Coachella and Stagecoach 2021 have officially been cancelled

The Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival’s highly-anticipated return for April 2021 has been officially canceled due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.

Dr. Cameron Kaiser, the public health officer for Riverside County where the massive festival is held annually announced the news via Twitter on Friday afternoon.

The two-weekend festival, which is attended by around 250,000, previously announced Travis Scott, Frank Ocean and Rage Against the Machine as the headliners.  

Additionally, Stagecoach Country Music festival has been cancelled.   

The twin music festivals’ spring dates were among the major events cancelled last year, and would’ve occurred for three consecutive weekends at Indio’s Empire Polo Club. 

‘We look forward to when the events may return,’ Kaiser concluded on his Twitter. 

According to an announcement by the Riverside County Public Health Officer, the concerns were initially shutdown ‘based on concerns of a fall resurgence’ of COVID-19.  

Coachella 2020 was initially set to be held on two separate weekends in mid-April, before it was pushed back to October, then for a third time to April 2021. 

However, in May, Bloomberg reported that the organizer, Goldenvoice,was trying to get some of the scheduled acts to perform at next year’s festival – ‘the clearest sign yet that the 2020 show will be canceled.’

The publication spoke with several insiders who claimed that Goldenvoice CEO Paul Tollett ‘needs to firm up plans with artists and settle financial issues like insurance’ before an official announcement is made.