As storms approached the District on Saturday evening, Broccoli City issued a warning on Twitter to the attendees of its annual festival at the RFK Festival Grounds: “Inclement weather y’all please standby.” Less than 20 minutes later, the festival organizers announced they had called off the remaining performances by headliners Lil Uzi Vert and Jazmine Sullivan, as lightning quickly closed in on the area. “We want to keep you all safe. Severe weather is approaching. Please calmly leave the venue through the nearest exit,” the organizers tweeted from the Broccoli City account.
The following day, Broccoli City told patrons it would be issuing full refunds to anyone who’d purchased a one-day pass for Saturday, and two-day ticketholders would receive a half refund. Two-day, general-admission passes started at $149 for the festival that also hosted acts including Ice Spice, Brent Faiyaz, and Keke Palmer on its lineup.
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Given how infrequently festival organizers tend to refund attendees due to weather-related cancellations, this move seemed to assuage some patrons.
Others, however, appear to be unimpressed with the popular festival’s response to the act-of-God situation and are more concerned about how the organizers handled ticketing and overflowing crowds amid muggy conditions. Across social media, disgruntled attendees have described scenes of chaos: overheated guests passing...
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