Tag Archives: COVID-19
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Nonprofit puts cash into the hands of SF venues, directly from fans
The Great American Music Hall in San Francisco. Courtesy. Nonprofit The Giving Back Fund aims to help fund San Francisco entertainment venues by connecting them to individual donors, who can make recurring monthly donations. According to the organization, it’s the first opportunity for most people to donate to their favorite…
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Another Planet, Touring Professionals Alliance feeding entertainment workers
Bill Graham Civic Auditorium is shuttered on March 12, 2020. Photo: Another Planet Entertainment/Instagram. Another Planet Entertainment, which produces shows at Bill Graham Civic Auditorium, the Independent, Fox Theater and other venues, has partnered with a nonprofit to feed Bay Area entertainment industry workers in need. The nonprofit, Touring…
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Gavin Newsom: Indoor concerts can return at full capacity on June 15 if trends continue
The crowd for Thrice at City National Civic in San Jose on Nov. 2, 2017. Chloe Catajan/STAFF. Updated on 10 p.m., April 7. California Gov. Gavin Newsom said on Tuesday that the state will fully reopen its economy on June 15 if hospitalization rates remain stable—and low—and people continue to…
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California allows live music to return, but how many venues reopen up in the air
The Chapel, closed, on the afternoon of March 17, 2020, the first day of a shelter-in-place to combat coronavirus. California health officials announced on Friday that indoor concerts, as well as other events, can resume on April 15. However, many don’t see the economic viability of doing so quite…
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Insert Foot: What’s that sound? Music (but coronavirus is still goin’ round)
Insert Foot vs. music in the park. I heard something the other day so stunning that I nearly went and crashed my car. Well, maybe not that bad. It wasn’t like one of my daughters told me I’m becoming a grandpa, which would certainly run me off the road…
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Former ALT 105.3 music director Aaron Axelsen to helm FLOOD streaming audio venture
DJ Aaron Axelsen performs at the Rickshaw Stop in San Francisco on Sept. 16, 2016. Alessio Neri/STAFF. Former longtime ALT 105 music director Aaron Axelsen, who was laid off last spring as part of numerous layoffs by owner ENTERCOM, has been named head of programming for a new streaming…
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Opinion: Getting the poke of ‘old normal’ in a COVID-19 vaccine
California Gov. Gavin Newsom watches as the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine is prepared by Director of Inpatient Pharmacy David Cheng at Kaiser Permanente Los Angeles Medical Center on Dec. 14, 2020 in Los Angeles. Photo by Jae C. Hong-Pool. California has about 3,000 designations for the COVID vaccination process. Even…
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When will concerts return to the Bay Area? Promoters speak up
The Smashing Pumpkins perform at Oracle Arena (now Oakland Arena) in Oakland on Aug. 27, 2018. When will concerts return to such a high-density attendance? Alessio Neri/STAFF. In 2019, before the COVID-19 pandemic, Ineffable Music booked and oversaw 1,100 concerts at the five venues it either owns or at which…
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REVIEW: Foo Fighters’ ‘Medicine at Midnight’ offers more of the same
The Foo Fighters should rename themselves The Old Standbys. No band produces as consistently at a decently high level. Dave Grohl and company can’t be accused of not doing their part to keep rock and roll alive. For a quarter century, they’ve waved the flag of uncomplicated guitar rock,…
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Concert promoters nationwide offer up venues as vaccination centers
The Fillmore, closed, on the afternoon of March 17, 2020, the first day of a shelter-in-place to combat coronavirus. Large and small concert promoters nationwide have offered up their empty venues and staff to serve as COVID-19 vaccination centers. A letter sent to President Joe Biden was co-signed by…
