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Ashley for the Arts cancelled for 2020 because of COVID-19

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5 years ago

May 8, 2020

Ashley for the Arts is the latest area festival to be cancelled for 2020.

Organizers say the annual August music festival in Arcadia will resume next year, but it was called off for this summer as a result of the coronavirus, primarily the government restrictions against large gatherings.

The event was scheduled for August 6th through the 8th, and Lynyrd Skynyrd was announced as the headline act for 2020.

Ashley Furniture, based in Arcadia, founded the festival 11 years ago, and donates the proceeds to dozens of non-profit organizations.

People holding tickets for this year’s event will be able to either get refunds or donate the cost to charity.

Brad Williams

A native of Prairie du Chien, Brad graduated from UW - La Crosse and has worked in radio news for more than 30 years, mostly in the La Crosse area. He regularly covers local courts and city and county government. Brad produces the features "Yesterday in La Crosse" and "What's Buried on Brad's Desk." He also writes the website "Triviazoids," which finds odd connections between events that happen on a certain date, and he writes and performs with the local comedy group Heart of La Crosse. Brad been featured on several national TV programs because of his memory skills.