Millions Are Changing Plans After Concerts, Sporting Contests, Parades Canceled

MORE THAN 6.7 MILLION ATTENDEES IMPACTED

Hundreds of conferences, concerts and other events worldwide have been cancelled, postponed or transformed into “digital-only” affairs as coronavirus continues its global spread. To date, more than 6.7 million attendees have been forced to change their plans.

This list will be updated daily. Know an event that should be added? Email [email protected]. Attendance figures from event organizers unless otherwise noted.

LATEST CHANGES & CANCELLATIONS

March 10, 2020

Coachella: Music festival. Indio, Calif. Originally scheduled for April 10-12 and April 17-19; reported to be postponed by Forbes, Variety, TMZ. Reported 250,000 attendees expected.

Ivy League Basketball Tournament: Men’s and women’s college basketball tournament. Cambridge, Massachusetts. Originally scheduled for March 14-15. Over 7,700 attendees last year.

March 9, 2020

Boston Saint Patrick’s Day Parade: Cultural festival. Boston. Originally scheduled for March 17. One million reported spectators in 2019.

Dublin Saint Patrick’s Day Parade: Cultural festival. Dublin, Ireland. Originally scheduled for March 17; reportedly cancelled. Up to 500,000 attend.

Tucson Festival of Books: Literary festival. Tucson, Arizona. Originally scheduled for March 14-15. Over 135,000 attendees expected.

Winter Music Conference: Music festival. Miami, Florida. originally scheduled for March 16-19. Reportedly around 100,000 attendees.

Bahrain Grand Prix: Motor race. Bahrain. Originally scheduled for March 22; will continue without fans present. Reportedly attracted 97,000 fans in 2019 weekend.

Paris Saint-Germain-Borussia Dortmund Champions League Match: Soccer match. Paris. Originally scheduled for March 11; will be held without fans present. PSG’s most recent home Champions League game drew over 46,500.

American Chemical Society Spring Meeting: Chemistry conference. Philadelphia. Originally scheduled for March 26-28. Reportedly 15,000 attendees expected.

Madonna Madame X Tour: Pop star’s concert dates in France. Paris. Originally scheduled for March 10 and March 11. Venue has 2,800 seats.

March 8, 2020

BNP Paribas Open: Tennis tournament. Indian Wells, Calif. Originally scheduled for March 9, 2020. Has previously drawn 450,000 attendees.

American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology Annual Meeting: Medical conference. Philadelphia. Originally scheduled for March 13-16. Around 6,500 reportedly expected.

March 7, 2020

Milken Institute Global Conference: Investment conference. Los Angeles. Originally scheduled for May 2-6; rescheduled for July 7-10. Last year’s hosted 4,000.

March 6, 2020

Calle Ocho: Cultural festival. Miami. Previously scheduled for March 15. Attracted a reported 500,000-person crowd last year.

SXSW: Series of festivals and conferences. Austin, Texas. Originally scheduled for March 13-22. Nearly 420,000 attendees last year.

Ultra Music Festival: Music festival. Miami. Originally scheduled for March 20-22; postponed to 2021. 170,000 attendees last year.

Emerald City Comic Com: Entertainment festival. Seattle, Washington. Originally scheduled for March 12-March 15; trying to reschedule for the summer. Nearly 100,000 attendees.

Collision Conference: Tech conference. Toronto. Originally scheduled for June 22-25; now digital-only. Hosts 30,000.

Tomorrowland Music Festival: Music festival. Villard-Reculas, France. Originally scheduled for March 14-21. Hosts 25,000 guests.

Esri Developer Summit: Tech conference. Palm Springs, Calif. Originally scheduled for March 10-13. Hosted 2,100 last year.

Y Combinator Demo Day: Startup conference. San Francisco. Originally scheduled for March 23-24. Hosts around 1,000 attendees and media.

March 5, 2020

Sea Otter Classic: Cycling festival. Monterey, Calif. Originally scheduled for April 16-19; planning to reschedule. Around 84,000 reported participants and spectators.

2020 Global Health Conference & Exhibition: Health IT conference. Orlando, Florida. Originally scheduled for March 9-13; now digital-only. Drew nearly 45,000 in 2019.

