Neumos in Seattle, in a Pandemic: ‘Ticket Sales Have Stopped’

We had to shut down [my restaurant] Life at Mars. There was nothing we could do. The staff got sick. So we shut down until people are healthy again. We already had some staff that was sick and then we had three more that it happened to and we don’t have [COVID-19] tests. If you’ve been exposed to COVID, our thing is you have to get a negative test before you can come to work. But people can’t get tests.

No, but between December and mid-January, we canceled almost everything. There was a benefit we were doing for an organization called Mary’s Place that we let happen on New Year’s Eve and everything else we axed. We don’t have anything on the books until Jan. 15. We are waiting and seeing what is going to happen. Stuff is canceling and postponing left and right all across the country. Tours are getting pushed back and we are going through the same thing again. It’s insane.

The days leading up to New Year’s Day are usually big money for live event spaces. Did not having events during that week hurt you or other venues? A lot of places ended up not doing New Year’s events, but a lot of it was because tickets didn’t sell. If you’re already not selling and it’s not a great idea…

But there were some people, they needed that New Year’s to pay rent that month. [Neumos] needed December. December is corporate party time. We usually do lots of holiday parties, but this year I don’t think we had any. So that money we make in December to get through the lean months of January and February, that’s gone. I can pay my rent. I am okay. But I know people who run small venues that can’t. It’s tough.What I keep reminding people about is the live music ecosystem.

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