SXSW 2020 Canceled Due to Coronavirus
Mar. 7, 2020The annual event focuses on tech, music, and film and was going to play host to big industry names including Netflix, Apple, Facebook, TikTok, and morebefore all of these companies pulled outfrom attending the event citing the COVID-19 breakout.
Up until Wednesday, city officials were quoted as saying that the event will go on because“there’s no evidence that closing SXSW or any other gatherings will make the community safer.”However, that changed last night when the city finally decided that the March dates for the event should be canceled.
Notably, the organisers have not yet announced whether or not tickets will be refunded, with the SXSW website simply saying“For our registrants, clients, and participants we will be in touch as soon as possible and will publish an FAQ.”As far as we can tell as of this writing, the FAQ in question hasn’t been published on the website. We’ve reached out to the event organisers for clarification on whether or not tickets will be refunded, and we’ll update this post if and when they respond.
