Guest: Erin Benjamin, president and CEO of the Canadian Live Music Association

With over 85 entertainment venues closed across the country during this pandemic, the people behind the concert halls and performance spaces that managed to survive repeated lockdowns are now cautiously optimistic that business can get back to normal. But there is still a long way to go with a confusing patchwork set of rules across the country. You can't just turn performances on like a tap, but the bands (and plays, ballet, symphony and more) should be playing on soon.

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