No amount of improvisation could save Clearwater Jazz Holiday from Hurricane Milton.
If you got lucky in Milton’s wrath and need a wakeup call for just how serious the damage it caused was, Clearwater Jazz Holiday just canceled its entire four-day festival, which was set for this weekend.
Reps for the 44-year-old festival
took to social media Sunday evening
to make the announcement.
“In making this difficult decision, we have explored every option to continue the 45-year festival tradition. Many factors contributed to the cancellation including critical operational and support services, accessibility of important infrastructure and materials, power outages, and other important considerations,” the statement read.
“The decision to cancel is heart wrenching and devastating to our organization, which relies on the festival income as its largest program service to support Clearwater Jazz Holiday Foundation’s mission of year-round music, education & outreach in schools, neighborhood family centers and other organizations and to support young and local musicians.”