By Jake Kanter
18.03.2020 - 18:57 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
Rochdale council is putting in place a sweeping package of measures to protect the public from the coronavirus outbreak.
These include suspending the ‘Dippy’ dinosaur attraction, closing all libraries and cancelling next month’s food and drink festival.
Touchstones Museum will close until further notice, as will the theatres at Middleton Arena and Heywood Civic Centre. All leisure centres will shut from 10.30am on Friday.
Schools remain open, in line with national advice, but the situation is
By Jake Kanter
The Cannes Lions Festival of Creativity on Friday said its 2020 edition was canceled after previously postponing it until October due to the coronavirus pandemic. The next edition of the festival will run June 21-25, 2021.
By Jake Kanter
The Monte-Carlo Television Festival has become the latest event to cancel this year in light of the coronavirus crisis.
Scotland's Edinburgh Festival Fringe, the large summer event for stand-up comedy and other stage productions, is the latest victim of the new coronavirus pandemic. Organizers on Wednesday said the August tradition, which is considered the world's largest arts festival, was being called off along with Edinburgh's other August festivals, including its book fest, the Edinburgh International Festival and the Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo.
Edinburgh Fringe Festival organisers have announced today that the event will not go ahead this summer.
By Jake Kanter
The events were set to take place this August
By Jake Kanter
The 2020 Isle of Wight Festival has been cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic.
The 2020 Isle of Wight Festival has been cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic.
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.
Add one more film festival to the growing list of events canceled due to the coronavirus pandemic. The Provincetown International Film Festival on Monday confirmed that it will not be moving forward with plans for this year's edition, which was scheduled to run June 17-21.
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.
Trafford Council has suspended green bin collections and closed its playgrounds over the COVID-19 outbreak - and is reviewing whether or not it will need to close parks too.
Former The Only Way Is Essex star Mario Falcone has been forced to cancel his wedding to fiancée Becky Miesner due to coronavirus fears.