Industry Losses
UK: ”Music venue Trust launches traffic light campaign to highlight at-risk venues”
The Music Venue Trust has launched a new ‘Traffic Light’ system to highlight at-risk venues that are in need of urgent support. A colour-coded system is used to judge the security of a venue’s future: Green (353 venues) applies to those considered safe until March 31; Amber (273 venues) categorises..Read More...
UK: ”UK music industry will halve in size due to Covid, says report”
The UK music industry is set to halve in size this year as issues including an effective shutdown of concerts, gigs and festivals strip £3bn from its contribution to the economy. UK Music, the umbrella organisation representing the commercial music industry from artists and record labels to the live music..Read More...
Global: ”FULL LIST: Local events canceled or postponed due to coronavirus concerns”
Mexico: ”Festival organizers apologize after packed parties without social distancing or masks in Mexico”
The organizers of a “international arts, music and cultural festival” have apologized after images and video posted on social media revealed packed crowds of partiers without masks in Mexico’s hipster resort town of Tulum. With art installations and trancey electronic music sets that echoed Burning Man, yoga workshops and “food and wine..Read More...
Asia: ”Covid-19: China’s nightlife during the coronavirus pandemic”
Getting into Zhao Dai, an underground nightclub in a fashionable part of Beijing, involves a little more faff than it once did. Party animals must prove that they have not travelled anywhere they might have picked up Covid-19, by showing doormen a code generated by a government mobile app. Once inside,..Read More...
Africa: ”Cape’s nightlife struggling through coronavirus pandemic”
When Gov. Mike Parson issued the “Stay Home Missouri” order in April, requiring Missourians to avoid leaving their homes and shutting down non-essential businesses because of COVID-19, Cape Girardeau’s nightlife suffered. Now that the state has been reopened for more than seven months, Cape Girardeau’s downtown bar owners are attempting..Read More...
Australia: ”The huge changes coming to Australia Day celebrations as organisers scrap a beloved part of the annual celebration – as residents are encouraged to stay in their own suburbs for events”
The next Australia Day will look vastly different from previous years as the ongoing coronavirus pandemic forces organisers to scrap one of Sydney’s most beloved events. The Harbour day-time program that usually sees ferry races, boat parades, military aerial displays, and the annual Tug and Yacht ballet will be cancelled. Boozy celebrations..Read More...
Europe: ”Parties and nightclubs: The new hotspots of coronavirus outbreaks in Spain”
Several regions have set limits on capacity on establishments and shut down nighttime venues in a bid to prevent new surges in case numbers. A coronavirus outbreak at a nightclub in Córdoba, in Spain’s southern region of Andalusia, has led to a large spike in infections, with 73 confirmed cases on Sunday,..Read More...
Europe: ”Portugal’s nightclubs and bars allowed to reopen, but without dancefloors”
LISBON – Clubbers in Portugal eager to shake off the coronavirus blues will have to wait a little longer to dance the night away, as nightclubs were given the green light to reopen from Saturday but with early closing and no dancefloors allowed. The Portuguese government announced on Thursday that..Read More...
Europe, The Netherlands: ”AMSTERDAM CLUB DE SCHOOL IS CLOSING DOWN”
The venue, which has faced public criticism recently, cites COVID-19 as the reason. Amsterdam nightclub De School has announced it is shutting down. The club’s co-owner Jochem Doornbusch released a statement reported in RA citing the economic crisis of the coronavirus pandemic as the reason why the club cannot stay open. He said: “The..Read More...