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| Special Note: Following an unprecedented year of global impact by the COVID-19 (Coronavirus) pandemic, on our own industry and many others, we look to the year ahead with new signs of hope and positivity. That noted, there are still many challenges to be faced, support to be provided, and creative new directions to be explored together. During the weeks and months and year ahead, we will continue to use the IFEA Event Insider to provide a broad representation of global news coverage, as well as access to the latest information about other important programs and critical resources, government support, vaccine development and distribution, research surveys, et al., with a goal of bringing our industry, our communities and our world back together again, as soon as possible, safely and sustainably.
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'House floats' take over New Orleans, Louisiana for Mardi Gras
WTVD-TV
This year, the familiar phrase down south will have to change from "Laissez le bon temps rouler" to "Que les bons moments roulent malgré la pandémie."
Let the good times roll despite the pandemic.
All around New Orleans, thousands of houses are being decorated as floats since the coronavirus outbreak canceled Mardi Gras parades that are usually mobbed by crowds during the Carnival season leading to Fat Tuesday.
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Florida's SunFest 2021 canceled because of COVID concerns
The Palm Beach Post
SunFest organizers Wednesday ended efforts to host even an altered version of the annual waterfront event in the spring. Despite a months-long attempt to devise a pandemic-safe music festival, in the end the performing bands couldn't drum up the enthusiasm to risk performing.
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Miami, Florida's Ultra Music Festival canceled for 2021
Billboard
Organizers are trying to lock in 2022 dates before making a formal announcement.
Organizers of the Ultra Music Festival are ready to cancel this year's event, but are requesting that City of Miami officials approve their permit request to stage the event next year before making a formal announcement, according to a letter obtained by Billboard. This will mark the second year in a row Ultra has been canceled due to the coronavirus pandemic.
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Thunder Over Louisville, Pegasus Parade on with no crowds for 2021 Kentucky Derby Festival
Courier Journal
The Kentucky Derby Festival will happen in 2021 — but don't plan to attend your favorite events in person.
Kentucky Derby Festival President and CEO Matt Gibson announced Tuesday that a "tribute" to Thunder Over Louisville will happen on April 17, but without the traditional crowd of spectators. The same goes for the Pegasus Parade — it'll happen this year, Gibson said, but with no people in attendance.
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Watch Katy Perry close Biden Inauguration celebration with fireworks
Pitchfork
Tonight's Celebrating America primetime special celebrating Joe Biden and Kamala Harris' inauguration came to a close with a performance from Katy Perry. Her performance was framed by a truly enormous display of fireworks that surrounded the Washington Monument as Biden, Harris, and their families watched on. Naturally, she sang "Firework."
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City of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada pushes for funding in order to keep the PNE afloat in 2021
Global News
There are renewed calls for the federal and provincial government to step in to help the Pacific National Exhibition stay afloat.
On Wednesday, Vancouver city council voted in favour of a motion to seek COVID-19 funding from the senior governments.
Lisa Dominato, Vancouver city councillor and chair of PNE board, submitted the motion and says the assistance is desperately needed in order to see the PNE survive the pandemic.
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SXSW announces first round of artists for 2021 online music festival
Under The Radar
SXSW (aka South by Southwest), the annual music, film, and interactive conference/festival in Austin, Texas, has just announced the first round of artists to perform during the music portion of the festival, which is going to be held virtually this year as a result of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. The lineup includes acts such as A Place to Bury Strangers, Braids, Holy Fuck, Indigo Sparke, Say Sue Me, Sorry, Squid, TV Priest, and Virginia Wing.
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Covid-19: Auckland, New Zealand festival Sounds Like Summer cancelled due to community cases
Stuff
A new music festival has been cancelled as a result of the two new Auckland community cases of Covid-19.
The Sounds Like Summer music festival, which was due to take place on Sunday, January 31, was expected to amass crowds of more than 1500 people. It was to be held at Omaha, about half an hour's drive up the coast from Ōrewa, where the two new cases – a father and a daughter – are believed to live.
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Not written off yet': UK music festivals determined to go ahead amid Covid-19
The Guardian
The UK's £1.1 billion live music scene is nervously eyeing the summer months, after this week's Glastonbury cancellation cast doubt on the viability of the festival season.
Boris Johnson and home secretary Priti Patel have each refused to be drawn on when coronavirus restrictions might lift, with a Johnson spokesperson not ruling out lockdown still being in place by summer.
