After announcing an expansion of his Sunsoaked festival in Long Beach this year along with an offering of multiple community events attached to it, EDM producer and house master Kaskade has formally announced that the two-day party will now be canceled.

Kaskade made the announcement via Instagram, citing that, after expanding his organizing crew in order to accommodate the expanded festival time, said crew was “falling short:”

Sunsoaked hasn’t fallen short in popularity, so the specific reason behind the cancellation remains unclear.

The inaugural Sunsoaked in 2017 was a one-day event that drew over 13,000 people to the western edge of the shore just east of Shoreline Drive. It was a massive concert that included opening acts Bynon Ravell, b2b, Lipless, SNBRN and Gryffin. Last year’s event, also a single day, saw the crowd size jump to more than 31,000, prompting this year’s expansion to a two-day event.

This isn’t the first time Kaskade has visited Long Beach, even outside of last year’s massive event. He set sail with the EDM-based Groove Cruise out of the Port of Long Beach back in 2013.

Brian Addison is a columnist and editor for the Long Beach Post. Reach him at [email protected] or on social media at Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and LinkedIn.