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  2021-01-11

  Concerts, performances could return in the fall ‘if everything goes right,’ Fauci says

  Dr. Anthony Fauci offered hope that concerts and theater performances could return in 2021. Speaking at a conference for the Association of Performing Arts Professionals, the nation’s top infectious disease expert was asked when indoor venues will be able to reopen their doors for the public. The performing arts industry has largely been shut down during the COVID-19 pandemic. Fauci said it’s important for the country to reach herd immunity of 70 to 85% of the population vaccinated from the coronavirus.
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  2020-03-14

  Last show before Quarantine

  This photo was taken at the last show I went to before the my university, school, and the world all shut down seemingly within around a week. It was in the middle of ASU spring break. It had around 100 people there, all outside. At that point, people were aware of Covid-19 and I expressed concerns going with my friends but we still went. The only protocols that people there were taking was hand sanitizer but at that point there were no established protocols with Covid-19 beyond hand hygiene (at least to the general public). I at that point had wore disposable face masks to my classes as the ASU health services were giving them out for free in the lobby and ASU seemed to be downplaying the threat.
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  2021-01-10

  Local Bar Offers Food Delivery With a Side of Live Music

  Two downtown bars in Windsor, Ontario, are offering live music alongside food delivery. Customers can choose from multiple "Gravy Train" packages which offer food and performance from a local musician.
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  2020-10-21

  The Legendary Rebel Lounge will become a Cafe during the Covid-19 Pandemic

  This is an example of businesses that cannot realistically enforce Covid-19 protocols having to adapt. Music venues across the world have had to either adapt, wait it out, or shut their doors. The owner of the Rebel Lounge is part of the National Independent Venue Association leading the #SaveOurStages campaign.
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  2020-05-02

  "The Plan Won't Accomplish Anything..." (Great Scott, RIP)

  On May 1, 2020, the manager of Allston music venue Great Scott announced that the club would not reopen. In the days that followed, residents gathered in front of the doors to mourn its loss and share memories. On the blackboard used to advertise each night's bands and set times, someone wrote "The Plan Won't Accomplish Anything If It's Not Implemented," a lyric from the Built To Spill song, "The Plan" (from the 1999 album, Keep It Like A Secret). Built To Spill is not from Allston (they are from Boise, Idaho), but they are a seminal indie rock band and a formative influence for many musicians and fans who frequented Great Scott. The sign also reads "Allston Rock City" and "Thanks!" One of Allston's nicknames is "Allston Rock City."
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  2020-05-12

  "Allston Is Dead": Great Scott, RIP

  On May 1, 2020, the manager of Allston music venue Great Scott announced that the club would not reopen. In the days that followed, residents gathered in front of the doors to mourn its loss and share memories. During that period, someone tagged "Allston Is Dead" here, a sentiment expressing frustrations about how the neighborhood had changed over the years due to rising rent, gentrification, and other factors.
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  2020-09-01

  Why some theaters in Jacksonville lit up in red

  This news article from Jacksonville, Florida, talks about Red Alert Restart. Over the course of the pandemic, performing arts and venues for performing arts have suffered economically. RESTART (Reviving the Economy Sustainably Towards A Recovery in Twenty-twenty) is currently a bill in Congress waiting approval. To raise awareness of their financial problems, theaters across the country on September 1, 2020, lit their exteriors in red to represent their financial losses due to the pandemic. Many of the participating theaters in Jacksonville are places I have seen concerts at or are places I have driven by many times.
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  2020-03-24

  "'I'm shell-shocked': New Orleans musicians face canceled tours, no income amid coronavirus shutdown"

  Musicians and music venue owners discuss the impact of COVID-19 related shutdowns.
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  2020-03-19

  Facebook Live Concert by the Indigo Girls

  Screenshot from early in the hour and a half long performance given by the Indigo Girls on Facebook Live and Instagram Live. The singer-songwriter dup played from a house in Atlanta, with tiles or carpeting laid on the floor for sound. Despite inital issues with streaming, they carried on. By 7pm eastern there were over 50,000 people listening from around the world. They closed with "Closer to Fine" and "Galileo," encouraging fans to sing along.