The Wyandotte County Ethnic Festival, originally scheduled for April 11, has been canceled because of the risk of the COVID-19.
The event is held annually at Kansas City Kansas Community College Fieldhouse.
“We’re trying to protect our participants and our guests,” Karen Hernandez, a co-founder of the event, said. The festival typically has 1,000 to 1,200 people in attendance, she added.
Hernandez said she hopes the festival can be held in the fall of 2020, if the danger has passed by then.
“This was going to be our 15th year,” she said. “It’s really sad we had to cancel it, but we’ve got to keep our community safe.”