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The board of the National Music Festival recently announced its decision to cancel the popular August event.
“The safety of our musicians, audience, and community is of paramount importance,” said NMF Artistic Director Richard Rosenberg in a news release. “Some of our musicians have told us that they are not yet comfortable traveling or congregating with groups of people, and we take those concerns seriously.”
While vaccination rates continue to rise, Rosenberg said it was not possible — or responsible — for the festival to go forward as planned with musicians traveling from all over the world to perform.
The National Music Festival is the latest in a long line of street fairs that have had to postpone or reschedule events planned for this summer due to the pandemic. This lack of traffic is being felt by businesses across the country. ....

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