New York Town Aims To Block RedNeck Hellfest III
September 19, 2012, 12 years ago
According to Poststar.com, the town of Queensbury, NY will file a lawsuit Thursday seeking an injunction to prohibit a heavy metal music festival from being held at West Mountain Ski Center this weekend, even though the venue for the festival appears to have been changed.
“We did receive something in writing from the attorney for (ski center owner Mike) Barbone indicating that the event that had been advertised for this weekend has been canceled,” Cathi Radner, a lawyer for the town, said Wednesday.“We are still going to go forward and seek an order from the court to make sure that it does not become uncanceled.”
The town is seeking the injunction because West Mountain did not obtain a special-use permit to conduct the festival.
Radner said paperwork for the lawsuit was prepared Wednesday, and will be filed Thursday.
The town will ask the judge to prohibit West Mountain from holding any future music festivals without obtaining a special-use permit.
“It would depend on what the judge is willing to sign, but our hope would be to stay any events without approval,” she said.
Management of the ski center could not be reached Wednesday to confirm the event had been canceled.
But Upstate Metal Mafia, an Albany area concert promoter, posted on its Facebook page Wednesday evening the event, called RedNeck Hellfest III, had been moved to McGinny’s Tavern at 193 Glen St. in Glens Falls.
Barbone, West Mountain’s owner, did not return repeated voicemail messages The Post-Star left Wednesday morning and afternoon seeking comment, and Sue Parker, the marketing director, did not return a voicemail message The Post-Star left Wednesday afternoon.
The festival was slated for Saturday at the ski center, with 10 heavy metal bands playing.
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