Jay-Z’s Made in America fest canceled again

For the second year in a row, the Made in America festival has been canceled.

The 2024 version of the festival – which is curated by Jay-Z, and produced by his entertainment company Roc Nation in partnership with concert promoter Live Nation – has been called off.

The announcement was made on the festival’s social media accounts Wednesday.

Made in America was first staged on the Benjamin Franklin Parkway in Philadelphia in 2012, with Jay-Z and Pearl Jam as headliners. It continued every year on Labor Day weekend until it was canceled in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, then resumed the following year. In 2022, Puerto Rican rap star Bad Bunny headlined the closing night of the festival, which drew a crowd of 50,000 to the main stage in front of the Philadelphia Museum of Art’s Rocky Steps.

Last year, MIA was canceled in August, after Lizzo, one of the two scheduled headliners along with SZA, was sued by many of her dancers for harassment, though no official reason was given for the festival’s cancellation.

The cancellation means a major loss of revenue for the city and festival workers, for the second year in a row.