Glastonbury Music Festival Cancels 2020 Edition Due To Coronavirus Disruption

By Jake Kanter

The Monte-Carlo Television Festival has become the latest event to cancel this year in light of the coronavirus crisis.

Firefly Music Festival in Dover, Delaware has announced the cancellation of its 2020 edition due to coronavirus. The four-day festival was set to take place at The Woodlands of Dover International Speedway from June 18-21."At the direction of state and local authorities and federal guidelines amid the COVID-19 pandemic, we are saddened to confirm the cancellation of Firefly Music Festival 2020.

NASHVILLE — When the COVID-19 coronavirus forced the shutdown of the concert industry, independent Nashville artist Stevie Woodward got a double whammy.Not only did she lose the steady, six-nights-a-week bookings in the Music City club scene that kept her afloat, she also faced the stark reality that one of her roommates, a nurse at Vanderbilt Medical Center, might well bring the bug home from work.Woodward decided to make lemonade out of lemons and drove to Myrtle Beach, S.C., for an unexpected

The 2020 Banff World Media Festival, set to run June 14-17 in the Canadian Rockies, has been canceled amid the coronavirus pandemic. “Canceling the festival after 41 years of success was not a decision that we took lightly, but it was the right thing to do for festival delegates, speakers and staff,” Randy Lennox, president of Bell Media and chair of the Banff board of directors, said Monday in a statement.

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.

Organizers of Glastonbury Festival, one of the world's most famous, not to mention largest, music events, has announced that its 2020 edition will no longer take place due to growing fears of the coronavirus pandemic.

Organizers of Glastonbury Festival, one of the world's most famous, not to mention largest, music events, has announced that its 2020 edition will no longer take place over growing fears over the coronavirus pandemic.

By Tom Grater

The BFI Flare: London LGBTIQ+ Film Festival has been canceled days before it was set to launch in the wake of the coronavirus outbreak.

While the coronavirus pandemic has led authorities around the globe to cancel concerts and sporting events, and even shut down daily activities in some places, Mexico City is going ahead with Vive Latino — one of the most important music festivals in the country. Some acts backed out, but tens of thousands of music fans flocked on Saturday to the first day of the festival, which still expected Guns N' Roses, Carlos Vives and Zoe to be among its headliners.

MEXICO CITY -- While the coronavirus pandemic has led authorities around the globe to cancel concerts and sporting events, and even shut down daily activities in some places, Mexico City is going ahead with Vive Latino — one of the most important music festivals in the country.

The Mexican festival Vive Latino has no plans of shutting down this weekend, says Jordi Puig, Vive Latino founder and director.

Stagecoach just made another change-up. On Friday, Stagecoach announced a new lineup following news that it will be postponing the fan-favorite musical festival due to coronavirus concerns.

The 2020 Glastonbury Festival is still moving ahead, despite tons of postponements and cancellations of tours and outdoor events amid the ongoing coronavirus outbreak.

The Panama Intl. Film Festival, the highest-profile film event in Central America, and a key platform for its burgeoning film industry, has postponed its 9th edition, due to run from March 26 to April 1.

Thousands of people across the globe have been diagnosed with coronavirus (COVID-19). As the outbreak continues, organizers of large public gatherings (such as music festivals and concerts) are being forced to assess whether or not to hold their scheduled events as planned.

By Patrick Hipes

(Reuters) - The Coachella music festival in the Southern California desert has been postponed for six months until October because of concerns over the coronavirus, organizer Goldenvoice said on Tuesday.