GRiZ’s Seven Stars Festival will go on hiatus and search for a new home after its current site in Virginia was revealed to be a former plantation.
The dubstep star apologized for the oversight and shared his decision to move the festival away from the Oak Ridge Estate in Arrington, Virginia, in a heartfelt video posted to Instagram today, following weeks of online discourse about whether a festival built around inclusivity should be held on land with such a painful history.
Seven Stars’ second edition at the 4,800-acre farm in Virginia’s Blue Ridge Mountains was held from October 9-11. Historical records…
