Viña Festival: it was canceled for the first time in its history – Informed, on return

The agreement for the postponement of the festival was reached on Tuesday between the municipality of Viña del Mar and the leaders of the channels holding the television rights to the event, TVN and Channel 13.

The 2021 edition was to be the 62nd festival in its history.

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The mayor (mayor) of Viña del Mar, Virginia Reginato, said: “We have reached an agreement to postpone the next festival, it is postponed for a year, and in this we will continue to discuss to have the best solutions. “

The municipal authority explained that the solutions would focus on “the reactivation of commerce, tourism, so that Viña del Mar becomes as quickly as possible the city we all want”.

In addition, the municipality announced in a statement that “an agreement will be signed to support local commerce and tourism through a promotional campaign and the production of a television program whose protagonist is the city of Viña del Mar” .

The Viña Festival is an event that takes place every year in Chile, which began in 1960 and 2021 will be the first time that it will not be held, due to the health crisis that the country is going through due to the coronavirus.