New Orleans Jazz And Heritage Festival Canceled Over Covid-19 Fears

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coronavirus pandemic, the festival hasn't happened for two years now.It looked like the music would play this fall — organizers recruited The Rolling Stones to headline a rescheduled festival in October. But then the highly contagious delta variant exploded, forcing another cancellation.Gonczi doesn’t even want to talk about it.

tour dates for her upcoming performance schedule with singer-songwriter Billie Eilish. Smith — who musically goes by the mononym Willow — will be performing with Eilish beginning at next month’s Life Is Beautiful festival in Las Vegas, Nevada on Sept. 17.The pair will again team up in early 2022, when Willow, 20, will join Eilish, 19, on a tour that begins in New Orleans on Feb.

NEW ORLEANS -- People who want to enter New Orleans bars, restaurants, music halls — or any other inside venue — will soon have to show proof of vaccination against the coronavirus or a recent negative test, according to new rules announced Thursday by the mayor amid a surge in virus cases.Louisiana has become a hot spot for the fourth surge in the pandemic, driven by both low vaccination rates across the state and the highly contagious delta variant of the coronavirus.

her website shows Nicks has already taken down all the appearances previously listed under the tour page — but she was originally going to appear at shows and festivals in California, Colorado, Georgia, Texas and Louisiana. The Louisiana gig was part of the annual New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival, which is no longer taking place this October.

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Stevie Nicks has cancelled five forthcoming performances at music festivals, citing coronavirus concerns, she said in a statement Tuesday.

coronavirus concerns, she said in a statement Tuesday.Nicks had been scheduled to headline one day each of BottleRock Napa Valley in California and the Jazz Aspen Festival in Colorado in September. In October, she was to have played two days of the Austin City Limits Music Festival and one day of the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival.“These are challenging times with challenging decisions that have to be made.

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NEW ORLEANS -- With new COVID-19 cases surging in Louisiana, the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival won't be returning this year after all, organizers said Sunday.The festival, which traditionally is held in the spring, had been scheduled to run Oct. 8-10 and Oct.

Ellise Shafer administratorThe New Orleans Jazz Fest is no longer moving forward in October due to concerns over the spread of the COVID-19 delta variant.Organizers announced the news via a press release and social media on Sunday, writing that the festival will now look forward to the spring 2022 dates of April 29 – May 8.“As a result of the current exponential growth of new COVID cases in New Orleans and the region and the ongoing public health emergency, we must sadly announce that the 2021

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coronavirus vaccination or a negative coronavirus test.The clubs — Tipitina's, the Maple Leaf Bar and d.b.a. — made the announcement late Wednesday in a news release.

Jay-Z and Beyonce’s historical New Orleans mansion has suffered great damage, after the property got caught on fire.Located in the Garden District, firefighters were able to extinguish the 1-alarm fire and save the building, two hours later after receiving a call around 6PM.The six-bedroom, six-and-a-half bathroom mansion, was originally built as a church in 1927, and was later turned into a ballet company, before it was purchased by the celebrity couple in 2010 for $2.4 million.It was confirmed

Beyoncé and Jay-Z is being investigated as a possible arson attack.A spokesperson for the New Orleans Police Department confirmed yesterday (July 22) that it received a report of a person acting suspiciously near the mansion when the blaze broke out about 6.20pm on Wednesday evening.According to NOLA.com, the blaze started in the kitchen, where firefighters discovered books inside an oven, and a gasoline can was also reportedly seen in the house.The house has been empty for some time but