Nighttime
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: ”Coronavirus Australia news: Queensland and Tasmania further ease restrictions as Victoria scraps border permit with South Australia, as it happened”
Dancing will be allowed at all venues across Queensland from Monday, while 100 people will be allowed to gather at homes in Tasmania, among other eased restrictions. Meanwhile, Victoria’s Chief Health Officer, Brett Sutton, announced that from Saturday, South Australians will no longer need a border permit to travel into..Read More...
Australia: ”Coronavirus restrictions to ease in Queensland with people allowed back on the dance floor”
For the first time in months, dancing will soon be allowed at all venues across Queensland as the Health Minister moves to further ease coronavirus restrictions. From midday next Monday, distancing limits will be eased in nightclubs and other events to allow dancing. However, Health Minister Yvette D’Ath warned dancing..Read More...
Australia: ”Nightclubs, dancing allowed as Canberra coronavirus restrictions ease further”
Canberrans can once again hit the dancefloor as coronavirus restrictions further ease in the ACT from midday Friday. The announcement came as the ACT was COVID-19 free once again as the final patient recovered from the virus, and as restrictions on travellers from South Australia were also eased. Dancing will..Read More...
Australia: ”After no club dancefloors for almost a year, last night was cathartic, joyous and sweaty Ben Neutze”
Sydney and Melbourne nightclubs are finally open (with a few Covidsafe caveats) – and for LGBTQI people, an essential space has returned. The perfect lockdown anthem came pretty early in 2020: Charli XCX’s frantic, party-thirsty Anthems, from her album released in mid-May. She starts by declaring “I’m so bored” before recounting days..Read More...
Australia: ”NSW pubs, theatres and places of worship say ‘freedom day’ will be their biggest lifeline in months”
Pubs, theatres and places of worship all agree — next week’s “freedom day” in NSW will be the best Christmas present they could wish for. On Wednesday Premier Gladys Berejiklian announced major changes to COVID-19 restrictions would come into effect from next Monday, with the 4-square-metre rule replaced with the 2-square-metre..Read More...