Updated 5/18/2021 11:34 PM Uncertainty over the COVID-19 pandemic has prompted the cancellation of Ribfest for the second year in a row, organizers announced Tuesday, pointing to concerns over how changing conditions could affect the popular Fourth of July celebration in what would have been its first run in Romeoville. The Exchange Club of Naperville previously released plans to move forward with a modified version of the 33rd annual festival, scheduled for July 1-4 at its new venue, Romeoville's Deer Crossing Park. But after assessing the COVID-19 environment over the last few months, event organizers decided they could not "reasonably guarantee health, safety and success for such a large-scale public event that occurs in the early portion of the summer festival schedule," according to a news release.