ATLANTA – The governor of North Carolina is urging Atlanta’s Music Midtown to maneuver the canceled competition to his state.

Organizers for the long-running competition, which was scheduled to happen on Sept, 17 and 18 in Piedmont Park, introduced the cancellation on Instagram Monday.

“Hey Midtown followers – as a consequence of circumstances past our management, Music Midtown will not be happening this yr,” the competition organizers introduced in an announcement. “We have been wanting ahead to reuniting in September and hope we are able to all get again to having fun with the competition collectively once more quickly.”

STACEY ABRAMS TAKES AIM AT KEMP OVER CANCELLATION OF MUSIC MIDTOWN 

The day after the announcement, North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper responded to the information, telling the competition to “come on as much as North Carolina.”

“We’re able to welcome you to one in every of our wonderful outside areas that will help you host a enjoyable and protected competition,” he wrote on Twitter.

Whereas organizers didn’t particularly say the explanation behind the cancellation, sources linked the cancellation to Georgia’s “Protected Carry Safety Act.” The 2014 regulation permits weapons on authorities land and in authorities buildings, with some exceptions.  

Chatting with FOX 5 Monday, Atlanta Metropolis Council member Michael Julien Bond confirmed the choice to cancel stems from new state gun laws which permits firearms in public areas, together with Piedmont Park. 

Officers count on the cancellation to price town of Atlanta hundreds of thousands of {dollars} from vacationers touring to the Midtown, Downtown, and Buckhead areas for the competition.

The announcement of Music Midtown’s cancellation turned nationwide information, with Democratic gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams taking purpose at Republican Gov. Brian Kemp over the problem.

“Brian Kemp’s harmful and excessive gun agenda endangers the lives of Georgians, and the cancellation of Music Midtown is proof that his reckless insurance policies endanger Georgia’s financial system as properly,” Abrams mentioned in an announcement. “It is shameful, however not stunning, that the governor cares extra about defending harmful individuals carrying weapons in public than saving jobs and enterprise in Georgia.”

Kemp has not commented on the competition’s cancelation, however an in depth ally to the governor who spoke to FOX Information steered that the competition was canceled as a consequence of low ticket gross sales moderately than the state’s gun legal guidelines.