Fade into Darkness was held for Avicii who had died earlier that year. 2019 In March 2019, VELD music festival announced via Instagram that the festival would be returning in the summer for its 8th annual year. A few weeks later, lineups were announced, with Skrillex, Tiesto, Cardi B and Kygo headlining the festival. VELD 2019 ran from August 3 to August 4, 2019, in Downsview Park, Toronto, Ontario. Day 1 received positive reviews because of DJs such as Skrillex, Ekali and TroyBoi putting on amazing shows. Some negative criticism was received because of headliner Cardi B who showed up 55 minutes late and played for just 20 minutes. The second day was reviewed as much better with Zeds Dead taking over the Hennessy Stage and Tiesto closing out the festival on the main stage. The overall praise of the festival was overwhelming with people demanding the festival to run 3 days for the year 2020 and to not longer invite performers who abuse the timings of the show such as Cardi B. 2020 VELD Music festival was expected to take place August 1–2, 2020, in Downsview Park, Toronto, ON. VELD was praised for no longer inviting a hip-hop artist on the mainstage because of repeated abuses of showing up extremely late (Migos, Cardi B). VELD 2020 instead will have hip-hop artists on the Hennessy Stage and have all 4 headliners on the mainstage as EDM artists including Armin Van Buuren, Illenium, Marshmello and Martin Garrix. However, in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, Toronto Mayor John Tory announced on May 15, 2020, that all public gatherings of 25,000 or more are prohibited and no permits will be issued for these events until at least August 31. This resulted in the cancellation of the 2020 edition of VELD. 2021 The 2021 edition of the VELD Music Festival was scheduled to take place on July 31 - August 1, 2021, at Toronto's Downsview Park. However, the City of Toronto announced on May 14 that it is "extending the cancellation of all in-person City-led and City-permitted outdoor events to September 6, 2021". As a result, the festival was cancelled for the second year in a row. 2022 Veld Music Festival took place July 29–31 and was the first VELD back after the coronavirus pandemic. VELD 2022 hosted three-days of rave action and was the largest Veld to date. Headliners such as Martin