Here’s a summary of the global impact of the novel coronavirus pandemic, officially specified as COVID-19, on festivals, clubs, promoters and the electronic music scene at large.
Key developments
• Cities around the world have imposed capacity limits on public gatherings or banned them altogether, forcing key nightclubs, including Berlin’s Berghain and Tresor and London’s fabric, XOYO and Printworks, to temporarily halt events, work at reduced capacity or switch to live streaming.
• Festivals planned for March, April and beyond, including California’s Coachella and Morocco’s Beat Hotel, have been postponed, while others, like Japan’s Rainbow Disco Club, Netherlands’ Rewire and UK giant Glastonbury, have been cancelled.
• Many artists, including the likes of Four Tet, Caterina Barbieri, Arca and Thom Yorke, have called off gigs and tours.
Current Affected Festivals – Updated March 23rd
| Abode in the Dock Easter | This festival has been rescheduled. |
| Afro Nation Puerto Rico | This festival has been cancelled |
| All Points East | This festival has been cancelled |
| All Points East 2020 | This festival has been cancelled |
| AltiTunes Music Fest 2020 | This festival has been rescheduled. |
| AMP: Lost & Found 2020 | The festival has been rescheduled. |
| Amsterdam Wine Festival 2020 | This festival has been cancelled |
| Arcadium 2020 | This festival has been cancelled |
| Armin Van Buuren presents: This is Me | This festival has been rescheduled. |
| Art With Me | This festival has been rescheduled. |
| AVA Festival | This festival has been cancelled |
| Beat Hotel Marrakech | The festival has been rescheduled. |
| Brixton Disco Festival 2020 | The festival has been rescheduled. |
| Buku Music & Arts Festival 2020 | The festival has been rescheduled. |
| C2C Country to Country – London 2020 | This festival has been rescheduled. |
| Caprices modernity 2020 | This festival has been cancelled |
| Charleston Bluegrass | This festival has been rescheduled. |
| Circoloco Miami | This festival has been cancelled |
| Cirque du Raw | This festival has been cancelled |
| Coachella | This festival has been rescheduled. |
| Coachella 2020 | Both festival weekends have been postponed to October. Tickets are automatically valid for the new dates. |
| Country Thunder Arizona 2020 | The festival has been rescheduled. |
| Country Thunder Florida | The festival has been rescheduled. |
| Denial Hotel Miami Music Week 2020 | The festival is cancelled. |
| DGTL Amsterdam 2020 | This festival has been cancelled |
| Distortion | This festival has been rescheduled. |
| Distortion 2020 | The festival has been rescheduled. |
| DLDK Madrid 2020 | This festival has been cancelled |
| DLDK Spain | This festival has been cancelled |
| Don Jigi Fest 2020 | This festival has been cancelled |
| Download Festival 2020 | The festival has been cancelled. Tickets are transferable to the 2021 festival |
| Elektrees 2020 | The festival has been rescheduled. |
| Elements Mountain Festival 2020 | This festival has been rescheduled. |
| Elements Music & Arts 2020 | This festival has been rescheduled. |
| Empire Music Festival 2020 | This festival has been cancelled |
| Festival AU FIL DU SON HORS SERIE | This festival has been cancelled |
| Festival Dias de Campo 2020 | This festival has been rescheduled. |
| Festival Estéreo Picnic 2020 | The festival has been rescheduled. |
| Firefly Festival | This festival has been cancelled |
| Flash Festival Tuscany | This festival has been rescheduled. |
| Foreverland – Cosmic Circus Tour 2020 | The festival has been rescheduled. |
| Fornova Melhores do Ano 2020 | The festival has been rescheduled. |
| Fortress Festival 2020 | The festival has been rescheduled. |
| Fuse Matiné After Party | The festival has been rescheduled. |
| Fuse Matiné: Josh Wink & Lazare Hoche | The festival has been rescheduled. |
| Geheime Liefde 2020 | This festival has been rescheduled. |
| Gidi Fest | This festival has been rescheduled. |
| Gijón Sound Festival 2020 | This festival has been cancelled |
| Green World Festival 2020 – Tenerife | This festival has been cancelled |
| Greener Pastures Festival | The festival is cancelled. |
| Havana World Music Festival 2020 | The festival has been rescheduled. |
| Heaven and Hill Festival | Waiting for further information |
| Hibernation Festival | The festival is cancelled. |
| Hideaway Festival 2020 | The festival is cancelled. |
| Hifields Festival 2020 | This festival has been rescheduled. |
| Hospitality Returns to the Dock 2020 | This festival has been rescheduled. |
| Hospitality Slovakia 2020 – Tatry Edition | This festival has been cancelled |
| iii points | This festival has been rescheduled. |
| Immergut Festival 2020 | This festival has been rescheduled. |
| Inside Out 2020 | This festival has been cancelled |
| Isle of Light | The event is cancelled. |
| Isle of Wight 2020 | This festival has been cancelled |
| Isle of Wight Festival 2020 | The festival has been cancelled. Tickets are transferable to the 2021 festival |
| Jaazkar 2020 | This festival has been rescheduled. |
| Jackies Open Air Sunset Party – A House Music Experience | This festival has been cancelled |
| Jungle Love Festival 2020 | The festival is cancelled. |
| Kamehameha | This festival has been rescheduled. |
| Les Nuits de la Filature 2020 | This festival has been cancelled |
| Liam Gallagher – Heaton Park 2020 | This festival has been cancelled |
