No Coachella Festival This Year

JAKARTA - The annual Coachella festival which was originally postponed to October 2020 has now been canceled. This news was confirmed by Coachella via social media on Wednesday, June 10. Previously, the biggest festival was scheduled for April and then changed to October.

Pagebluk COVID-19 is indeed the main suspect in this cancellation. But more than that, Coachella is afraid that the increase in COVID-19 cases will be even higher in the future. Cancellation is also the last option to choose.

Coachella chooses April 2021 for the new festival date. This means no Coachella this year. Reporting from Variety, Thursday, the Goldenvoice promoter immediately moved quickly by confirming the performers at the event.

"This decision is not easy to take because many people will be affected. Our first priority is health. "

Promoters have also not been able to convince the Coachella festival with new normality such as social distancing or remain full as before.

Previously, Travis Scott, Frank Ocean, and Rage Against the Machine were scheduled to headline. But so far there has been no notification whether the three musicians will perform at the 2021 show or be replaced with another.

Governor Gavin Newsom once said, it seems that the event with a large audience will not be held until next year. The music festival with the most sales will certainly have a high risk if it continues, especially since the situation has not fully recovered.

There are three scenario options for a large event like this: with an audience, small audience size, or no audience. This has been in mind by organizers such as the Grammy Awards who voted January 31, 2021 for the awards ceremony.

Coachella also replaced the 20th anniversary by releasing the documentary Coachella: 20 Years in the Desert via YouTube. They also uploaded several special appearances that have never been released, one of which was Madonna's appearance at Coachella 2006.

In addition, Riverside County, the area where Coachella was hosted, reported 9,590 cases with 365 deaths.