After Multiple Artists Withdraw, Soulshine At Sea Cancels

The third edition of Soulshine At Sea — the Sixthman-promoted cruise hosted and curated by Michael Franti slated for Nov. 4-8 — has been canceled after an artist exodus.

Dispatch, Maggie Rose, Hirie and Liz Vice all said they were withdrawing from the event, alluding to sexual assault and grooming accusations against another artist on the lineup.

“We’ve decided we will no longer be performing at Soulshine at Sea. We have been made aware of deeply concerning public allegations involving another artist on the lineup and have chosen to withdraw from the event. We are sorry for any inconvenience this may cause and appreciate your understanding,” Dispatch wrote.

Rose echoed that statement, posting on Instagram Stories that she wants to “stand in solidarity” with the alleged victim.

“In light of recent events, the Soulshine at Sea with Michael Franti event scheduled for November 4-8, 2025, is cancelled. We are actively working to announce a new event that will sail November 4-8, 2025. Additional details will be shared tomorrow, Monday, August 18,” Sixthman wrote. “As we communicated on Friday to booked guests, all guests will be offered options regarding their reservations, which include a full refund or future Sixthman credit. We appreciate your patience as we work behind the scenes to provide swift and clear information to our guests.”

In a lengthy series of Notes-app screenshots posted to Instagram, Franti acknowledged having a relationship with his accuser, but said it was “consensual and based on mutual attraction.”

“I vehemently dispute any version of the story that says otherwise,” he continued. “I will however take full accountability for not better recognizing the power imbalance as she was younger than me, and I was the headliner on tour. For those reasons alone, I never should have allowed the relationship to become romantic,” he wrote.

Singer-songwriter Victoria Canal, who opened for Franti in 2018 after he discovered her on Instagram and invited her to collaborate on a song, reposted the news of artist cancellations on the cruise and earlier last week posted on Instagram that when she was 19 “a very powerful, decades older man plucked me out of the internet, and college, and invited me on my first professional opportunity.”

Canal wrote that “behind closed doors, this person has a history of incredibly damaging behavior across the board, and has a team of enablers around him who have fiercely protected his image, perpetuating this behavior for decades.”

Canal alleged her abuser began touching her and photographing her without her consent and “made me believe that if I ever told anyone what he was doing, my career would be over before it started.”

Canal did not name her alleged abuser but said he was “not among the mentors that have championed me since I got signed to a major label in 2022.”