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Global: ”FULL LIST: Local events canceled or postponed due to coronavirus concerns”
Australia: ”’It’s a constant battle, but the vibes are good’: Sydney dancefloors are revived”
They were climbing the walls to get to the dance floor. Friday night – the first since a major easing of coronavirus restrictions allowed the return of dancing at nightclubs – marked the revival of Sydney’s nightlife. Sort of. Aspiring dancers were out in force and the late-night venues that..Read More...
USA: ”COVID be damned! BYOB hot-tub boat rides booming during pandemic”
Revelers are doling out about $100 per person for 90-minute river cruises in hot-tub boats. They’re riding the second wave — in a hot tub. Intrepid party people are pooh-poohing the pandemic and soaking up the season aboard the Hudson River’s latest eye-popping attraction: a hot-tub boat. “We did a..Read More...
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...
USA: ”Midnight curfew starting Saturday in Miami could mean citations, fines for late-nighters”
MIAMI, Fla. – Police will be out enforcing the citywide curfew in Miami this weekend. On Friday night, Miami police will start giving out warnings and making businesses aware that they are going to be enforcing the curfew again. Those who do not want to comply, the business will be shut..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: ”Tasting Australia announces 2021 event”
Tasting Australia will return in 2021, with the festival showcasing the best in South Australian food, drink and produce from 30 April through to 9 May. After postponing and then cancelling its 2020 event due to the coronavirus pandemic, Tasting Australia has this week announced dates for 2021, with the..Read More...