The Resonance Music & Arts Festival will not be held at Cooper's Lake this September as initially planned due to contract issues.

The music and arts festival was first held at the lake in 2019 from Sept. 19 to 22, and featured musical performances, group workshops and artist showcases. It is organized by Essential Productions, an event promoter based in Kentucky, and Papadosio, a band based in Ohio.

James Brezel, president of Cooper's Lake, said Resonance's organizers could not come to a contract agreement with Cooper's Lake, so they opted to have the festival elsewhere.

“I'm afraid it's as boring as that,” Brezel said. “It doesn't have to do with the people, we just couldn't hash out a contract.”

Residents of Worth Township attended a supervisors meeting in October 2019 to raise concerns over the noise caused by Resonance. Several nights of the festival had performances scheduled past 3 a.m.

The township passed a sound system ordinance that, among other regulations, limited the use of sound systems at amplified events consisting of more than 50 people to the hours of 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. Sunday through Thursday, and from 10 a.m. to midnight Fridays and Saturdays.

A Tuesday Facebook post on the Resonance Music & Arts Festival group said the festival faced “insurmountable obstacles” in planning for Slippery Rock this year, and cited the 10 p.m. sound system restriction as an obstacle. The post also said the festival is looking for a spot in Pennsylvania or Ohio willing to sign a five-year contract with the organizers.

As of Wednesday, the festival's website still lists its location as Cooper's Lake.

Prior to being held at Cooper's Lake, Resonance was held in Thornville, Ohio.