After the Plague: A thread for the slow reopening of Live Music and to mourn lost spaces

Also resources as you see them, news about performing arts workers, scary statistics, industry noise etc

This is just starting to happen in NYC at the end of February:

https://lincolncenter.org/lincoln-center-at-home/series/restart-stages

https://nypopsup.com/

https://www1.nyc.gov/site/cecm/cultural-events/guidelines.page

https://www1.nyc.gov/site/mome/news/fair-share-shuttered-venues-grants.page

https://www.ny1.com/nyc/all-boroughs/news/2021/02/11/this-is-what-black-artists-need-to-survive-in-nyc

https://www.osc.state.ny.us/reports/osdc/arts-entertainment-and-recreation-new-york-city-recent-trends-and-impact-covid-19

https://news.artnet.com/art-world/66-percent-loss-nyc-arts-entertainment-1946971

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/26/arts/unemployed-performer-theatre-arts.html

I got an email with a show date for Jason Isbell in late summer. I suspect I’ll be vaccinated by then but he seems like a bit of a bummer for the first show back.

Margin Walker was one the biggest mid-level band club promoters and they closed down permanently last summer. I don’t even know who would start a new promotion business around here in this environment to get shows booked.

ween rescheduled to late august, outdoors at a brewery, have a feeling that will be the first show i attend. i imagine that could be the case for many others as well, so i am assuming it will be a real party

Bonnaroo is back in September.

well

Read the full Bluesfest statement via our website: https://t.co/guopwZMVFe pic.twitter.com/t5LaUo63CN

— Bluesfest Byron Bay (@BluesfestByron) March 31, 2021

The fact Australian events are not going ahead is not doing a lot for my confidence that we will see events here this summer.