Attendees stroll previous a Lollapalooza signal throughout the first day of the 2021 competition in Grant Park in Chicago. (Armando L. Sanchez/Chicago Tribune/TNS)
A brand new effort will open the gates of a few of the nation’s hottest music festivals to extra folks with disabilities.
The nonprofit Accessible Festivals says that it’ll make accessible a restricted variety of free tickets for folks with disabilities and their family members to attend a bunch of concert events, festivals and conventions by its Dan Grover Memorial Ticket Grant Program.
Collaborating occasions embrace the Austin Metropolis Limits Music Competition, BottleRock Napa Valley, Electrical Daisy Carnival, Lollapalooza, Rolling Loud NY and Stagecoach, amongst others.
Commercial – Proceed Studying Under
This system is called for Dan Grover, an accessibility guide to the stay music trade who had muscular dystrophy and was instrumental in enhancing accessibility at a few of the nation’s largest music festivals. He died in July.
Accessible Festivals mentioned it has been accepting functions for 2 dozen occasions this fall, with extra anticipated to be added. Eligible people embrace these with newly acquired, short-term or lifelong disabilities.
The taking part occasions have “made a dedication to all their disabled followers and have well-established ADA compliance packages,” in line with Accessible Festivals.
Learn extra tales like this one. Join Incapacity Scoop’s free e mail publication to get the most recent developmental incapacity information despatched straight to your inbox.
