For a certain breed of rock fan, the Capulet Fest looked to be one of the top events of the summer, headlined by acts like Senses Fail and Nothing More , who have been known to sell out arenas on their own. The three-day festival, for which tickets ran from $65 for a one-day pass to $700 for a full weekend VIP experience, had been promoted on posters and billboards around the Connecticut for months. The promoters spent months dropping cryptic hints about the participating bands before the full 55-act lineup was announced.
The Capulet Festival also had momentum. It happened successfully at the same venue, Thompson Speedway Motorsports Park in Thompson, the year before. On Thursday morning, less than a day before the festival was set to start, Thompson Speedway announced that the venue “would like to confirm that the Capulet Fest is no longer happening at our facility.
All additional details about the future of the event will be coming directly from Capulet. Thompson is not affiliated, associated, authorized, endorsed by, or in any way officially connected with Capulet Fest or Capulet Entertainment.” It was five hours before the festival’s producer, Capulet Entertainment , would release its own public statement on Thursday afternoon that it was moving the festival to The Webster in Hartford.
A revised schedule was announced where over 30 bands would play the club on Friday, Saturday and Sunday. On Friday, the respected indie music website Brooklyn Vegan reported that 20 o.
