File Photo: General view of the atmosphere during day 2 of the 2013 Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival at the Empire Polo Club on April 13, 2013, in Indio, California.
The Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival and the Stagecoach Country Music Festival have been canceled for the second straight year.
"Due to the pandemic, Public Health Officer Dr. Cameron Kaiser today (Jan. 29) signed a public health order canceling Coachella Valley Music and Arts, Stagecoach Country Music festivals planned for April 2021," Riverside County officials said on Friday. "We look forward to when the events may return."
"This order recognized that both the Coachella Valley Music and Arts festival and the Stagecoach Country Music festival are concerts and gatherings of an international scope, attracting hundreds of thousands of attendees from many countries, including several disproportionately afflicted by the worldwide COVID-19 [pandemic]," reads the public health order sent out by Kaiser's office on Friday.
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Lizzo and Janelle Monae perform on the Coachella Stage during the 2019 Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival on Friday, April 12, in Indio, Calif.
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Spectra and Overview Effect at the 2019 Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival.
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Kacey Musgraves performs on the Coachella Stage.
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Matt Healy of the 1975 performs on Coachella Stage.
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Los Tucanes de Tijuana perform on the Coachella Stage.
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Ah, the sunset, the crowds and that giant astronaut about to topple over.
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Rosalía's Mojave Tent performance.
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Yves Tumor performs at the Gobi tent.
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Anderson .Paak performs on the Coachella Stage.
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Overview Effect at night.
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Calypso Rose steals the show at the Gobi Tent.
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Mon Laferte performs on the Coachella Stage.
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Charlotte Gainsbourg performs at the Gobi tent.
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DJ Snake packs it in at the Outdoor Theatre.
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Jpegmafia performs at the Outdoor Theatre.
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Beach Fossils at Coachella.
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Beach Fossils at Coachella.
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Yellow Days at Coachella.
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Gorgon City at Coachella.
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Hurray for the Riff Raff at Coachella.
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Jaden Smith at Coachella.
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Willow Smith at Coachella.
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The Frights at Coachella.
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Both festivals were scheduled to take place in Coachella Valley during weekends in April.
Last year, the promoter for both festivals, Goldenvoice, originally rescheduled the festivals for the fall of 2020. It's not yet known if a similar effort will be undertaken.
It's also not yet clear if 2020 pass holders would be able to hold onto their tickets for any upcoming rescheduled festivals, which was the case last year.
