Governors Ball Saturday Ends Early Due To Bad Weather, Kali Uchis, Amyl & The Sniffers Sets Cut, Blood Orange Moved To Sunday

New York CIty’s Governors Ball today (June 6) ended early due to “approaching weather.,” according to a Gov Ball Instagram post posted around 4:45 p.m. ET. The inclement weather, which reports described as a “severe flash thunderstorm” with “60 mph wind gusts and penny-sized hail, led festival organizers to move headliners The Stray Kids earlier to 6:15 p.m. and cut sets by Kali Uchis, Amlyl & The Sniffers and Blood Orange. At press time, Blood Orange was announced to return tomorrow, June 7 at 4:00 p.m.

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GovBall’s initial post read as follows: “FESTIVAL UPDATE, “We are adjusting the performance schedule due to approaching weather. Stray Kids will now perform from 6:15–7:30pm, with today’s festival ending following their performance. Please stay tuned for further updates.”

Thh festival’s second Instagram at roughly 9:00 PM ET went into more detail: “We appreciate your patience as we had to make some difficult scheduling decisions tonight due to the incoming weather. Safety remains our top priority but we understand that some of these decisions were disappointing to many of you. In an effort to remedy the situation, we have some good news to share! We are thrilled to announce that Blood Orange has graciously agreed to come back to perform tomorrow, 6/7 at 4pm on the Snapchat Stage. The Sunday schedule has been updated, so please check it out before heading to the park tomorrow.”

In a subsequent Instagram post the next day, Kali Uchi, who is currently on tour, expressed her disappointment at not being able to perform at Goverors Ball, writing on Instagram that “Gov Ball I was ready for you, see you next time NY.”

This is not in any way the first time Governors Ball has had to adjust the festival due to severe weather as the summer months in many parts of the U.S., especially in the northeast, can be volatile and/or dangerous especially in June. Over the course of GovBall’s sixteen-year history the festival has faced many impediments across four different venues that included severe storms, a “Mud Ball,” Canadian wildfire smoke and even an earthquake.

Last year, day two of GovBall faced weather delays, which saw the cancellation of early sets and headliner Olivia Rodrigo move her set from 8:30 p.m. to 9:25 p.m. as well as Feid and Wave to Earth move their sets back.

Since its move to Flushing Meadows Corona Park in Queens in 2023, GovBall has been on something of a roll with its programming, attendance, sponsors and more reaching unprecedented levels of success.