The Delcambre Shrimp Festival has become the latest state event to pull the plug on this season’s event due to the rise of COVID-19 infections.

“Yet again we find ourselves facing the hardships COVID-19 has imposed on everyone,” the festival’s board wrote in a letter Tuesday morning. “It is with a very heavy heart that I write this letter, but after careful consideration and deliberation we, the board of the Delcambre Shrimp Festival, felt that it was in the best interest to cancel this year’s festival. We as a board could not see ourselves putting the well-being of our valued volunteers, community members, and annual festival patrons in harm’s way in the wake of the COVID-19 uptick not only in our community but our state as well.”

The festival cancelled its 2020 event as well during the second spike of the pandemic last summer. Nonetheless, the board ended its letter on a positive note.

“We have an obligation to give back to our community, which (is) the platform upon which our festival was founded,” the letter stated. “Trust me when I say this is not the end. We will be back bigger and better than ever in 2022. So until then, everyone please stay safe.”