Coachella Canceled for a<br />Third Time Due to COVID-19.<br />The Coachella Valley Music and<br />Arts Festival, scheduled for April 2021,<br />has once against been canceled. .<br />Stagecoach Country Music Festival, scheduled<br />for the same month, was also canceled. .<br />Riverside County officials announced<br />the news on Friday, saying the festivals<br />attract an “international scope” of attendees.<br />Canceling was necessary in<br />order to "reduce the likelihood of exposure”<br />and slow the spread of COVID-19. .<br />… hundreds of thousands of attendees<br />from many countries, including several<br />disproportionately afflicted by the<br />worldwide COVID-19 pandemic …<br />This order is intended to reduce<br />the likelihood of exposure to COVID-19,<br />thereby slowing the spread of<br />COVID-19 in communities worldwide, Public Health Officer Dr. Cameron Kaiser.<br />Organizers have yet to announce<br />new dates for the festival. .<br />This is the third time<br />that Coachella has<br />been postponed due to<br />the COVID-19 pandemic. .<br />In April 2020, Coachella was postponed until<br />October 2020 and then postponed again to 2021.