“Due to significant, unanticipated last-minute public safety and municipal costs associated with the final permitting of the On The Beach Festival, we have reached the decision to unfortunately postpone this year’s inaugural LA Jazz Festival,” Ludlow told the LA Times. Current ticket holders for the various jazz festival events will receive a refund within 30 days. 3 John Legend performs during the dedication ceremony for the opening of the Barack Obama Presidential Center in John Lewis Plaza on Sunday, May 11, 2025, in Chicago, Illinois. Some of the big names who were previously announced as performing at the closing festival event include Legend, Parliament Funkadelic with George Clinton, Charlie Wilson, and dozens more. Ludlow earlier this year announced some of the headliners at the festival which was labeled the “largest Black-owned jazz festival ever,” CBS LA reported.