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He was soon escorted off the premises and subsequently filed a lawsuit alongside GA2A, formerly georgiacarry.org.
Evanss suit challenged whether the land is public or private.
Around this time, several promoters reached out to him to figure out how they should proceed.
All of those events that were on the schedule for 2020 went away.
Live-music events did not begin to return until mid to late 2021.
Evansappearsto have been challenging Music Midtowns right to ban guns since earlier this year.
Festivals that are hosted on public property now face a series of potential risks.
If promoters ban guns, they could face a lawsuit.
In addition to safety concerns, the situation could become a PR nightmare.
Artists dont even want to be involved in the event where something tragic might happen, Wilson notes.
Those kinds of things follow an artist around forever.
Ive never, ever seen that, he says.
It doesnt mean that artists wont begin to add it; its never been an issue in the past.
I wouldnt be surprised if it started showing up for Georgia.
I can tell you that I have talked to a half-dozen promoters in the last week.
One Musicfest held its festival there before moving to Centennial Olympic Park in recent years.
(Evans previouslystatedhis intention to challenge music venues with long-term leases of public land.)
