{"id":1302972,"date":"2022-02-16T14:04:37","date_gmt":"2022-02-16T19:04:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1302972"},"modified":"2022-02-16T14:10:41","modified_gmt":"2022-02-16T19:10:41","slug":"coachella-stagecoach-festivals-drop-all-covid-requirements","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/coachella-stagecoach-festivals-drop-all-covid-requirements\/","title":{"rendered":"Coachella, Stagecoach Festivals Drop All COVID Requirements"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">14<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fcoachella-stagecoach-festivals-drop-all-covid-requirements%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1302972&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p class=\"subheading\">In a dramatic reversal of policy, the Coachella and Stagecoach Festivals in California have announced they are dropping all COVID requirements and will no longer require attendees to present a negative COVID test.<\/p>\n<p>The festivals, which are both organized by Goldenvoice, a division of Anschutz Entertainment Group, made the announcements this week. \u201cIn accordance with local guidelines, there will be no vaccination, testing or masking requirements at Coachella 2022,\u201d the festival said on its official site.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>Stagecoach made its nearly identical announcement in a tweet.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Festival Admission Update: As we prepare to spend an incredible weekend in the desert together we are announcing that there will be no vaccination, testing or masking requirements at Stagecoach 2022, in accordance with local guidelines. Visit <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/mSx3KWeASg\">https:\/\/t.co\/mSx3KWeASg<\/a> for more info <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/wy4VzOTPBU\">pic.twitter.com\/wy4VzOTPBU<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Stagecoach Festival (@Stagecoach) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Stagecoach\/status\/1493654347904733186?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 15, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>As Breitbart News <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/entertainment\/2021\/10\/13\/coachella-drops-vaccine-requirement-will-allow-negative-covid-test\/\">reported<\/a>, the&nbsp;Coachella and Stagecoach festivals&nbsp;reversed their decision to mandate COVID-19 vaccinations in October. At the time, they put in place a requirement for a negative coronavirus test to be taken within the past three days.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>Masks weren\u2019t mandatory but organizers said face coverings were \u201crecommended to protect against desert dust.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Now all requirements are off the table as the festivals seek to rebound following a two-year hiatus due to the pandemic.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_19902882\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/GettyImages-671336490.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-19902882\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/GettyImages-671336490.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>A view of the crowd during day 1 of the 2017 Coachella Valley Music &amp; Arts Festival (Weekend 2) at the Empire Polo Club on April 21, 2017 in Indio, California. (Frazer Harrison\/Getty Images for Coachella)<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Both festivals have traditionally featured large crowds of music lovers pressed together in close physical proximity \u2014 sometimes shoulder-to-shoulder \u2014 though most concerts take place outdoors.<\/p>\n<p>This week\u2019s announcements come as California continues to force children to wear masks in school. Many large cities in the state also require proof of vaccination to enter restaurants or gyms.<\/p>\n<p>This week, Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2022\/02\/07\/gavin-newsom-will-end-california-indoor-mask-mandate-for-vaccinated-only\/\">dropped<\/a>&nbsp;the indoor mask mandate for vaccinated individuals as he faces a new poll showing <a href=\"https:\/\/ktla.com\/news\/california\/poll-newsoms-approval-hobbled-by-crime-fears-homelessness-crisis\/\">widespread dissatisfaction<\/a> with his leadership.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Follow David Ng on Twitter&nbsp;<a class=\"x5l\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/HeyItsDavidNg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">@HeyItsDavidNg<\/a>. Have a tip? Contact me at&nbsp;<a class=\"c-link x5l\" href=\"mailto:dng@breitbart.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">dng@breitbart.com<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a dramatic reversal of policy, the Coachella and Stagecoach Festivals in California have announced they are dropping all COVID requirements and will no longer require attendees to present a &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1302972","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1302972","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1302972"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1302972\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1302972"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1302972"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1302972"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}