including water slides, zip lines, art installations, and VIP cabanas, and drew about 10,000 guests to its location at Huntington State Beach. Festival organizers believe that the denial of an alcohol permit to them only a day before the festival represents an effort of the city to shut down the event at the last minute. John Carr, a spokesman for the Department of Alcohol Beverage Control told KPCC, a Southern California radio station, “The overarching concern is public safety. The plan submitted to ABC did not sufficiently address public safety concerns.”
But the organizers, guests, and artists did not let the unexpected ruling stop all the fun. The festival decided to allow guests to leave and reenter the festival as often as they pleased in order to give them an opportunity to take part in the banned activities elsewhere. Wet Electric posted on its Facebook page about its decision:
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