Farhang Foundation UCLA Nowruz Celebration: Cultural festival. Los Angeles, Calif. Originally scheduled for March 8. Reported 25,000 guests last year.

Shoptalk: Retail conference. Las Vegas, Nevada. Originally scheduled for March 22-25; rescheduled to September 14-17. Over 8,000 attendees.

Amnesty International Annual General Meeting: Activism conference. San Diego, Calif. Originally scheduled for March 6-8. More than 600 participants expected.

March 4, 2020

IBM Think 2020: Tech business conference. San Francisco. Originally scheduled for May 5-7; now digital-only. Around 30,000 reported to attend.

The London Book Fair: Literary festival. London. Originally scheduled for March 10-12. Reported 25,000 guests expected.

Oracle Modern Business Experience: Tech business conference. Chicago. Originally scheduled for March 14-17; keynotes will be broadcasted online. Approximately 5,500 guests reportedly expected.

Lunar and Planetary Science Conference: Planetary science conference. The Woodlands, Texas. Originally scheduled for March 16-20. Over 1,600 attendees registered.

Ingram Micro Cloud Summit: Tech conference. Miami Beach, Florida. Originally scheduled for May 12-14. Almost 1,600 guests last year.

National Institute on White Collar Crime: Legal conference. San Diego, Calif. Originally scheduled for March 11-13. Has previously topped 1,200 attendees.

NXT Global Summit: Media tech conference. Las Vegas, Nevada. Originally scheduled for July 14-15. One thousand attendees reportedly expected.

March 3, 2020

TNW Conference: Technology festival. Amsterdam. Originally scheduled for June 18-19; rescheduled to October 1-2. Hosts 20,000 people.

Qualtrics X4 Summit: Experience management conference. Salt Lake City, Utah. Originally scheduled for March 10-13; rescheduled to “early fall.” Around 16,000 guests.

Global Gaming Expo Asia: Gaming business conference. Macao. Originally scheduled for May 19-21; rescheduled for July 28-30. Last year hosted a reported 13,000 visitors.

Aesthetic & Anti-Aging Medicine World Congress: Wellness conference. Monaco. Originally scheduled for April 2-4; rescheduled for November 5-7. Expected 12,000 attendees.

Mariah Carey concert: Pop star’s concert. Honolulu, Hawaii. Originally scheduled for March 10; rescheduled for November 28. Arena holds 8,800 fans.

Google I/O: Developer conference. Mountain View, Calif. Originally scheduled for May 12-14. Reported 5,000 to attend.

IMF & World Bank spring meetings: Global financial conference. Washington, D.C. Originally scheduled for April 17-19; now digital-only. Around 4,500 attendees.

SAP Ariba LIVE: Spend management conference. Las Vegas, Nevada. Originally scheduled for March 16-18; now digital-only. Reported 2,500 in attendance last year.

Oktane Live: IT conference. San Francisco. Originally scheduled for March 30-April 2; now digital-only. Thousands attended in 2019.

American Society of Plastic Surgeons Spring Meeting: Medical conference. New Orleans, Louisiana. Originally scheduled for March 12-14. Expected 500 to attend.

March 2, 2020

Thailand Grand Prix: Motor race. Buriram, Thailand. Originally scheduled for March 22. Nearly 230,000 fans attended in 2019.

Natural Products Expo West: Industry conference. Anaheim, Calif. Originally scheduled for March 5-9; will announce new date in April. Over 86,000 industry professionals attend.

The Inspired Home Show: Housewares conference. Chicago. Originally scheduled for March 14-17. Over 60,000 attended last year; The Chicago Tribune reported that the conference was expected to generate $77 million for the city.

Art Up!: Contemporary art fair. Lille, France. Originally scheduled for March 5-8; rescheduled for June 25-28. Over 40,000 visitors.

Google Cloud Next: Tech conference. San Francisco. Originally scheduled for April 6-8; now digital-only. Over 30,000 reportedly attended last year.

Adobe Summit: Tech conference. Las Vegas, Nevada. Originally scheduled for March 29-April 2; now digital-only. Reportedly hosts 20,000 guests.

Nvidia GPU Technology Conference: Developer conference. San Jose, Calif. Originally scheduled for March 22-26; now digital-only. Expected 10,000 to attend.

