Today, Nov. 4, Gem & Jam has announced that the festival will not carry on as planned for 2025, and will instead take a year off before returning in 2026. Previously set to return from Jan. 31 to Feb. 2 of next year, fans of the scene-favorite music, art and gem show event were anticipating the imminent arrival of its full artist lineup. Instead, regulars will have to wait until Feb. 6-8, 2026 for Gem & Jam to return to its longtime setting of Tucson, Ariz.’s Pima County Fairgrounds, as the event becomes the latest to lose ground in an increasingly inhospitable economic climate for music festivals.