The Smithsonian Folklife Festival—the celebration of arts and culture that’s taken over the National Mall every summer for more than 50 years—has been canceled. Well, sort of. The planned 10-day festival has been postponed until 2020, and this year, a smaller, two-day event will take place instead. The Washington Post was the first to report the news.

In a release, the Smithsonian Institution said the cancellation of the 10-day event—whose theme was set to be “The Social Power of Music,” spotlighting Brazil, Benin, and the Southern United States—was due to “several key scheduling delays.” In an interview with the Post, festival director Sabrina Motley had another explanation: Blame the shutdown.

Funding for the festival, she said, came late to begin with. “And once we had those funds, we had the shutdown,” she told the Post. “The timing was unfortunate.” Thirty-five days later, after furloughed government employees returned to work, “it took a while for systems to come back online. We looked at our production schedule, and it became clear we would need more time than we had.”

Smithsonian rep Linda St. Thomas elaborated to DCist that the delayed funding in question was from cultural organizations in Brazil and Benin. Arts groups from the nations and regions celebrated each year (which have included Catalonia and Armenia, Basque country, and China and Kenya, ) usually partner with the Smithsonian on the festival.

To make matters worse, the team usually hires staff for the festival in January, when Smithsonian museums were almost entirely dark this year due to the shutdown.

“To lose the month of January, they felt they could not do proper 10-day festival that would be what people expect,” St. Thomas says. If past years are any indication, what people expect is a massive event: The Folklife Festival typically takes over seven blocks of the National Mall, with cultural performances (think dancing, concerts, and plays), discussions and workshops, and a marketplace of vendors selling crafts. Themes are usually based on countries.

This year’s event will be a much smaller affair. Set to take place June 29-30, the event’s theme will be only  “The Social Power of Music.” It’s part of the Smithsonian’s so-called “Year of Music,” during which the institution is hosting a music or sound event every single day. Earlier this year, Folkways Recordings, the Smithsonian’s record label, released a box set of songs about activism and community.

True to that theme, this year’s event on the Mall will include a concert honoring the late folk singer Pete Seeger, and events including sing-alongs and percussion workshops will take place throughout the weekend. D.C.-born rapper Goldlink will also curate a concert alongside rapper and spoken-word artist Ruby Ibarra. As in previous years, the event will cover the National Mall between 7th and 12th streets. Jefferson Drive will be closed to traffic, and food trucks will be parked for attendees. Unlike previous years, this year’s event will not include a marketplace.

And if you’re eager to learn all about Brazil and Benin, as well as the southern United States, you’ll have to wait until 2020: The festival is set to return to its full length next year.