Shovels & Hope will step away from the festival they created and curated for many years, High Water. The most recent edition of the multi-band event took place at North Charleston, SC”s Riverfront Park in April.

A note from the group reads:

Hey everyone, it’s with a bittersweet heart that we want to let you all know that the time has come for us to move on from the festival baby we helped bring into the world 7 years ago @highwaterfest …We will no longer be serving as partners and curators going forward but we do so with endless gratitude and love for all the time we spent out on the waterfront with you. It has been a true honor to play a part in bringing some of our favorite bands and people together in our beautiful home town. This isn’t the forum to get into the gory details of music festival economics, but trust us when we say that it’s tough out there, and the moves that almost all festivals have made in recent years to make those economics work have also pulled the event in a direction that is out of reach of what our vision for High Water was and hoped it could remain. To be clear, this a loving break-up. The individuals who have been working on High Water from the very beginning are some of the best people in the music business and have worked tirelessly each year to bring this event to life. We want to publicly thank them for all their hard work, and to our friends and family who did SO much behind the scenes, you know who you are and we love you for it. High Water will live on, and we hope people continue to have fun and hear great music by the water each year. Thank you for all the joy and beautiful moments!

Shovels & Rope, who are based in the Charleston, SC area, founded High Water in 2017 and have both performed at and curated each installment of the event. Past performers include Jack White, My Morning Jacket, Wilco, Noah Kahan, Hozier, The Avett Brothers, The Shins, Guster, Bleachers, The Flaming Lips, Fleet Foxes, Beck and Lana Del Rey.