Afterlife Festival Canceled in Mexico City Under Mysterious Circumstances

Just when we thought there was a glimmer of hope for a continuation of Afterlife, the brand is again thrown into uncertainty and turmoil. To much fanfare, Afterlife announced that it would host two different 2-day festivals in Barcelona and Mexico City. These Afterlife Festivals would not feature Tale of Us but would feature one day curated by Anyma and another day curated by MRAK.

Today, Zamna announced that the Mexico City edition of the Afterlife Festival was being canceled due to “unforeseen technical and licensing issues with the venue”. There was unfortunately no alternative plan or reschedule mentioned. However, this venue has hosted Afterlife events before, so we can’t help but wonder whether the idea of Afterlife continuing live events in this disjointed fashion will be workable at all. At this time, the Barcelona dates remain on the calendar, so let’s hope those go off smoothly.

In this new era, Anyma and MRAK are moving in different directions, both musically and business-wise. This means that contractual entanglements may make it difficult to hold these events while the two label heads remain at odds. We don’t know why this happened, but after the hype surrounding the new Afterlife era, this is certainly a big setback.

Tickets will be automatically refunded.