I thought it would be helpful to start a thread where we can just list what events worldwide are being cancelled, or large swaths of school/work closings. I'm waiting to hear about New Orleans JazzFest, but I know some things coming up just got cancelled (or postponed at least 6 months). Here's a few I found just today:
- St. Patrick's Day Festivities - Ireland
- American Society of Plastic Surgeons Convention - USA
- South by Southwest Festival - USA
- Mariah Carey concerts - Worldwide
- Green Day Concerts - worldwide
- Facebook F8 Developers Conference - USA
- Seattle Comic Con - USA
- Ultra Music Festivals - USA and Dubai
- TED 2020 - USA
- London Book Fair - UK
- Korea Times Music Festival - USA
- Schools/Universities - Italy, Madrid, UAE, Korea, Japan, Lebanon
- US Universities - Princeton, Columbia, Stanford, USC, U. WA
Things I'm keeping an eye on:
EDC/Electric Daisy Convention - Las Vegas
NOJHF/NoLa Jazz Fest 2020 - New Orleans
Coachella - Riverside Co., CA
Comic Con - San Diego
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St. Patrick’s Day celebrations in Seattle cancelled.
University of Washington has switched to online instruction. No classes.
- US Universities - Princeton, Columbia, Stanford, USC, U. WA
By this bullet, do you mean these universities are closing completely for a while, or just cancelling all their events this spring? If the latter, we should add MIT to the list.
From my understanding, the closings are a fluid thing. Some are for a few days with the desire to go online for the rest of the semester. Some for a few days until spring break, some as a test only. Some because there is a possible case.
Online will not work for everything though. Certain science courses. Music classes with ensembles ( my daughter has 3 different ones this semester) Few for lessons percussionists don't usually own their own marimba or timpani. You can't do those lessons over FaceTime. Seniors give senior recitals, that is what they work 4 years to do. It is a major grade too. Composition majors need those comps played by a band. How does that happen now? Luckily my daughter is not a senior, What about student teachers who are in schools that close so they can't teach? Internships, study abroad taking place now, studio art classes like ceramics that are done in a studio only. Choir courses, Nursing internships. Theatre majors.
It is tricky.
In Australia, Miley Cyrus has cancelled her participation in a bush fire relief concert due to Covid-19.
One of Melbourne's largest universities (Monash University) postponed the start of the university year by one week. The first (delayed) day was today, with mainly online teaching planned for the first week.
Excellent points! We can read cancelled but there are caveats and online doesn't mean classes are cancelled just buildings are closing schooling has not.
Facts and detail checking for a lot of our information will become more and more important in the times ahead.
"Italy is officially, well, closed."
My number 1 favorite post of the week.
As badly as I feel for everyone involved in the depths of that story, both levity and brevity are so needed now!