Coachella Festival Expected to Be Postponed Over Coronavirus Concerns

By Anita Bennett

The Producers Guild of America has postponed its annual Produced By Conference, originally scheduled for June 6 and 7 in Los Angeles, becoming the latest event to do so amid concerns over the coronavirus outbreak. In a statement, the PGA said it is "built on the notion of bringing people together through film, television and new media.

The Beale Street Music Festival and the World Championship Barbecue Cooking Contest in Memphis, Tennessee, have been postponed because of the new coronavirus outbreak. Memphis in May officials said in a statement Thursday (March 19) tha

The 2020 edition of the Cannes Film Festival has been postponed by the organizers owing to the Coronavirus crisis which has gripped almost every country in the world. Speculations were already rife about the prestigious film festival getting canceled in the wake of COVID 19 scare due to the fear of infection and now the reports have turned out to be true. The mega event was originally scheduled to be held from May 12 to May 23, 2020, in France.

The 73rd Cannes Film Festival has been postponed over coronavirus.

Georgia's March 24 presidential primaries will be postponed until May because of fears over the new coronavirus, state election officials announced Saturday, a day after Louisiana also pushed back its primaries. In-person early voting, which began statewide March 2, will be halted and the election will be moved to May 19, when Georgia's other 2020 primary elections are being held, Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger said in a statement Saturday.

Manchester's St Patrick's Day parade WILL go ahead but all other festival events have been cancelled.

As the U.S. music industry reeled in the wake of the postponement of basically every major current tour for at least the next few weeks amid coronavirus concerns, the U.K.’s largest festival, Glastonbury, unveiled more than 90 additional acts for its scheduled 50 th anniversary event — including Kendrick Lamar, Dua Lipa, Pet Shop Boys and more — joining the already announced headliners Taylor Swift and Paul McCartney.

The Who have postponed their UK tour because of the coronavirus outbreak.

The annual Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival is the latest major event to be affected as worldwide concerns over COVID-19, commonly known as coronavirus, continue to grow.

Two major music festivals in the US have been postponed due to the Covid-19 outbreak, organisers have said.

Hang up your flower crowns because Coachella 2020 has been silenced.

By Dino-Ray Ramos, Patrick Hipes

A tweet circulating from New York Magazine contributor Yashar Ali suggests that Coachella 2020 has been postponed. Per Ali's tweet, the megafestival will be moved to two consecutive weekends in October, marking an involuntary return to form, of sorts (the first-ever Coachella festival, which Rage Against The Machine also headlined, was held in October 1999.)

The 2020 Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival is likely to be postponed in light of ongoing concerns surrounding the coronavirus outbreak. While no official announcement has been made, multiple outlets have reported that the music festival is in talks to push the dates until October.

By Greg Evans

The organizers of the Coachella festival in California are in talks to move the event to October amid ongoing concerns about the spread of coronavirus.

BARCELONA — Portugal’s Talkfest International Music Festivals Forum and the Iberian Festival Awards in Lisbon have been postponed by the Portuguese Music Festival Association (Aporfest) in the wake of precautionary measures advised by the country’s health officials concerning the spread of coronavirus.Talkfest, a conference focused for organizers of festivals in Portugal and Spain featuring presentations, workshops and concerts, and the companion awards ceremony for festivals, was to celebrate