New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival site as captured Aug. 9, 2021: 'JAZZ FEST 2021 WILL NOT OCCUR IN OCTOBER DUE TO COVID-19 CONDITIONS' (Aug. 8, 2021)

New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival site as captured Aug. 9, 2021: 'JAZZ FEST 2021 WILL NOT OCCUR IN OCTOBER DUE TO COVID-19 CONDITIONS' (Aug. 8, 2021)

2020: 'With the COVID-19 pandemic continuing to evolve unpredictably... Jazz Fest 2020 will not occur this fall, as previously announced'; 2021 festival set for Apr. 22 - May 2, 2021. 2021: Moved to Oct. 8-17, 2021, then: 'JAZZ FEST 2021 WILL NOT OCCUR IN OCTOBER DUE TO COVID-19 CONDITIONS... As a result of the current exponential growth of new COVID cases in New Orleans and the region' (Aug. 8, 2021); 2022 dates Apr. 29 - May 8 (Ex. SEC-17-GM-036). Louisiana's statewide indoor mask mandate (Aug. 4, 2021) and New Orleans' vaccination-or-test entry rule (Aug. 16, 2021) governed the October dates. Usual dates: Last weekend of April and first weekend of May. Scale: 'a 50-year New Orleans tradition' (Ex. SEC-17-GM-099). Venue orders 2020: LA-002, LA-003, LA-005, LA-009, LA-010, LA-012, LA-013, LA-014, LA-018, MET-MSY-003, MET-MSY-007, MET-MSY-009, MET-MSY-012. Venue orders 2021: LA-035, LA-036, LA-038, LA-040, MET-MSY-025, MET-MSY-026, MET-MSY-027, MET-MSY-028, MET-MSY-029, MET-MSY-030. Also cancelled by this notice: New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival (Jazz Fest) and the New Orleans festival and Mardi Gras calendar (New Orleans (Fair Grounds Race Course), LA; usual dates Late April - early May (two weekends); Mardi Gras (February); venue orders 2020: MET-MSY-002, MET-MSY-003, MET-MSY-005, MET-MSY-008, MET-MSY-009, MET-MSY-010; venue orders 2021: MET-MSY-018, MET-MSY-019, MET-MSY-020, MET-MSY-021, LA-030, LA-036, LA-038, MET-MSY-027, MET-MSY-029, MET-MSY-030).