Before 9 October 2020, will the music festival Coachella, which has been rescheduled for October 2020, be postponed or canceled?
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Mar 20, 2020 05:00PM UTC
Closed Jun 11, 2020 02:00AM UTC
Closed Jun 11, 2020 02:00AM UTC
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Coachella, an annual music festival that typically takes place in April, was rescheduled in 2020 due to concerns over COVID-19 (NY Times, CNN). The festival is now scheduled for 9-11 and 16-18 October. For the purposes of this question, a partial cancellation and/or partial postponement would not count.
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NOTE 14 April 2020: Any online activities branded as Coachella or otherwise are immaterial to the outcome of this forecasting question.
The question closed "Yes" with a closing date of 10 June 2020.
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| Yes | 96.00% | |
| No | 4.00% |
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