EDC canceled for 2020, plans to return next May
The Electric Daisy Carnival won’t return to Las Vegas until May 2021, the electronic dance music festival’s founder announced Sunday.
Pasquale Rotella, founder of EDC producer Insomniac, announced the official postponement in an Instagram post. The festival will now take place between May 21-23 next year and will celebrate EDC’s 25th anniversary.
“I know you’ve been waiting a long time & I want to THANK YOU for being so patient,” Rotella wrote.
EDC planners tried to implement a free “two-step testing program” that would require attendees to take one COVID-19 test at home and another after arriving in Las Vegas for the festival, Rotella explained in the post.
“Unfortunately, we just learned that the medical advances necessary to pull this off will not be ready in time, which is why I’m making this announcement today,” he wrote.
EDC was originally set to take place at Las Vegas Motor Speedway on May 15-17, but was rescheduled for Oct. 2-4 amid coronavirus concerns. The festival issued refunds for 2020 tickets.
Insomniac planned to host its largest EDC festival yet in 2020, occupying even more of the speedway grounds in an event that was expected to draw over 450,000 fans this year.
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