SXSW 2020 canceled due to coronavirus

SXSW, the annual tech, music, and film meetup held in downtown Austin, is the latest major conference to be canceled due to the coronavirus outbreak, and just one week before it was slated to start. It is the first time in the event’s 34-year history that it’s been canceled. The festival was scheduled to take place from March 13th to March 22nd, yet Austin Mayor Steve Adler today announced that, amid a increasing number of high-profile speaker and company withdrawals and growing public health concerns, the festival will no longer be taking place.

“I’v issued an order that effectively cancels South by Southwest,” Adler said. The decision will almost certainly be a harsh blow to the city’s economy, as SXSW brings in hundreds of millions...

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