The Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival will not proceed in April, as organisers look to find yet another timeslot at which the festival could occur.
Dr. Cameron Kaiser, the public health officer in charge of the county in which Coachella takes place, made the announcement today (January 29). Dr. Kaiser signed a public health order cancelling the festival, citing the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.
Due to the pandemic, Public Health Officer Dr. Cameron Kaiser today (Jan. 29) signed a public health order canceling Coachella Valley Music and Arts, Stagecoach Country Music festivals planned for April 2021. We look forward to when the events may return. https://t.co/YAIn8uTea9
— Dr. Cameron Kaiser (@RivCoDoc) January 29, 2021
Coachella had been scheduled to take place across two consecutive weekends, on April 9â11 and 16â18.
Todayâs announcement marks the third time that the festival has been postponed in the last twelve months. Last March, organisers pushed the 2020 event back from April to October.
In June, the dates were once again changed from October to April 2021, as America continued to report high rates of community COVID-19 transmission.
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Speculation that organisers would cancel the April 2021 event dates back to October last year. At the time, Rolling Stone reported that organisers would postpone the Californian festival until October 2021.
At time of writing, Coachella had not yet released a statement regarding new dates.
As well as cancelling Coachella, Dr. Kaiser’s health order has forced the postponement of Stagecoach Music Festival, which had also been scheduled for April. The country music event was due to take place at the same location as Coachella on the weekend after its sister festival wrapped up.
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