‘Let us dance’: Event organizers contend with cancellations due to no dancing rules
Live event organizers and entertainers claim many big-revenue clients have been cancelling live event bookings in large numbers after newly-announced provincial guidelines lifted event capacity limits but left dancing restrictions and the indoor-mask mandate in place.
She said companies, like hers, also benefit other industries’ workers who are now feeling the trickle-down effects of the live event cancellations.Ontario, B.C. lift pandemic capacity limits as Saskatchewan struggles “I would usually have, in normal times, twenty to thirty gigs booked for Christmas parties, corporate events, even winter weddings right up until Christmas Eve but I currently have one that’s a ‘maybe,’ which will be eventually be cancelled due to the fact that their employees aren’t able to dance on the dance floor.”Fermill believes the province underestimated how much revenue would be lost by B.C.
Meanwhile, Connolly is asking the province to make a decision this week on whether dancing will be allowed and the indoor-mask mandate lifted for indoor events so event organizers and staff can plan accordingly for the holiday season.COVID-19: Mixed reaction after Ontario lifts capacity limits on certain industries
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