The Grass Valley Charter School Foundation’s annual Blue Marble Jubilee will not be held this year.
The event, a day-long Earth-themed festival begun at the Nevada County Fairgrounds in May 2017, has not been held since 2018.
In 2019, organizers announced that the festival was canceled, “out of an abundance of caution,” after an online conspiracy theory and alleged threat, which local authorities deemed not credible, surfaced about the event.
Event organizers announced last spring that the festival was canceled for a second time, as the COVID-19 pandemic and related restrictions on gatherings continued to develop.
“It’s heartbreaking,” said Wendy Willoughby, president of the Grass Valley Charter School Foundation and one of the creators of the event, on the decision not to plan the festival this year.