Unfortunately, many people just don't feel comfortable going into a comedy club right now and I really don't know when that will change. Omicron stopped everything in its tracks and we'll need to rebuild again. We were really excited about a busy holiday season and our calendar was full in January. “We reopened in April after a 13 month shutdown and numbers were up month after month since. We were planning to run a very light schedule in January: just one or two shows a week rather than four to six, but we're discussing shutting down completely in light of what's happening.” - Julie B. We are opening up tonight for a show that was sold out with a waitlist, but we've had so many cancellations due to Covid exposure, symptoms and/or positive tests that 25% of our seats are open again-and I’m sure there are more I'm not aware of yet. “Here in Syracuse, we partially shut down the week before Christmas due to rising Covid cases, even though we've been requiring proof of Covid vaccination since we reopened in July. Should we heavily promote events? Is that irresponsible? Is it possible to stay in business? Who knows.” - Cory Plump, Owner, Tubby’s Kingston People are afraid because of all the mixed messages. It's hard not to feel hopeless.” - Heather Rush, Pine Box All the time, effort and money we spent relaunching the venue seems like a waste of resources. The second week of December events started cancelling, and by 18th, our venue was dark. ![]() As soon as restrictions were lifted when the pandemic receded this past summer, we threw everything into reopening our venue space for our community. “Pine Box is a small venue supporting local and emerging artists.
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