{"id":807508,"date":"2020-05-16T07:01:24","date_gmt":"2020-05-16T13:01:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/?p=1000890"},"modified":"2020-05-16T07:01:24","modified_gmt":"2020-05-16T13:01:24","slug":"j-coles-dreamville-festival-cancels-2020-event-due-to-covid-19","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/music-news\/j-coles-dreamville-festival-cancels-2020-event-due-to-covid-19\/","title":{"rendered":"J. Cole\u2019s Dreamville Festival Cancels 2020 Event Due to COVID-19"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/9744178ea.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"><\/div>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/t\/j-cole-2\/\" id=\"auto-tag_j-cole-2\" data-tag=\"j-cole-2\">J. Cole<\/a>\u2019s Dreamville Festival in North Carolina has canceled its 2020 event, rescheduled for August, due to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/t\/coronavirus\/\" id=\"auto-tag_coronavirus\" data-tag=\"coronavirus\">coronavirus<\/a> pandemic.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cAfter much deliberation and careful monitoring of the current situation, we have decided to cancel Dreamville Festival 2020,\u201d organizers said in a statement Friday.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cAlthough we originally hoped it would be possible to bring you the festival this August, the ongoing uncertainty regarding the COVID-19 pandemic has made this timeline no longer possible. This decision has been extremely difficult to make, but the safety of our fans, artists, and staff is always our top priority, and nothing will ever take precedence over your well-being.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">The 2nd annual Dreamville Festival was originally scheduled to take place April 4th, but the coronavirus pandemic forced organizers and health officials in North Carolina to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/j-cole-dreamville-festival-coronavirus-967031\/\">postpone<\/a> the festival four months until August 29th. However, that timeline proved to be too optimistic, even as states begin to reopen.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cAll 2020 event ticket holders, including those that previously requested a refund, will be automatically refunded on, or before May 22nd, and it will take 7-10 days for the funds to be returned to your original method of payment if you purchased your tickets through Front Gate Tickets,\u201d organizers continued, adding the festival would return to Raleigh, North Carolina in 2021.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cWe understand that this is a difficult time for many and sincerely apologize to those who were waiting on their refund as we worked through unforeseen&nbsp;delays in processing due to the pandemic.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Dreamville is the latest U.S. music fest to cancel their 2020 plans entirely due to COVID-19, following New Orleans Jazz Fest, Boston Calling, Governors Ball and more. Other major festivals, like Bonnaroo and Coachella, have pushed their events to September and October, respectively.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"3.3962264150943\">\n<p lang=\"und\" dir=\"ltr\" xml:lang=\"und\">\ud83d\udda4 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/rV4zQKOMZ8\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/t.co\/rV4zQKOMZ8<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/4GLTo9MB3t\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com\/4GLTo9MB3t<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Dreamville Fest (@Dreamvillefest) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Dreamvillefest\/status\/1261461850618646528?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">May 16, 2020<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<div class=\"pmc-contextual-player\">\n<h3>Popular on Rolling Stone<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/j-cole-dreamville-festival-cancels-2020-covid-19-1000890\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">via:: Rolling Stone<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;J. Cole\u2019s Dreamville Festival in North Carolina has canceled its 2020 event, rescheduled for August, due to the coronavirus pandemic. \u201cAfter much deliberation and careful monitoring of the current situation, we have decided to cancel Dreamville Festival 2020,\u201d organizers said in a statement Friday. \u201cAlthough we originally hoped it would be possible to bring you [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[98],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-807508","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-music-news"},"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-07-10 22:16:02","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"KSMT The Mountain","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/807508","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=807508"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/807508\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=807508"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=807508"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=807508"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}