ReUnite Festival
Organizer of Controversial “ReUnite” Desert Festival Shares GoFundMe After Reports of a Fatality at the Event
One of the organizers of “ReUnite,” an illicit desert festival in Mojave, California that allegedly masqueraded as a protest, has shared a GoFundMe page following reports of a fatality at the event. Following the conclusion of the festival, which has been excoriated by a litany of news outlets and social media users due its purported disregard for the state’s social distancing ordinances, Rick Silver took to Facebook to call for donations to cover funeral costs for a deceased man. Facebook via Rick Silver It’s important to note that Silver does not unequivocally attribute the death in question to ReUnite. Silver revealed himself to be one of the organizers of the event in a June 16th Facebook post in which he also shared a dedicated fundraising p...
ReUnite Festival Sparks Swift Backlash After Illicit Desert Gathering Defies COVID-19 Regulations
Over the weekend, an event called ReUnite Festival took place in Mojave, California that has drawn swift backlash and condemnation from the dance music community. Despite a ban on mass gatherings in the state, organizers reportedly shirked COVID-19 regulations while patrons failed to socially distance or wear masks at the event. Since ReUnite was planned and executed in a clandestine manner, certain aspects of the event and what took place remain hazily speculative, but firsthand accounts coming to light suggest the gathering had far-reaching consequences. As for how the fest was able to take place to begin with, multiple attendees have posited the event was ultimately allowed to operate after the gathering was characterized by organizers as a protest. According to rep...
