Jay-Z’s Made in America Festival canceled for the second year in a row
Cerys Davies April 4, 2024
The Made in America Festival
(MIA)
has been canceled for the second year in a row.
Posted on the festivals
and
, their statement reads,
As purveyors of change, the Made In America executive production team is reimagining a live music experience that affirms our love and dedication to music and the work we do,”
a statement posted on the festivals website and Instagram reads.
Founded by
hip-hop mogul
Jay-Z, the
Philadelphia
festival typically takes place over Labor Day weekend along the Benjamin Franklin Parkway in
Philadelphia
. The inaugural festival
wastook place
in 2012
and it continued to happenannually until 2020 due to COVID-19
. Over the years, artists
such aslike
Justin Bieber, Kendrick Lamar, Bad Bunny and Beyonc
(Jay Z’s wife)
have
all
headlined the East Coast stage.
After postponing in 2020 because of COVID
,
Post-Covid
the festival persevered until 2023,
whenwhere
it was canceled less than a month before the event.
That year
SZA and Lizzo were set to headline with
acts like
Ice Spice,
Metro Boomin
and Miguel
scheduled to perform. but none of the acts nor the fans were able to attend.
The sudden cancellation was due to severe circumstances outside of production control,”
according to a similar statement last year from the organizers.announced in a similar statement
.
At the timeAmidst 2023s cancellation
, both
the festivalMIA
and then-Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney ensured
that
the
event wouldfestivals
return in 2024.
In a statement to the
, Kenney wrote,
We look forward to bringing Made in America back and bigger than ever to the Benjamin Franklin Parkway next year
, Kenney wrote in a statement to the
. This year’sThe 2024
cancellation of Jay-Zs festival provides more
of atimely advance
notice for attendees than in
2023.the year prior.
Failing to give a specific reason for the cancellation, the statement
instead promisesends with, We promise
“an exciting return.”
to the festival. No lineup had been announced for this year’s Made in America Festival, and the statement did not include a return date.There was no lineup announced for the 2024 fest and no mention of when the festival will make its return.Did you reach out to festival organizers? Jay’s representatives? Production company?
I didn’t reach out to anyone, because all of the news outlets who have reported it already are saying that the representatives are refering them back to the statement and not making any comments. I can reach out right now if you think the story needs it. //I’d like us to reach out to the reps as a matter of course. You never know when they will decide to do more than redirect.//
