Austin City Limits music festival canceled for 2020 because of coronavirus

The Austin City Limits Music Festival, set to happen this fall was dropped Wednesday in light of continuous worry over the spread of the coronavirus, festival coordinators said in an email Wednesday.

Upper leg tendon is one of the biggest open-air music occasions in Texas and a significant financial driver for the city. A year ago, around 75,000 individuals went to every day of the two-end of the week occasion, carrying participation to at any rate 400,000, as indicated by the Austin Monitor. The 2019 main events included Cardi B, Guns N' Roses, Childish Gambino, and The Cure. The setup for 2020 had not yet been declared.

In 2019 the festival contributed $291 million to the city's economy and made or continued at any rate 1,500 occupations across bars and eateries, inns, and transportation, as indicated by the Austin City Limits Music Festival Economic Impact Report.

"We would have wanted to put on another significant act this year, in any case, with the vulnerability encompassing the current circumstance in Texas, this choice is the main capable arrangement," coordinators said. "The wellbeing and security of our fans, specialists, accomplices, staff, and the whole Austin people group remains our most noteworthy need.

The festival is planned to continue in October 2021 to recognize the occasion twentieth commemoration. The individuals who previously bought passes to the 2020 occasion have the alternative to secure tickets for one year from now at a similar cost or get a discount.

"Not many occasions are established in – and typify - the spirit of this city like @aclfestival and their hard choice for everyone's benefit is acclaimed," Austin Mayor Steve Adler said in a tweet. "While the show won't go on this year, there are numerous approaches to help neighborhood musicians while we as a whole anticipate the twentieth Anniversary one year from now."

This is the most recent of various prominent scratch-offs in Texas identified with the pandemic, including the well known South by Southwest festival that was dropped in March by Adler about seven days out from when it was set to start.

The scratch-off from the city of Austin at first caused some pressure with festival coordinators and the friendliness business who stressed Adler was by and large excessively mindful. At the point when the dropping was declared Texas had in any event 17 affirmed instances of the infection — all were individuals who were uncovered abroad and the infection had not started to spread broadly in the network. It was the occasion's first dropping in quite a while 34-year history.

A year ago, SXSW had an expected $356 million money related effect, about $200 million of that is identified with spending by participants, the Statesman announced. The financial movement from SXSW makes up about 4% of Travis County's yearly cordiality income.