Connecticut Attorney General Launches Investigation Into Capulet Fest

To say Capulet Fest this past weekend was an absolute disaster would be putting it lightly. It was already a shitshow before things even started but then things took a turn for the worse when the third day was completely canceled at the very last minute.

Yesterday, Connecticut Attorney General William Tong announced he was launching an investigation into the disastrous festival. After the fest was billed as a three-day outdoor festival at Thompson Speedway Motorsports Park and was then moved, at the last minute, to the Webster Theater over an hour away with the last day being canceled, Tong has received 60 complaints about the festival. Honestly, 60 seems like a low number considering everything that happened. Perhaps if more metalheads knew that filing a complaint with the Attorney General’s office was an option, that number would be higher.

According to the local NBC affiliate in Connecticut, Tong held a press conference, stating:

“What happened to the people who paid for tickets is outrageous, it’s wrong and it’s unacceptable.”

Tong later continued, saying:

“There’s no statute that says a concert promoter is supposed to do x, y and z, they’re just not supposed to lie to people.”

The news reported the owner of Capulet Entertainment LLC as Estevan Vega, who also runs Joe’s Barber Lounge in Colchester, CT. Vega has since deleted his social media accounts due to the backlash from the event.

It seems that more and more music festivals are starting to fall apart and come under government scrutiny. Maybe it’s time to realize that not everyone is capable of putting on a music festival. It’s good that some of them are being held accountable, but it remains to be seen how much Attorney General Tong will be able to do about the situation.