Coachella Canceled for abr Third Time Due to COVID-19.br The Coachella Valley Music andbr Arts Festival, scheduled for April 2021,br has once against been canceled. .br Stagecoach Country Music Festival, scheduledbr for the same month, was also canceled. .br Riverside County officials announcedbr the news on Friday, saying the festivalsbr attract an “international scope” of attendees.br Canceling was necessary inbr order to "reduce the likelihood of exposure”br and slow the spread of COVID-19. .br … hundreds of thousands of attendeesbr from many countries, including severalbr disproportionately afflicted by thebr worldwide COVID-19 pandemic …br This order is intended to reducebr the likelihood of exposure to COVID-19,br thereby slowing the spread ofbr COVID-19 in communities worldwide, Public Health Officer Dr. Cameron Kaiser.br Organizers have yet to announcebr new dates for the festival. .br This is the third timebr that Coachella hasbr been postponed due tobr the COVID-19 pandemic. .br In April 2020, Coachella was postponed untilbr October 2020 and then postponed again to 2021.