Colorado Live Events Industry to Participate in #WeMakeEvents #RedAlertRESTART On Tuesday, September 1st, 2020
Photo Credit: Nick Guzzo (@SharedViewsMedia)
National campaign to light over 1,500 buildings across North America in RED representing a call to action to US Congress to pass the RESTART Act to offer economic relief to the Live Events Industry
Conscious Alliance to distribute meals to industry workers in need along the Front Range. CLICK HERE to donate a meal.
Denver, CO – On September 1st, 2020 from 9 PM – 12 AM MT, venues, buildings, structures, and residences across Colorado will be lit in red as part of #WeMakeEvents, #RedAlertRESTART, and #ExtendPUA’s national call to action, imploring the US Congress to pass the RESTART Act (S.3814) as quickly as possible. The RESTART Act would offer economic relief to the Live Events Industry, which has been shuttered since March, 2020, putting millions of people out of work. Additionally, the movement is to support ExtendPUA.org in their efforts towards continuation and extension of the Pandemic Unemployment Assistance to provide relief to those without work due to COVID-19.
Meant to call attention to the deep financial plight of the Live Events Industry, the nationwide event takes place on Tuesday, September 1, 2020, from 9 PM-12 AM, when as many as 1,500 buildings across North America will be lit in red. The goal is to raise public awareness that the Live Events Industry is on Red Alert for its very survival, and create congressional pressure to act now. It is estimated that 96%, or as many as 12 million people in the Live Events Industry are currently unemployed, furloughed, or have lost up to 90% of their income, and the world’s largest concert promoters have reported a 98% loss of revenue since the start of the pandemic. Once a robust $35 billion industry, the Live Events business was the first to close and the last to re-open, sustaining increased financial losses in the tens of billions of dollars.
Colorado’s once-vibrant event industry is of no exception and over 50 Colorado-based live event companies, promoters, venues, and event specialists have come together to donate their time, expertise, equipment & more, to the #WeMakeEvents #RedAlertRESTART initiative across the state. Additionally, in collaboration with the #WeMakeEvents #RedAlertRESTART initiative, Boulder-based national non-profit Conscious Alliance will be providing meals on September 1st to Live Events Industry workers across the Front Range experiencing the devastating consequences caused by the shuttering of the Live Events Industry.
Currently confirmed Colorado venues and buildings that will be lit in RED include (by city):
Boulder: 1STBANK Center, Boulder Bandshell, Boulder Theater, City Hall, Fox Theatre
Denver: Red Rocks Amphitheatre, Archipelago Clubs (2435 7th St), Armory Denver, Broadway Roxy, Cervantes Masterpiece Ballroom, Daniels & Fisher Tower, Dazzle, Denver Pavilions, Denver Performing Arts Complex, Denver Theatre District, Empower Field at Mile High, Globe Hall, Hi-Dive, Larimer Lounge, Lost Lake, McNichols Building, Meow Wolf, Mission Ballroom, Paramount Theatre, Pepsi Center, Union Station
Fort Collins: Aggie Theatre, Bud Event Center/Ranch, The Armory
Greeley: UNCO Norton Theatre
Paonia: Paonia Town Park Stage, The Paradise
Telluride: Liberty, Sheridan Opera House, Telluride Town Park
Winter Park: Headwaters Event Center, Ullrs Tavern
Colorado companies involved with #WeMakeEvents #RedAlertRESTART include:
7S Management, Blooming Footprint, BRICONIC Productions, Brown Note Productions, Conscious Alliance, Eddy Sound, Encompass Event Group, Lifestyle Events, Longevity Productions, Multimedia Audio Visual, Night Lights Denver, Production Resource Group (VER), Production Services International, Rogue Productions, Spectrum Audiovisual, Symbiotic Events, Wiseman Event Services, Z2 Entertainment
Additional cities participating in the #WeMakeEvents #RedAlertRESTART #ExtendPUA event on September 1, 2020 across North America includes Washington D.C., Huntsville, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Orlando, Tampa, Miami, Atlanta, Chicago, New Orleans, Boston, Baltimore, Las Vegas, New York City, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Nashville, Dallas, Austin, Houston, Salt Lake City, Seattle, Portland, Phoenix, Fayetteville, Lexington, Louisville, and Canadian neighbors including Toronto, Montreal, and Vancouver.
The North American event comes on the heels of the August 11 event #WeMakeEvents Red Alert Day Of Action when over 700 buildings were lit in red across the UK, calling attention to the same plight facing the Live Events Industry there. Click here to learn more.
As theatres, concert tours, festivals, opera houses, trade shows, and other live events as well as film and television production remain closed, or open on a very limited basis, the entire industry is impacted, from designers, technicians, programmers, and stagehands to rental shops, manufacturers, and distributors of entertainment technology. As one of the first industries to close last March, Live Events could be the last sector to re-open due to the COVID-19 crisis.
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For more information, or If you are interested in becoming an OFFICIAL MEDIA PARTNER and supporting our efforts leading up to and on September 1st, or to volunteer to join our PHOTO/VIDEO team, please contact:
Alexandra Dunne
alexandra.dunne.pr@gmail.com
Katie Fox:
katie@bloomingfootprint.com