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Government stalls on insurance scheme for UK music festivals
The Guardian
After the cancellation of this year's Glastonbury festival cast doubt on whether this year's UK festival season could go ahead, British event organisers say that a lack of insurance is "the biggest barrier" to their viability. But the government is resisting a commitment to providing indemnity for the sector, akin to the Film and TV Production Restart Scheme announced in July.
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Rio de Janeiro, Brazil's famed carnival has been canceled for 2021
Travel + Leisure
Less than a year ago, the streets of Rio de Janeiro were filled with people — friends and strangers alike — reveling maskless within a six-foot radius for Carnival, the city's annual celebration of colorful costumes and extravagance. Little did they know at the time, but the late February event would be one of the last semblances of any crowd-inducing tradition held anywhere on the globe.
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When can Disneyland reopen? The answer comes with a huge asterisk
East Bay Times
It seems like the simplest question, but it is one that has vexed fans and operators alike for more than 10 months now: When can Disneyland and other California theme parks reopen?
The simple answer comes with the world's biggest asterisk: California theme parks can reopen as soon as mid-March.
That would be nearly a year to the day since Disneyland, Universal Studios Hollywood, Knott's Berry Farm, Six Flag Magic Mountain, SeaWorld San Diego, Legoland California and other California theme parks closed in mid-March 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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NFL to give free Super Bowl tickets to 7,500 health workers, cap attendance at about 22,000
The Associated Press via CNBC
The NFL announced Friday that 7,500 health care workers vaccinated for the coronavirus will be given free tickets to next month's Super Bowl to be played in Tampa, Florida.
NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell also said in a news release that attendance at the Feb. 7 game would be limited to those workers and about 14,500 other fans. Raymond James Stadium, home of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, has a capacity of just under 66,000, according to its website .
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Who's performing at 2021 Super Bowl? Full list of celebrity appearances
Fox News
The biggest day in the NFL is rapidly approaching, which means a slew of celebrities and performers joining the players at the 2021 Super Bowl.
As the Kansas City Chiefs go head-to-head with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, many will be more focused on the illustrious 2021 Pepsi Super Bowl Halftime Show as well as the handful of performances that come to capitalize on the major TV event.
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Tokyo Olympics will be this summer, despite report: IOC
The Associated Press via New York Post
IOC President Thomas Bach and local organizers are pushing back against reports that the postponed Tokyo Olympics will be canceled.
Now set to open July 23, the Tokyo Games were postponed 10 months ago at the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic, and now the event appears threatened again.
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Promising data from rapid testing study could offer events a way forward
Event Manager Blog
The possibility of exposing attendees to the coronavirus has shut down in-person events globally, and onsite testing may provide one avenue to revive the industry by dramatically reducing transmission risk. What is not entirely clear, however, is just how much protection onsite testing can provide.
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This is how long it could take to vaccinate all the adults in the US against Covid-19
CNN
The Trump administration aimed to vaccinate 20 million Americans against Covid-19 by the end of 2020 but fell short of that goal even at the end of the term. Now, President Biden's promise to administer 100 million shots in his first 100 days in office will be put to the test.
More than 17.5 million Covid-19 vaccine doses have been administered since the first Pfizer/BioNTech shot was administered on December 14, according to the latest data from the CDC, for an average pace of about 462,000 shots per day.
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Paycheck Protection Program — an overview of the 2021 PPP and update on PPP loan forgiveness
Jackson Walker via JD Supra
On Monday, Dec. 21, 2020, Congress passed the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 (CAA), which contains a $900 billion COVID-19 relief package that, among many other initiatives, reauthorizes and modifies the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP). The PPP, implemented by section 1102 of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act, expanded the Small Business Administration (SBA) 7(a) loan program to provide up to $349 billion — increased by an additional $310 billion on April 24, 2020 — in 100% federally-guaranteed loans to small employers and eligible self-employed individuals impacted by COVID-19.
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Democrats prepare to pass Covid relief bill without Republican votes
CNBC
Democrats have started to lay the groundwork to pass the next coronavirus relief package without Republican votes as GOP lawmakers criticize the cost of President Joe Biden's rescue plan.
House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, D-Md., added votes to the chamber's schedule next week "that will give us the option of using budget reconciliation to advance a COVID-19 relief package," he told lawmakers Tuesday night.
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