https://www.vox.com/culture/2020/3/6/21166241/sxsw-2020-canceled-south-southwest-coronavirus

The Austin-based event, which attracts hundreds of thousands of attendees, is the first major arts festival to be canceled due to the outbreak.

On Friday, March 6, Mayor Steve Adler of Austin, Texas, announced that the film, music, and interactive industry conference South by Southwest (SXSW) will be canceled due to fears about spreading the Covid-19 coronavirus.