Tuesday, May 5, 2021
There’s no easy way to say this, so here it is.
With great sadness, we must announce that Wild Goose Festival is postponed until summer of 2021.
This morning we received word that the town of Hot Springs has passed an ordinance prohibiting festivals through the end of the year.
If you’ve already purchased a ticket, we realize you may need that money now more than ever. We’re committed to providing refunds to those who need them, but we’re also committed to keeping Wild Goose alive and soaring.
Our small staff is working on exciting ways to keep us all connected throughout the year and to continue planning for 2021 – and to do that, we could use your help. If you have the means, we sincerely hope that you’ll consider donating all or a portion of your ticket value, and/or making a tax-deductible donation.
Even if you haven’t purchased a ticket, please consider a donation to help us remain operational. 
All ticket holders will receive an email soon with details concerning three options – donation, rollover to 2021, or refund.
If you’ve been accepted as a co-creator, vendor, or partner, we’re rolling you over to 2021 unless you’d rather opt out. For volunteers, we’ll be starting over. You’ll receive more details soon.
Together, we’ll get through this – and we’re already looking forward to seeing you in the summer of 2021.
Jamie Lee Curtis was born on November 22, 1958 in Los Angeles, California, the daughter of legendary actors Janet Leigh and Tony Curtis. She got her big break at acting in 1978 when she won the role of Laurie Strode in Halloween (1978). After that, she became famous for roles in movies like Trading Places (1983), Perfect (1985) and A Fish Called Wanda (1988). She starred in one of the biggest action films ever, True Lies (1994), for which she won a Golden Globe Award for her performance. Curtis also appeared on Buck Rogers in the 25th Century (1979), and starred in Death of a Centerfold: The Dorothy Stratten Story (1981) as the title role. Her first starring role was opposite Richard Lewis on the ABC situation comedy Anything But Love (1989). In 1998, she starred in Halloween H20: 20 Years Later (1998) in which she reprised her role that made her famous back in 1978.
Sara Cunningham, author/activist and founder of the non-profit, Free Mom Hugs. Her journey began in conservative Oklahoma, when her son, Parker, came out as gay. As a woman of faith, she wrestled with the news, until she began to study, research, and reconcile the two worlds. She found herself on a journey “from the church to the Pride parade”, falling in love with the LGBTQ+ Community. In the wake of beautiful, glitter-covered hugs, and heart-breaking, horror stories, the mission of Free Mom Hugs began. Now a movement across the country, and the world, Sara is going Beyond the Hug, to educate and advocate. She has recently been seen on the Today show, spoke at the 2019 GLAAD Awards, and is in partnership with Jamie Lee Curtis to make a movie about her story. Her passion is to change the narrative so that we as a society, not only learn to affirm the LGBTQ+ community but celebrate them.
Rev. Shawna Bowman (they/them) is an artist and pastor doing ministry with the creative and justice-seeking folks at Friendship Presbyterian Church in Chicago. Shawna is the Arts Integrator at Wild Goose Festival and is Co-founder of Creation Lab, an Arts Incubator and Art Co-op at the intersection of creativity, spirituality and prophetic imagination. Shawna is also Affiliate Faculty at McCormick Theological Seminary and serves on the Board of Directors at The Night Ministry and SOUL (Southsiders Organizing for Unity and Liberation). Shawna is also a national organizer and facilitator with Crossroads Antiracism.
