Coachella Music Festival in Indio, CA was set to happen in April of 2020. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the event was rescheduled for April 2021. Today, it was announced that due to concerns about being able to hold such a large event next Spring, the event has been postponed once again for October 2021.
A report from the Coachella Valley Facebook page:
Coachella Will Reschedule Its Dates — AgainSources close to the situation say April 2021 is now off the table for California’s massive music festival.Koury Angelo for Rolling Stone reportsCoachella was supposed to take place in April 2020, but when Covid-19 struck, festival organizers pushed the event to this month — and then again to April 2021 after virus cases in the U.S. climbed all summer. Multiple music-industry insiders now tell Rolling Stone that the 21st edition of the popular music festival will be pushed a third time, to October 2021.
Sources who have been in direct communication with AEG and Goldenvoice, the concert-promotion companies that organize the festival, say they have been asked to prepare for a move to the fall.
Coachella is “100% moving” again, one person who works at a major talent agency that represents popular festival performers tells Rolling Stone.
Another source close to the situation adds that they would “not be surprised” if Coachella ended up pushing its 2020 festival all the way to 2022, due to potential scheduling conflicts for the hundreds of artists involved and the current lack of a vaccine for the virus.
The 2020 Line-Up included a Friday night headlining spot from Rage Against the Machine. No announcements if the line-up with be altered for next October. Check out what it was supposed to be this year…
and if you haven’t seen the YouTube video of Coachella: 20 Years in the Desert, check it out now.
