In this 2018 file photo, Marek Stinson and Grayden Dietrich take part in one of the many Spectrum activities. COVID-19 has caused the festival's cancellation for the second year.--NEWS FILE PHOTO
The city’s long-running spring sunshine festival has been cancelled due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.
“It is with great sadness, that we must announce that Spectrum Festival’s 30th anniversary event that we were so hopeful for has been cancelled,” read a statement posted by Spectrum Festival on Thursday. “Our primary concern is for the safety of our beautiful community and all those in it.”
This is the second year running the festival has been cancelled due to the pandemic. Spectrum normally runs runs during the first week of June