New Orleans Jazz Fest Cancelled Again Due To COVID-19

New Orleans, Aug 8 (AP) With new COVID-19 cases surging in Louisiana, the New Orleans Jazz Heritage Festival won’t be returning this year after all, organizers said Sunday. The festival, which traditionally is held in the spring, had been scheduled to run Oct. 8-10 and Oct. 15-17 this year after being cancelled last year because of the coronavirus pandemic. But organizers cited current exponential growth of new COVID-19 cases in the city and region, as well as an ongoing public health emergency, in announcing that the festival will not occur as planned..