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Mayor’s Office Announces Safety Initiative for Music Venues

12:58 May 13, 2020
By: John Glover

In conjunction with New Orleans's phased reopening plans, the city is announcing Reopen Every Venue Safely (REVS), a program designed to encourage best practices in music venues to limit coronavirus's spread. It will provide technical assistance, so that live music can happen safely in these places once more.

The campaign includes New Orleans and seven other cities, or "pilot communities," including Los Angeles and Chicago, as well as other countries, such as Canada and the U.K.

REVS is a sort of umbrella organization facilitating cooperation between coalition cities. The participating locations will coordinate resources and information, ironing out best-practice protocols in real time. Once New Orleans and its partners figure out what works, they'll advise other communities.

Because this level of organization presents a novel challenge for most cities, REVS boasts a "national leadership council." The council includes venue operators, government employees, and public health experts who will help facilitate the process.

In a press release, Mayor Cantrell said, "Being a part of the REVS initiative will allow our city the support we need to reopen music venues in a thoughtful way."

For more information about REVS, visit musiccitiestogether.org.

For more information on the city's repoening phases, click here.


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