Live Music’s Bumpy Road to Recovery

This week, Mike welcomes back to the podcast Erin Benjamin, the CEO of the Canadian Live Music Association (CLMA), which represents the interests of music festivals and venues, concert promoters, talent agencies, ticketing companies, and presenters. The last time Erin was on the show was November 2020 and a lot has changed since then regarding the pandemic and the state of the live music business. So, Mike and Erin discuss the current bumpy return of live music, the quickly-growing support for vaccine mandates and passports, how venues and other businesses are faring, current and future government supports, the federal parties’ election platforms, and how the tough economics of live music made this industry especially vulnerable, even during the recovery.