Concert to Protest Proposed US Border Wall Forced to Relocate to Tijuana Nahema Marchal - HeatStreet
go to original May 23, 2017

A concert scheduled to take place June 3 on both sides of the US-Mexico border to protest Donald Trump’s (compromised) wall promise will be restricted to the Mexican side after federal authorities denied a request to stage it in the United States, organizers announced Monday.

Spearheaded by the Dresden Symphony Orchestra, the protest event “will now take place exclusively on the Mexican side of the border,” the leader of the group, Markus Rindt told Agence France Press.

“‘Tear Down This Wall!’ — a name inspired by Ronald Reagan’s 1987 plea to the then-Soviet Union to tear down the Berlin wall — will be held in Tijuana, a city on the Mexican side of the border about 32 kilometers (20 miles) south of San Diego, California.

According to the San Diego Tribune, Rindt had initially asked to stage the event inside an controlled area between the two border fences which is normally opened to the public on weekends.

The little piece of land, somewhat ironically called ‘Friendship Park’, celebrates its 40th anniversary this summer.

But both the U.S. Border Patrol and California State Park recoiled at the event’s clear political messaging and turned down the group’s request, also citing “security concerns” and the concert’s “potential impact to natural resources.”

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