‘A lot of crossed fingers’: how Australia’s arts festivals are planning for a socially distanced summer – The Guardian

Covid-19 has thrown huge challenges at Australias major arts festivals this summer, not least the maintenance of audience physical distancing at crowded events and border closures excluding most international artists.
To mitigate the risk of viral spread this January, Sydney festival will build a large stage for several shows at the Barangaroo headland, where the festival stages Vigil each year, designed to keep people seated at safe distances. Our surveying says people feel that being outdoors…

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