Paris Blockchain Week Summit: Blockchain conference. Paris. Originally scheduled for March 31-April 1; rescheduled to December 9-10. Hosts 2,500 attendees.

Microsoft’s MVP Summit: Tech conference. Bellevue and Redmond, Washington. March 16-19; now digital-only. Over 2,000 guests.

March 1, 2020

Livre Paris Book Fair: Literary festival. Paris. Originally scheduled for March 20-23. Includes 160,000 guests and 3,000 authors.

American Physical Society March Meeting: Physics conference. Denver, Colorado. Originally scheduled for March 2-6. Attended by 10,000.

Grand Sumo Tournament: Wresting tournament. Osaka, Japan. Originally scheduled for March 8 through March 22; will be held without fans in attendance. The arena reportedly fits 8,000 viewers.

CERAWeek: Energy conference. Houston. Originally scheduled for March 9-13. Over 5,500 delegates.

February 29, 2020

Harmonie Mutuelle Semi de Paris: Half-marathon. Paris. Originally scheduled for March 1; rescheduled for September 6. Approximately 44,000 entrants.

TPM20: Logistics conference. Long Beach, Calif. Originally scheduled for March 1-4. Over 2,400 attendees.

International Journalism Festival: Journalism conference. Perugia, Italy. Originally scheduled for April 1-5. Hosted 631 speakers last year.

February 28, 2020

Geneva International Motor Show: Luxury car expo. Geneva, Switzerland. Originally scheduled for March 5-15. Reportedly 600,000 expected over ten days.

Game Developers Conference: Gaming conference. San Francisco. Originally scheduled for March 16-20; exploring summer date. Hosted 29,000 attendees in 2019.

IT-Trans: Transportation conference. Karlsruhe, Germany. Originally scheduled for March 3-5. Over 7,000 visitors expected.

Domopalooza: Data conference. Salt Lake City, Utah. Originally scheduled for March 18; now digital-only. Expected 3,000 guests.

February 27, 2020

Facebook F8: Developer conference. San Jose, Calif. Originally scheduled for May 5-6. More than 5,000 attendees last year.

February 26, 2020

Bologna Children’s Book Fair: Literary festival. Bologna, Italy. Originally scheduled for March 30-April 2; rescheduled for May 4-7. Nearly 29,000 visitors last year.

February 25, 2020

HOTELEX: Hospitality expo. Shanghai, China. Originally scheduled for March 29-April 1; rescheduled for June 15-18. Hosted nearly 160,000 in 2019.

February 23, 2020

Four Serie A Matches: Italian soccer league. Italy. Originally scheduled for the spring; Italy has since cancelled all sporting events. Average of 28,165 spectators per match in the previous week.

February 17, 2020

Beijing International Automotive Exhibition 2020: Car show. Beijing. Originally scheduled for April 21-30; exploring new date. Various reports estimate 800,000 attendees.

Tokyo Marathon: Athletic race. Tokyo. Originally scheduled for March 1; restricted to “marathon elites and the wheelchair elites.” Had expected a reported 38,000-person pool of runners.

February 14, 2020

Black Hat Asia 2020: Information security conference. Singapore. Originally scheduled for March 31-April 3; rescheduled for September 29-October 2. More than 17,000 attendees.

Facebook Global Marketing Summit: Marketing conference. San Francisco. Scheduled for March 9-12, per Recode. Expected 5,000 attendees.

February 12, 2020

Mobile World Congress: Mobile technology trade show. Barcelona, Spain. Originally scheduled for February 24-27. Reportedly attracts 100,000 attendees.

Cisco Live Melbourne: Customer conference. Melbourne, Australia. Originally scheduled for March 3-6. Over 8,500 anticipated atendees.

February 11, 2020

EmTech Asia: Tech conference. Singapore. Originally scheduled for February 25-26; rescheduled for August 4-5. Hosts 800 participants.

February 7, 2020

Art Basel Hong Kong: Art festival. Hong Kong. Originally March 25-27. Reportedly attracted almost 90,000 guests last year.

February 3, 2020

SemiCon Southeast Asia: Tech trade show. Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Originally scheduled for May 12-14; rescheduled for August 11-13. Estimated by event platform 10times to host at least 5,000.