Jay-Z’s Made In America pageant canceled for the second 12 months in a row

Jay-Z’s annual Made in America pageant, held in Philadelphia over Labor Day weekend, has been canceled for the second 12 months in a row.

The pageant introduced the cancellation on social media and its official web site Wednesday. A particular cause was not outlined, and a consultant for Made in America referred questions again to the assertion.

“As purveyors of change, the Made In America government manufacturing staff is reimagining a stay music expertise that affirms our love and dedication to music and the work we do. We promise an thrilling return to the pageant,” the assertion learn, with out offering a timeline for the pageant’s return.

A lineup had not but been introduced.

“Since its inception, this groundbreaking pageant has celebrated music and neighborhood — from creating an area for followers to attach, to uplifting native small companies and shining a lightweight on necessary causes. It has strived for accessibility, eliminating boundaries via inexpensive tickets and placement,” Wednesday’s assertion mentioned.

In August 2023, a month earlier than the pageant was scheduled to happen on the Benjamin Franklin Parkway with Lizzo and SZA because the headliners, Made in America introduced the pageant wouldn’t occur “because of extreme circumstances outdoors of manufacturing management,” based on a press release then.

“This choice has been troublesome and has not been made evenly nor with out immense deliberation,” the organizers mentioned in 2023. On the time, they mentioned they had been wanting ahead to returning the next 12 months.

When the pageant was abruptly canceled final 12 months, then-Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney expressed disappointment however mentioned town would “sit up for bringing Made in America again and greater than ever to the Benjamin Franklin Parkway subsequent 12 months.” A spokesperson for Philadelphia Mayor Cherelle Parker didn’t instantly return remark about this 12 months’s cancellation.

The pageant started in 2012 and, up till 2023, had been held yearly since aside from 2020 through the coronavirus pandemic.

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Related Press journalist Brooke Schultz in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, contributed reporting.