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The bash was set to start on Friday (August 7) with an opening night event in Leimert Park Village and run until August 23 with further performances from Parliament-Funkadelic, Raphael Saadiq, Ezra Collective, Big Freedia, Free Nationals, Terrace Martin and Charlie Wilson.
But it was axed just hours before it was due to start.
Organizer Martin Ludlow, a former LA city council member told the Los Angeles Times: “Due to significant, unanticipated last-minute public safety and municipal costs associated with the final permitting of the On The Beach Festival, we have reached the decision to unfortunately postpone this year’s inaugural LA Jazz Festival.
He went on to say that all current ticket holders for LA Jazz Festival events will be refunded in full within 30 days.
The festival’s official website is now currently advertising an event on the weekend of August 22-23 with “updated event info coming soon.”.
Elsewhere, Ezra Collective announced their fourth studio album, ‘Here Because Of Hope’, earlier this year.
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