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News - Saddening News for Minecraft Festival (POSTPONED) - xSicKxBot - 03-08-2020
Saddening News for Minecraft Festival
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<p>Today we are brought the saddening news that Minecraft Festival has been postponed until Fall of next year. The reasoning cited was health and safety as a precaution for attendees and organizers with the recent COVID-19 outbreak happening worldwide. September is still half a year away, and no one knows what is going to happen, so please don’t take this as an indication to panic. This is a “better safe than sorry” and no wants to continue the spread of this.</p>
<p>If you would like to educate yourself on COVID-19 you can visit this website for full details. <a href="https://www.who.int/news-room/q-a-detail/q-a-coronaviruses">https://www.who.int/news-room/q-a-detail/q-a-coronaviruses</a></p>
<p>With this saddening news, we do have some good news to share. <strong>Minecraft Live</strong> is still happening and we’ll cover more on that at another time.</p>
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Minecraft Festival postponed
But Minecraft Live is still happening!
You were excited. We were excited. Overall excitement was palpable as Minecraft Festival tickets were going to be released on Friday of this week, officially kickstarting the countdown to our in-person blockstravaganza this September. But after careful consideration and much hand-wringing, we have decided to postpone the event until next year.
In recent weeks, the COVID-19 outbreak has led many organizers to cancel or postpone gatherings and events across the world, as a preventive measure to ensure the health and safety of their guests. The situation around Minecraft Festival, however, is a little different. September is still many months away, and we are not making any predictions about how long it will take to put the outbreak behind us. This decision is rather a result of the extensive preparations required to organize a mammoth event like this.
Our partners, producers, and exhibitors are based in all corners of the world, and right now we can’t meet and collaborate in the way we need to. Without knowing exactly when we can resume planning, we have decided to postpone. That way, we can make sure that next year’s event will be the amazing one that our community expects and deserves.
Granted, this is all quite disheartening. But we do have some good news as well! Minecraft Live will happen, as planned. It’ll be the place for all the latest Minecraft news, announcements and behind the scenes exclusives, and it will be live-beamed straight to your screen, wherever you are. Thanks, Internet! Stay tuned for a date, a time, and myriad announcements.