Davido’s US Dreamville Festival Performance Postponed Due To Hurricane

Davido’s Performance In US Postponed Indefinitely

Nigerian singer, Davido’s, expected performance at the Dreamville Festival in Raleign, North Carolina, U.S. on Saturday, has now been postponed indefinitely by the organisers due to “Hurricane Florence”.

The U.S. National Hurricane Centre has warned residents of a triple threat of Hurricane Florence in Carolina describing it as a life threatening storm surge’.

The Hurricane is expected to hit Carolina on Thursday, and over 1.5 Million people have been evacuated since the announcement of its advancement.

The organisers of the Festival announced the indefinite postponement on their Instagram handle @Dreamville, they revealed that money will be returned to those that bought tickets.

“Due to safety concerns regarding dangerous weather, we are extremely saddened to announce today that the inaugural Dreamville Festival 2018 been cancelled. Our team has been working tirelessly with officials from the City of Raleigh, along with our state and Federal partners, among others, to monitor the potential negative impact of Hurricane Florence.

“With the current weather-related information at hand, we have together decided to cancel this year’s event for the ultimate safety of both local citizens and Festival attendees.

“Rest assured we are doing everything our power to make this event happen at a later time and we hope to share details regarding a possible new event date as soon as we possibly can” the organisers said.

The festival which is the inaugural edition was slated to hold on Saturday at Dorothea Dix Park in Raleigh North Carolina.

The one-day festival offers attendees a special celebration of music, culture, food and art along with performance from J.Cole himself.

Meanwhile, Davido was expected to perform alongside Big Sean, Young Thug, Teyena Taylor, Bas, Nelly and SZA. Also, the Festival creator J Cole, his manager Ibrahim Hamad and a host of artists from DreamVille Records were expected to thrill guests at the event.