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If 2021 is a washout too then you can wipe out most of the UK festival season - the big boys have enough reserves to weather a year and most of the small ones have managed to at least mitigate losses, but a second year will likely kill the lot off from near top to bottom. Can only see Live Nation and Festival Republic getting through that really.
There are plans to open up pubs and such from July HOWEVER, social distancing rules will apply. Only so many at the bar, seated at tables only - op possibly ordering drinks from tables and them being brought to you.
Venue's generally rely on getting plenty of people in to pay the band. a 2 meter distance/restricted numbers means they wont make the money to pay said band.
so - my guess, pubs will open for bear gardens/food/drinks with those restrictions - but until those restrictions are lifted..... no live music as it will be uneconomical.
All depends on track and trace, vaccinations, heard immunity etc.
Bigger music venues, outdoor festivals etc... there not going to happen this year. Again next year from spring IF vaccinations/immunity is happening.
“ Venues should not permit indoor performances, including drama, comedy and music, to take place in front of a live audience. This is important to mitigate the risks of aerosol transmission - from either the performer(s) or their audience.“
Outdoor gigs only I guess.
Venues and punters are sharing this open letter with their local MPs via https://www.writetothem.com
Unlocking any sector comes down to risk vs economic and / or social benefit.
For live music the risks are perceived as large numbers of people crowded together either singing along or shouting to be heard (obviously the government haven’t been to one of my gigs). At the moment, with our limited understanding of the virus, this is seen as very high risk. When the numbers of people carrying the virus reduce sufficiently then that risk becomes manageable i.e. if somebody at a gig has the virus it is very likely that they will infect others but if only one in say 100,000 people have it at one time there is very little chance of an infected person actually being at any particular gig.
At the moment the number of carriers is more like 1 in 1,000, so some way to go.
I don’t believe that live music will return before attendance at sporting events is unlocked – so this is the one to monitor since it is more widely reported.
1) Pubs and clubs will be keen to keep overheads (like band fees) to a minimum in the short term.
2) With social distancing reducing the capacity of most venues, the last thing pubs will want is a band taking up further space.
3) Private functions (Weddings / Birthdays / Events) have all but gone for the time being.
4) There is a small potential for outdoor functions but this is very limited to the next 3 month or so.
In short I can not see much in the way of gigging in the next 3 months, things may improve marginally in the autumn, but don't forget a massive recession is looming, the only thing we don't know is how bad and for how long!
I don't think we will see much gigging action before the Spring / Summer of next year. Hope I'm wrong, but I just can't see it.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-53302415