The Desert Sun reports that both the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival and Stagecoach Country Music Festival planned for April have been canceled, according to Riverside County Public Health Officer Dr. Cameron Kaiser, based on COVID-19 concerns.
The 2020 versions of the two music festivals were initially pushed from April 2020 to October 2020, as the coronavirus pandemic swept the globe. A few months later, they were postponed again to April 2021. It’s a huge economic blow for the Coachella Valley since the two music festivals are believed to generate at least $400 million in local economic impact. This is in addition to the cancellation of a number of other big events. Joe Wallace, CEO and chief innovation officer at the Coachella Valley Economic Partnership, has estimated the economic impact of the pandemic locally to be at least $3 billion and perhaps as much as $10 billion. Other events cancelled include the Palm Springs International Film Festival, the International Tamale Festival, a two-day event in December that draws over 150,000 people to the city of Indio, the Riverside County Fair and Date Festival and the BNP Paribas Tennis Tournament. Although The American Express PGA and the ANA Inspiration LPGA events weren’t cancelled, they were staged without spectators. On the positive side, one major desert event in Palm Springs, Modernism Week has moved its in-person events from their usual February time slot to April 8 to April 18th.
To read the Desert Sun’s original article, please visit: https://www.desertsun.com/story/life/entertainment/music/coachella/2021/01/29/coachella-stagecoach-festivals-canceled-april/6531298002/
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