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Yikes: Survey predicts 90 percent of Austin live music venues to close by Halloween
A survey of Austin businesses impacted by the Covid-19 pandemic finds that 90 percent of the city’s live music venues are likely to permanently close by this fall. That forecast was one of the conclusions of a June survey conducted by the University of Houston’s Hobby School of Public Affairs, with more than 1,000 business […]
Austin music venues deal with new phase of coronavirus shutdowns
A handful of Austin music venues that had started to feature live music in recent weeks as Texas moved to reopen businesses during the coronavirus pandemic faced an abrupt shift Friday. An executive order from Gov. Greg Abbott shut down bars — again. Since Abbott’s phased reopening of the state began in May, the state’s […]