10/07/2020
The Live Agency would like to thank EVERYONE who helped create the nights we will never forget. This includes artists, sound techs, venue staff, fans, managers, agents and even the people who only texted when they wanted guestlist (We haven’t heard from you in awhile, but hope you’re doing well!).
There is a magic to seeing music performed live that cannot be replaced and we’d like to acknowledge that right now. Globally our entire industry has been devastated by COVID-19. As a whole, we are at risk of losing music venues, landmark theatres, major festivals and the businesses that create those magical moments in our lives.
Right now we are working daily with industry partners and associations to find solutions on how to produce events that are safe in this new COVID world. In all of our conversations no one has found the magic bullet or solution yet, but we have seen some outside of the box concepts that work in other markets, that we are hoping to bring to BC by next year. The silver lining in this has really been how great it’s been to see our industry come together and support each other in these incredibly difficult times.
We would like to thank Creative BC, FACTOR, The Government of British Columbia and the Canadian Federal Government for their financial support during this time. We are incredibly grateful to have grant programs that support the music sector. Our goal with the funding is to create new opportunities in venues throughout the province for artists of every walk of life an genre.
Thanks again to EVERYONE who has helped create those nights we will never forget, we cannot wait to be able to do it with you again.
Please stay safe, and if you have new music, send it our way. We need something new to listen to!
Christian Aldred & Kevin Schallie
Managing Partners
The Live Agency