Coronavirus Concerns Could Postpone Coachella Music Festival
Organizers of The Coachella Music and Art Festival are in talks to postpone the festival to October due to Coronavirus concerns.
The festival, which typically attracts about 250,000 attendees, was originally scheduled to take place over two back-to-back weekends — April 10th, 11th, and 12th, followed by April 17th, 18th, and 19th — at Empire Polo Club in Indio, California, about two hours outside of Los Angeles.
California has been one of the U.S. states hit hardest by the global coronavirus outbreak, reporting over 110 confirmed cases and at least one death as of Monday evening.
If postponed, Coachella would be the third major festival to be impacted by the coronavirus outbreak, following South by Southwest in Austin and Ultra Festival in Miami.
Long considered the kickoff to the spring and summer concert season, Coachella has pumped both cultural and commercial energy into the Southern California music scene for 21 years.Thousands of temporary workers relocate to the area to service the 250,000 festival attendees, who inject well over $700 million into the region’s economy.
No official announcement has been made from Goldenvoice or AEG regarding the fate of the festival as this is a developing story.
