Image: Shutterstock Image: Shutterstock AS RESTRICTIONS ON events and live performances ease from today, musicians and entertainers are already seeing an uptick in demand, but those working in the industry have warned they will need support as they try to relaunch after a year-and-a-half shutdown.
While the 100-person guest limit on attendance at wedding receptions will be unchanged, restrictions on live music and dancing at these events have now been lifted. The fact that you can now have 60% capacity at theatres is also a huge step forward. I have to stress that the industry is not fully reopened until we’re at 100%, but to look at the positives I think the 60% will help ease audiences back in and get them confident with going back into a theatre or venue, rather than going straight in at 100% capacity, into a crowd. So they’ll experience that over the six or seven weeks and then once we get past 22 October that will boost the industry from then.
Following the government announcement the venue shared details of a ‘special Halloween reopening party’ on 24 October, two days after the majority of restrictions lift and club nights will again be permitted. For artists and performers, there has already been increased interest since the announcement, Garvan Rigby, director of Star DJs told The Journal.
Rigby said it will be vital in the coming months for the government to provide supports to the sector as businesses like his are “building back up from scratch”.
Unfortunate phrasing
Not a great choice of words there
“People are dying to dance.”Prophetic.