| Lovebox 2020 | This festival has been cancelled |
| Lucidity Festival | This festival has been rescheduled. |
| LWE presents Sphere | The event is cancelled. |
| LWE presents Sphere 2020 | This festival has been cancelled |
| Mayday Dortmund 2020 | The festival has been rescheduled. |
| Metronome Festival 2020 | The festival has been rescheduled. |
| MOONDANCE 25 | The festival has been rescheduled. |
| MRK Montgorock Xàbia Festival 2020 | The festival has been rescheduled. |
| Mrs Sippy Presents Basement Jaxx | This festival has been cancelled |
| Mrs Sippy Presents the Bag Raiders | This festival has been cancelled |
| Neighbourhood Weekender 2020 | This festival has been rescheduled. |
| Newsam Park 2020 | This festival has been rescheduled. |
| Parable presents – Eelke Kleijn, Oliver Huntemann, Anii | This festival has been rescheduled. |
| Parable presents – Kollektiv Turmstrasse, Jimi Jules, BOg | This festival has been rescheduled. |
| Paradigm Festival 2020 | The festival has been rescheduled. |
| Parklife 2020 | This festival has been cancelled |
| Parklife Festival 2020 | This festival has been cancelled |
| Patrick Topping Easter Sunday Geelong | This festival has been rescheduled. |
| Phijama Festival 2020 | This festival has been cancelled |
| Phoenix Lights 2020 | The festival has been rescheduled. |
| Piligrim Rock Festival 2020 | This festival has been rescheduled. |
| Pirata Rock Salamanca 2020 | The festival has been rescheduled. |
| Pleinvrees Festival 2020 | This festival has been cancelled |
| Pleinvrees on Tour Amsterdam | This festival has been cancelled |
| Printworks – Defected | The festival has been rescheduled. |
| Printworks 2020: Major Toms Presents Rudimental | The event has been rescheduled. |
| Printworks 2020: Unleash Presents Solomun (Four Hour Set) | The event has been rescheduled. |
| Printworks: Green Velvet presents La La Land | The event has been rescheduled. |
| Printworks: La Discothèque | The event has been rescheduled. |
| Proper Fest 2020 | The festival has been rescheduled. |
| Pub in the Park | This festival has been rescheduled. |
| Pub in the Park – Dulwich, St. Albans & Tunbridge Wells | The event has been rescheduled. |
| Rampage 2020 | This festival has been postponed to September. |
| Re-Textured | This festival has been cancelled |
| Reggae Rise Up Las Vegas 2020 | This festival has been rescheduled. |
| Revive | This festival has been rescheduled. |
| Roadhouse 2020 | This festival has been rescheduled. |
| RUSTY DUSTY 2020 | The festival has been rescheduled. |
| S20 Songkran Festival 2020 | The festival is cancelled. |
| Snowbombing 2020 | The festival is cancelled |
| Snowdaze | The festival has been rescheduled. |
| Soenda Festival 2020 | This festival has been cancelled |
| Sound City Festival | This festival has been rescheduled. |
| Southport Weekender | This festival has been rescheduled. All tickets are valid for the new dates. |
| Spring Break Amsterdam 2020 | The festival is cancelled. |
| Spring Break Portugal 2020 | This festival has been rescheduled. |
| Stagecoach | This festival has been rescheduled. |
| Stagecoach 2020 | This festival has been postponed to October. |
| Strawberries and Creem Festival | This festival has been rescheduled. |
| Sun & Snow | This festival has been rescheduled. |
| Sun & Snow Festival | The festival has been rescheduled. |
| SunFest | The event is cancelled. |
| Terminal V Festival 2020 | The festival has been rescheduled. |
| Thaibreak Festival 2020 | The festival is cancelled. |
| The Cambridge Club | This festival has been rescheduled. |
| The Drop Festival 2020 | The festival is cancelled. |
| The Drop Festival 2020 | Busselton | This festival has been cancelled |
| The Drop Festival 2020 | Coolangatta | This festival has been cancelled |
| The Drop Festival 2020 | Torquay | This festival has been cancelled |
| The Gathering Fest 2020 | This festival has been rescheduled. |
| The Palace eXperience | The festival has been rescheduled. |
| Throwback 80′ Music Rooftop Party – Disco & Funky Music | This festival has been cancelled |
| TIKTAK Kingsnight – Amsterdam 2020 | This festival has been cancelled |
| TIKTAK Kingsnight – Rotterdam 2020 | This festival has been cancelled |
| Time Warp DE 2020 | The festival is cancelled. |
| Timewarp DE 2020 | This festival has been cancelled |
| TmrwTday | This festival has been rescheduled. |
| Tomorrowland Winter 2020 | This festival has been cancelled |
| Transition Festival 2020 | This festival has been rescheduled. |
| UK Garage Fest | This festival has been rescheduled. |
| Verknipt Boat Special Amsterdam 2020 | This festival has been rescheduled. |
| Verknipt Boat Special Rotterdam 2020 | This festival has been rescheduled. |
| Verknipt Boat Special Utrecht 2020 | This festival has been rescheduled. |
| Vibration Festival | This festival has been rescheduled. |
| Viva Las Vegas Rockabilly | The festival has been rescheduled. |
| Viva Las Vegas Rockabilly 2020 | This festival has been rescheduled. |
| Vujuday Music Festival | This festival has been rescheduled. |
| Wine Machine: Canberra 2020 | The festival has been rescheduled. |
| Wine Machine: Swan Valley 2020 | The festival has been rescheduled. |
| Wine Machine: Yara Valley 2020 | This festival has been rescheduled. |
| Wonderland Festival indoor 2020 | The festival has been rescheduled. |
