Two of the country’s most important music festivals have been cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic. Neither the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival nor the Stagecoach Festival will be held on the april scheduled dates, according to a public fitness order published Friday through Riverside County, California.
The order describes the two festivals as foreign occasions that will attract “hundreds of thousands of participants from many countries, many of whom are disproportionately affected by the global COVID-19 epidemic. “
“If COVID-19 were detected at these festivals, the reach and number of participants and the nature of the venue would make it impossible, if not impossible, to track those exposed to risks,” the order states.
The resolution to cancel the occasions comes when Governor Gavin Newsom lifted the restrictions of the state regional house that had been in force since December. He cited a “curve flattening” at a virtual press convention on Monday, and said the state’s hospitalization rate had dropped. almost 20% in the last two weeks.
“Everything above is up there, everything below is down: case rates, positivity rates, hospitalizations, ICU,” Newsom said Monday.
This is not the first time festivals have faced setbacks. The 2020 edition of Coachella, which will feature top artists Travis Scott, Frank Ocean and Rage Against the Machine, was postponed in March from its weekends from April 2020 to October. completely.
The 2021 edition would have taken place on April 16 and 18.
Stagecoach, with head of signs Thomas Rhett, Carrie Underwood and Eric Church, has faced delays in 2020, and the 2021 edition would have taken place on April 23 and 25.
Both festivals are held through Goldenvoice.
Riverside County has noticed that 271910 showed cases of coronavirus, with a total of 3,091 deaths.
Festival organizers can be contacted for comment.