Coachella Canceled for a
Third Time Due to COVID-19.
The Coachella Valley Music and
Arts Festival, scheduled for April 2021,
has once against been canceled. .
Stagecoach Country Music Festival, scheduled
for the same month, was also canceled. .
Riverside County officials announced
the news on Friday, saying the festivals
attract an “international scope” of attendees.
Canceling was necessary in
order to "reduce the likelihood of exposure”
and slow the spread of COVID-19. .
… hundreds of thousands of attendees
from many countries, including several
disproportionately afflicted by the
worldwide COVID-19 pandemic …
This order is intended to reduce
the likelihood of exposure to COVID-19,
thereby slowing the spread of
COVID-19 in communities worldwide, Public Health Officer Dr. Cameron Kaiser.
Organizers have yet to announce
new dates for the festival. .
This is the third time
that Coachella has
been postponed due to
the COVID-19 pandemic. .
In April 2020, Coachella was postponed until
October 2020 and then postponed again to 2021.