{"id":50907,"date":"2021-05-05T10:50:55","date_gmt":"2021-05-05T08:50:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/kougaexpress\/jbay-winterfest-for-2021-cancelled-20210505\/"},"modified":"2025-03-13T17:21:59","modified_gmt":"2025-03-13T15:21:59","slug":"jbay-winterfest-for-2021-cancelled-20210505","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/kougaexpress\/jbay-winterfest-for-2021-cancelled-20210505\/","title":{"rendered":"J&#8217;Bay Winterfest for 2021 cancelled"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"kvgmc6g5 cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n<div class=\"o9v6fnle cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n<div contenteditable=\"false\" data-embed24=\"Images\" data-pos=\"middle\" id=\"embed_beaad947\">\n<div class=\"slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"The J'Bay Winterfest has been cancelled due to the\" data-smallsrc=\"https:\/\/cdn.24.co.za\/files\/Cms\/General\/d\/9991\/1940cd5dbda8455eab6284fade3ce8be.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.24.co.za\/files\/Cms\/General\/d\/9991\/e1dd08be017e4e17ac91829905b371f1.jpg\" title=\"The J'Bay Winterfest has been cancelled due to the Coronavirus pandemic. Photo: J'Bay Winterfest Facebook (Kody McGregor)\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"caption\">The J&#8217;Bay Winterfest has been cancelled due to the Coronavirus pandemic. Photo: J&#8217;Bay Winterfest Facebook (Kody McGregor)<\/div>\n<div class=\"img_accreditation\"><span class=\"source\" style=\"display:none;\"><\/span><span class=\"photographer\" style=\"display:none;\"><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The 2021 JBay Winterfest has been cancelled.<\/p>\n<p>This announcement was made yesterday, 4 May, on the official Facebook page of the J&#8217;Bay Winterfest.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The annual surf, music and culture festival will look at returning to JBay in 2022,&#8221; organisers said on Facebook.<\/p>\n<div class=\"o9v6fnle cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n<p>The Festival has permanently been anchored by the World Surf League (WSL) Championship Tour (CT) surfing event, the JBay Open, for men and women every year at the fabled Supertubes wave of JBay. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Alongside the surfing contests, the Winterfest includes live music and many sporting events and film premiers, book launches, and more.<\/p>\n<div class=\"o9v6fnle cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n<p>&#8220;This major surfing event, the biggest surfing tournament in South Africa, has been cancelled for the second year in a row as a direct result of the Coronavirus pandemic. Without this anchor tournament, the JBay Winterfest is not viable.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;WSL has indicated that they wish to return to South Africa and JBay in 2022.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div class=\"o9v6fnle cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n<div contenteditable=\"false\" data-embed24=\"Custom\" data-pos=\"middle\" id=\"embed_a3fc48fb\">\n<div class=\"custom\">\n<div class=\"fb-post\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/jbaywinterfest\/posts\/1822359334611120\" data-show-text=\"true\" data-width=\"500\">\n<blockquote cite=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/jbaywinterfest\/posts\/1822359334611120\" class=\"fb-xfbml-parse-ignore\">\n<p>JBay Winterfest 2021 Cancelled. <\/p>\n<p>JBay \u2013 the 2021 JBay Winterfest is cancelled for the year. 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