Coachella's April 2021 Dates Have Been Canceled, New Dates to Be Announced

It was just announced that the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival‘s dates for April 2021 have been canceled.

The annual festival did not happen in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The original April 2020 dates were pushed to October 2020, but those dates were canceled altogether.

The headliners for the 2020 festival – Travis Scott, Frank Ocean and Rage Against the Machine – were all announced to return for the 2021 festival. Now, we are awaiting new dates for the festival.

The Stagecoach festival’s April 2021 dates were also canceled.

Dr. Cameron Kaiser, the public health officer for California’s Riverside County, announced the news on Twitter.

“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. We look forward to when the events may return,” his account tweeted.

Keep scrolling to see past audience shots for Coachella, which is all the explanation you need for why the dates had to be postponed amid the pandemic.