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NY group cancels 2016 music festival

BEACON, N.Y. – The annual Hudson Valley music festival that folk singer Pete Seeger staged for decades has been canceled this year because of financial difficulties, the environmental conservation group that hosts the event said Thursday.

The board of directors for the Beacon-based Hudson River Sloop Clearwater organization decided during a meeting Wednesday night to cancel the two-day event scheduled for June 18-19.

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