Music festivals
Foo Fighters, Lizzo, Ludacris to play New Orleans Jazz Fest

By Chevel Johnson Jun. 24, 2021 04:11 PM EDT
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Foo Fighters, Lizzo, Demi Lovato, Ludacris, The Isley Brothers, Melissa Etheridge and Trombone Shorty are among the acts slated to take the...

Festivalgoers shelters from the pouring rain on the first day of Download Festival at Donington Park at Castle Donington, England, Friday June 18, 2021. The three-day music and arts festival is being held as a test event to examine how Covid-19 transmission takes place in crowds, with the the capacity significantly reduced from the normal numbers. (Joe Giddens/PA via AP)
Metal fans mosh at 1st UK live music festival since pandemic

By Jill Lawless Jun. 19, 2021 08:12 AM EDT

Violinist Antonio Hernandez plays for the relatives of COVID-19 victim Miryam Rodriguez, while they are gathered for prayer by the hearse that carries her remains to Serafin Cemetery, before cremation in Bogota, Colombia, Friday, June 18, 2021. Due to regulations to contain the new coronavirus, relatives cannot enter the cemetery. (AP Photo/Ivan Valencia)
The Latest: Protests decry Brazil policies as toll tops 500K

By The Associated Press Jun. 19, 2021 05:46 AM EDT

A tram drives through downtown Lisbon, Friday, June 18, 2021. Travel in and out of the Lisbon metropolitan area is to be banned over coming weekends as Portuguese authorities respond to a spike in new COVID-19 cases in the region around the capital. (AP Photo/Armando Franca)
The Latest: Uganda tightening measures due to virus surge

By The Associated Press Jun. 18, 2021 05:32 AM EDT

Lil Baby appears in the press room at the 63rd annual Grammy Awards on March 14, 2021in Los Angeles, left, and Justin Bieber appears at the Los Angeles premiere of "Justin Bieber: Seasons" on Jan. 27, 2020. The pair are set to headline Jay-Z's Made in America festival in Philadelphia. Organizers announced Monday that Megan Thee Stallion, Doja Cat, Roddy Ricch, Bobby Shmurda and A$AP Ferg will also perform at the two-day event on Sept. 4-5 over Labor Day Weekend. (Photos by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP)
Justin Bieber, Lil Baby to headline Made in America festival

By The Associated Press Jun. 14, 2021 01:24 PM EDT

Voodoo Fest in New Orleans canceled for 2nd straight year

Jun. 11, 2021 11:04 AM EDT
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — For the second year in a row, organizers have canceled a Halloween weekend music festival in New Orleans. Last year’s...

Thousands of Virus-free international fans participate at Unum Albania's open-air music festival in Shengjin on Friday, June 4, 2021. Organizers had sold all 10,000 planned tickets with more requests to follow from people around the world trying to forget the virus restrictions and follow non-stop music for five days at the Rana e Hedhun (Thrown Sand) beach, 75 kilometers (45 miles) northwest of the capital Tirana. (AP Photo/Visar Kryeziu)
Music fans flock to Albania’s beach festival despite virus

By Florent Bajrami And Llazar Semini Jun. 08, 2021 04:21 AM EDT

Rhode Island sends 200,000 COVID-19 tests to India

Jun. 07, 2021 10:19 AM EDT
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — With the coronavirus apparently on the run in Rhode Island, the state is sending help to other areas of the world still battling the...

Virus memorial unveiled; Jazz, Puerto Rican fests return

Jun. 05, 2021 09:27 AM EDT
BOSTON (AP) — A look at coronavirus developments around New England: __ CONNECTICUT Hartford’s...

Boston Public Library to reopen next month

May. 27, 2021 09:21 AM EDT
BOSTON (AP) — The Boston Public Library is scheduled to reopen next month after being closed to the public for more than a year because of the coronavirus...

Delaware joins list of states offering vaccine incentives

May. 25, 2021 12:03 PM EDT
DOVER, Del. (AP) — Delaware is joining the list of states offering cash and other incentives to entice both children and adults to get the COVID-19 vaccine. ...

Maneskin from Italy celebrate with the trophy after winning the Grand Final of the Eurovision Song Contest at Ahoy arena in Rotterdam, Netherlands, Saturday, May 22, 2021. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)
Rock band Maneskin wins Eurovision Song Contest for Italy

By Mike Corder May. 22, 2021 05:02 AM EDT

Lollapalooza returning this summer to Chicago lakefront park

May. 18, 2021 02:52 PM EDT
CHICAGO (AP) — Lollapalooza is returning to Chicago this summer, a year after the coronavirus pandemic forced the cancellation of the music festival that...

Belgium's Prime Minister Alexander De Croo prepares to speak during a media conference after a Belgian government meeting to discuss coronavirus, COVID-19, measures in Brussels, Tuesday, May 11, 2021. (AP Photo/Olivier Matthys, Pool)
Belgium relaxes lockdown measures as COVID-19 numbers drop

By Raf Casert May. 11, 2021 10:52 AM EDT

FILE - In this Dec. 30, 2017 file photo, Italian Maestro Riccardo Muti conducts the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra during a rehearsal for the traditional New Year's concert at the golden hall of Vienna's Musikverein. With a purposeful nod and flick of his baton, the 79-year-old conductor on Sunday, May 9, 2021, ended what has been an unexpectedly long silence in Italian theaters, enrapturing a socially distanced and masked audience with the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra’s first live performances since fall, two evening concerts of Mendelssohn, Schumann and Brahms, in his adopted hometown of Ravenna. (AP Photo/Ronald Zak, file)
Muti: Pandemic year silenced culture, leaving world stunned

By Colleen Barry May. 10, 2021 05:52 AM EDT

This combination photo shows J Balvin, from left, Billie Eilish and A$AP Rocky, who will headline at the Governors Ball Music Festival on Sept. 24-26 in Queens at the Citi Field complex. (AP Photo)
Billie Eilish, J Balvin, A$AP to play NY's Gov Ball festival

By Mesfin Fekadu May. 04, 2021 09:32 AM EDT

A Muslim vendor wearing protective mask waiting for customers at a Ramadan bazaar, amid the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Monday, April 19, 2021. (AP Photo/Vincent Thian)
The Latest: Schools reopen in Mexico's Campeche state

By The Associated Press Apr. 19, 2021 04:58 AM EDT

Mississippi coast's Crawfish Music Festival back this year

Apr. 15, 2021 12:35 PM EDT
BILOXI, Miss. (AP) — The Mississippi coast's Crawfish Music Festival is back after being canceled last year because of the coronavirus pandemic. ...

Michigan city considering 2-day music fest with marijuana

Apr. 15, 2021 10:30 AM EDT
NILES, Mich. (AP) — A city in southwestern Michigan is considering a buzz-and-beats summer festival. A promoter has applied for a permit to...

A woman walks her goats in the village of Ribnovo, Bulgaria, Sunday, April 11, 2021. Despite the dangers associated with COVID-19 and government calls to avoid large gatherings, Hundreds of people flocked to the tiny village of Ribnovo in southwestern Bulgaria for a four-day festival of feasting, music and the ritual of circumcision which is considered by Muslims a religious duty and essential part of a man's identity. (AP Photo/Jordan Simeonov)
Bulgarian Muslims hold circumcision festival despite virus

By Jordan Simeonov Apr. 12, 2021 01:16 PM EDT