New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival cancels for second consecutive year

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The New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival, popularly known as “JazzFest,” has been canceled for fall 2021, festival organizers announced Sunday. It is the second year in a row the major entertainment event has been canceled by the pandemic.

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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