Day N Vegas announced on Friday, July 1, that this year’s edition of the Goldenvoice-produced festival slated to take place over Labor Day weekend has been canceled.
The festival cites logistics, timing and production issues as the reason for the cancelation, writing on their social media accounts, “We’re sorry to announce that a combination of logistics, timing and production issues have forced us to cancel Day N Vegas for 2022. The refund process will begin immediately, and funds will appear back to your account within the next 2-4 weeks. All orders will be refunded to the credit card used to complete purchase.”
SZA, J. Cole, and Travis Scott had been announced as this year’s headliners, with performances from H.E.R., Summer Walker, Jorja Smith, Jhené Aiko, Playboi Carti, 21 Savage, Pusha T and more all set to occur throughout the weekend.
This year’s Day N Vegas would have also marked Travis Scott’s first festival appearance since 2021’s Astroworld festival in Houston, where 10 people died and many more were injured due to a crowd surge.
Scott had been slated to perform at last year’s Day N Vegas, but the rapper’s performance had been canceled in the wake of Astroworld. His slot was then replaced with a performance by Post Malone.
Since the return of live music last year, music industry professionals have been citing difficulty in getting ahold of production supplies, with Jack White even naming his current trek “The Supply Chain Issues Tour.” Rising inflation rates over the past few months have also made it difficult across the board for festivals, tour production and fans.
Sources claimed to Billboard that lower ticket sales influenced the cancellation of this year’s event, however, Pollstar has not been able to independently confirm those claims. By canceling the event more than 60 days in advance, Goldenvoice and AEG only need to pay artists 50% of their fee.
Many other festivals have also found it harder to move tickets, with continuing COVID risk and inflation discouraging fans from purchasing tickets far in advance. Pollstar‘s mid-year charts report found that while ticket sales have increased considerably compared to 2020 and 2021 and are showing a return close to 2019 rates, the overall number of sold tickets and shows reported have dropped in 2022. To offset the higher cost of touring, ticket prices have also increased.
