VidCon 2021 Canceled Due to COVID Surge in California

The pandemic and “evolving health and safety mandates” led to October’s event being canceled for the second year in a row

VidCon 2021 has been canceled due to a spike in COVID-19 cases — marking the second straight year the major convention for online video creators has been scrapped because of the pandemic.

The event, which typically takes place in June, was set for October 22-24 in Anaheim, California. The next VidCon event in the States is now slated to take place at the Anaheim Convention Center between June 22 and June 25, 2022.

“We were so confident that we’d be able to put on the VidCon you know and love this October and could not wait to reconnect with all of you IRL,” VidCon General Manager Jim Louderback said in a statement.

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