CHICAGO – Michelada Fest Chicago 2026 has been canceled, according to an announcement Friday from presenter Windy City Events Management.
The cancellation comes just three weeks before the festival was slated to take over Union Park from June 26-28 with three days of Latin pop, R&B, Mexican regional and reggaeton music, including by the expected headliners Latin Mafia, Jhayco, Jessie Reyez and Sean Paul.
Organizers blamed rising costs for the cancellation and pledged that all tickets would be refunded within 90 to 120 days. According to the announcement: “The costs of producing a festival of this scale have risen rapidly across the board, to a point where the team could not move forward with the production.” In most cases, they said, ticket refunds will be returned to the original form of payment…