TY - JOUR

T1 - The “First Ones to Close and Last Ones to Re-Open”

T2 - Music Venues, COVID-19 and the Handling of the Crisis

AU - Kuchar, Robin

AU - Frey, Maxine

AU - Gooß, Julia

AU - Mertens, Tim

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PY - 2022/6/22

Y1 - 2022/6/22

N2 - During the initial phase of the pandemic in the spring of 2020, music venues and clubs were the first to close—and often the last to re-open. Based on knowledge about music venues and club culture from the pre-COVID-19 era and data collected among club owners, clubbers, venue associations and cultural policy in Germany, this article encompasses a variety of perspectives regarding the situation of live music venues and clubs during the pandemic. Firstly, it analyses, from a German perspective, the club-related developments of the COVID-19 crisis from the first lockdown in March 2020 to the spring of 2021. Secondly, it considers the effect of “loss” among audiences and, thirdly, the discourse about cultural policy and emergency funds for music clubs and live music culture in Germany.

AB - During the initial phase of the pandemic in the spring of 2020, music venues and clubs were the first to close—and often the last to re-open. Based on knowledge about music venues and club culture from the pre-COVID-19 era and data collected among club owners, clubbers, venue associations and cultural policy in Germany, this article encompasses a variety of perspectives regarding the situation of live music venues and clubs during the pandemic. Firstly, it analyses, from a German perspective, the club-related developments of the COVID-19 crisis from the first lockdown in March 2020 to the spring of 2021. Secondly, it considers the effect of “loss” among audiences and, thirdly, the discourse about cultural policy and emergency funds for music clubs and live music culture in Germany.

KW - Club culture

KW - Covid-19

KW - Cultural loss

KW - Cultural policy

KW - Music clubs

KW - Pandemic measures

KW - Venues as social space

KW - Cultural Distribution/Cultural Organization

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U2 - 10.1558/jwpm.23354

DO - 10.1558/jwpm.23354

M3 - Journal articles

AN - SCOPUS:85134401444

VL - 9

SP - 170

EP - 196

JO - Journal of World Popular Music

JF - Journal of World Popular Music

SN - 2052-4900

IS - 1-2

ER -