Wicked Oaks Festival Addresses Death & Injury Reports, Offers Refund Information for Attendees After Severe Weather Issues

The multi-genre Wicked Oaks festival, which held its archetypal variation successful Austin, Texas, connected Saturday and Sunday (Oct. 25-26), has released a connection addressing reports that aggregate attendees were injured oregon killed during the lawsuit — and offered accusation connected refunds for attendees impacted by the terrible upwind that forced impermanent closures passim the weekend.

According to festival organizers, determination were nary fatalities connected the festival grounds, though 2 attendees were transported to hospitals connected Saturday, portion 5 were transported to hospitals connected Sunday. “[Austin-Travis County] EMS has advised they are not alert of immoderate deaths oregon captious patients among those transported from the festival,” the festival’s connection reads.

The connection goes connected to enactment that organizers “are besides alert of a tragic conveyance mishap successful the Bastrop area, involving individuals traveling location aft the event,” that killed 1 person, Anthony Pike, aft “a motortruck ran a reddish airy and caused the wreck.”

“Our assemblage is small, and losses similar this are felt deeply,” the connection continues. “We are profoundly saddened by this calamity and widen our heartfelt condolences to Anthony’s family, friends, and each who are affected.”

Wicked Oaks organizers besides acknowledged the terrible upwind that impacted each 3 days of the festival — including a “severe storm” that struck astir 10 p.m. connected Saturday, prompting “a site-wide evacuation” and forcing the festival to unopen down for the remainder of the evening — and offered refund and reimbursement accusation for impacted attendees.

The festival says it’s offering a afloat refund to attendees who held Saturday single-day tickets; a 50% refund to two-day summons holders; a edifice reimbursement for campers who had to unafraid alternate lodging connected Friday erstwhile forecasts of dense rainfall and lightning delayed the opening of the festival’s campgrounds; a 50% refund for attendees who paid to parkland successful the festival’s Enchanted Overnight Parking areas, aft the festival’s parking tons were deemed “unusable” connected Sunday pursuing rainstorms; and a afloat refund for attendees who paid to thrust festival shuttles connected Saturday. All qualifying refunds volition beryllium issued to the archetypal signifier of payment.

Festival organizers instruct those requesting a edifice reimbursement to email an itemized receipt to contact@wickedoaksfest.com by midnight connected Friday (Oct. 31).

“We are moving intimately with our aggregate summons providers to finalize the refund timeline,” the festival’s connection continues. “Because galore guests purchased done outgo plans, the process is much analyzable and requires coordination crossed respective platforms. We recognize the time, money, and readying that goes into a festival weekend. We are committed to resolving this rapidly and volition update everyone arsenic soon arsenic possible.”

Performers astatine Wicked Oaks included Martin Garrix, Eric Prydz, Bob Moses, Kaskade, Cloonee and Nightmre.