Officials with the Intergalactic Krewe of Chewbacchus announced they are canceling their 2021 celebrations.
A statement from the Krewe on Monday cites the city’s ‘Modified Phase 1’ restrictions as the reason for canceling the celebration.
The krewe had planned to host its COVID-19 modified krewe’s 11th annual event on January 23.
“With the recent decision by the City of New Orleans to move to Modified Phase 1, the 2021 celebration and all SubKrewe activities will be halted,” the statement said. “We are trusting the science and directing all krewe members to suspend their planned celebrations on January 23, 2021. We're also postponing our scheduled scavenger hunt to a later date.”
Instead, the krewe is hosting what they call a Virtual Costume Contest and ask krewe members and the public to post pictures of their Chebacchus costumes on the krewe’s Facebook and Instagram pages with the hastag, #chewbacchusnewreality2021.