Sentence examples similar to cancelled festivities from inspiring English sources

Officials canceled festivities in Nice, a city of 340,000, including a five-day jazz festival and a concert on Friday night by Rihanna.

Reeling from shock and sorrow, leaders of the community arts nonprofit organizing the event had to decide whether to cancel festivities planned for the solstice.

Two other terror suspects were arrested earlier this week, and Brussels' mayor cancelled New Year festivities.

In Ohio, towns near Toledo have also cancelled their festivities, not necessarily because of fire danger, but because of health concerns associated with triple-digit temperatures gripping parts of the northeast.

Authorities canceled Carnival festivities in the district after the accident.

Officials were forced to cancel some festivities planned for the city's 460th anniversary following the unrest.

Bangkok has canceled traditional festivities on the well-known backpacker haven, Khaosan Road, which was the scene of bloody battles on Saturday night.

As Mr. Meitiner told it, organizers had certainly considered cancelling the festivities, but then "the substance abuse crisis doesn't take a day off, and so neither will we".

The event is being presented in conjunction with the exhibition "Hava Nagila: A Song for the People," on view at the museum through December; rain will cancel the festivities.

When one German language school in Istanbul was forced to cancel its festivities, the daily Die Welt responded with a caricature of Erdoğan on its front page as the Grinch who stole Christmas.

At least six municipalities have canceled their festivities.