Snoop Dogg’s Costa Rica concert is canceled as promoter faces investigation

Snoop Dogg’s planned December 3 concert in Costa Rica has been canceled, leaving ticket holders waiting for automatic refunds and a clearer explanation. The show had been scheduled for the Pedregal event center in Belén, Heredia.

Stockwell Entretenimiento said it reached a mutual agreement with Snoop Dogg to call off the date. The promoter said refunds would be processed automatically under Costa Rican law, but its public statement did not explain the cancellation, announce a replacement date or provide a refund timetable.

The reversal came only four days after the company publicly said the concert remained confirmed and preparations were continuing. Tickets had been sold through Publitickets, according to local coverage.

A cancellation beside an active investigation

The cancellation also arrives as Costa Rican authorities investigate alleged money laundering involving the financing of earlier concerts and another large event. On October 7, prosecutors and the Judicial Investigation Agency, known as the OIJ, carried out 22 searches and detained promoter Don Stockwell along with other people as part of an operation called Éxodo.

The OIJ said it was examining at least $859,000 allegedly invested by a drug-trafficking organization in two concerts and one other mass event held in 2024 and 2025. Those claims remain allegations under investigation, not findings of guilt. Stockwell has denied wrongdoing, and his lawyer has said he did not know that a person introduced as an investor had been arrested in a drug case.

Nothing in the reviewed reporting identifies Snoop Dogg, his team or the planned December show as part of the alleged financing. An OIJ official said the international artists connected to the earlier events were not related to the investigation and declined to name them.

What is known — and what is not

That distinction matters. The timing makes the investigation necessary context for understanding the promoter’s sudden reversal, but the promoter has not said the probe caused the cancellation. Connecting Snoop himself to the alleged conduct would go beyond the available evidence.

What ticket holders have been told

For buyers, the confirmed practical information is limited: the concert is canceled and the promoter says refunds will be automatic. Until the company or ticket seller publishes more detail, questions remain about how long refunds will take and whether customers will receive separate notices.