Coronavirus: One of world's biggest music festivals SXSW cancelled over Covid-19 fears

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AUSTIN, Texas — One week after the city of Austin declared a local disaster and canceled South by Southwest for the first time in the festival’s 34-year history, a sense of unease and uncertainty about how this year’s non-event will play out feels palpable around town. When Mayor Steve Adler held that previously unthinkable press conference on March 6, he referenced city officials’ estimates that SXSW has a more than $350 million impact on the city annually -- a huge figure for a city with an annual budget of $4.2 billion. The cancellation prompted the organization of SXSW to lay off a third of its staff, or at least 50 people. Locals in the music industry, as

South by Southwest's cancellation this year will not be covered by insurance, founders Nick Barbaro and co-founder and managing director Roland Swenson confirmed to the Austin Chronicle Friday. (Barbaro is publisher the paper's publisher.)On Friday, Austin Mayor Steve Adler announced the March 13-22 interactive, film and music festival that takes place throughout Austin was being canceled by city and county officials over concerns about the spread of the coronavirus.

Following South by Southwest’s announcement on Friday that the annual conference will not be held this year due to concerns over the coronavirus, artists and other members of the music industry say they’re losing critical professional opportunities and financial investments. SXSW was scheduled to start next weekend and run March 13-22, but was canceled following a p

South by Southwest, a film, music, television, and interactive conference that takes place in Austin, Texas, has been cancelled for the first time in 34 years due to fears over the coronavirus.

Austin Mayor Steve Adler canceled South by Southwest on Friday (March 6) for the first time in its 34-year-history, following a press conference during which he declared a local disaster due to coronavirus concerns.The conference's cancellation has led to a social media storm, with artists, vendors, hospitality workers, freelancers and more expressing frustration over the news and how they rely financially on SXSW.

Since launching last week, a petition requesting that South by Southwest be canceled or rescheduled over concerns about the coronavirus garnered more than 55,000 signatures and spawned a slew of media coverage. But even under that kind of mounting public pressure, the annual music, tech and film conference resisted those calls until Friday (March 6), when Austin Mayor Steve Adler declared a local disaster and forced SXSW to shut down for the first time in its 34-year history. From a financial perspective, SXSW organizers’ reluctance to cancel the annual festival is easy to understand. Most event insurance

For the first time in it's 34-year history, Austin's SXSW festival was forced to cancel on Friday (March 6). Due to the growing threat of coronavirus, Austin Mayor Steve Adler and city officials declared a local disaster in the city and announced the cancellation of one of music's biggest annual events.

Over the past several days, multiple companies and artists have pulled out of participating in SXSW 2020 due to concerns surrounding coronavirus. Now, SXSW 2020 has been canceled, Austin Mayor Steve Adler announced. “I’ve issued an order that effectively cancels South by Southwest,” Adler said during a press conference today (March 6). “There was no path forward that would mitigate the risk enough to protect our community.” The press conference also included officials from the city of Austin and the surrounding county. Find that below.

Goodbye, South by Southwest.

South by Southwest has been canceled, following a press conference Friday (March 6) where Mayor Steve Adler declared a local disaster.