We sent out an opinion survey a couple weeks ago asking  musicians if they thought that the amount of live gigs have increased or stayed the same now that Covid is finally over, or almost over.  Result:  About a third said it has increased, a third said it has stayed the same, and a third said it will be worse.

I am piano vocalist currently on a river ship Ms George Eliot, Scylla. In my opinion Covid no longer affects my job, but I can see the contracts on cruise ships have started to be longer than before but they still require you to be vaccinated.
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No, the work, gigs and venues are not back to pre-pandemic levels. Actually a few venues closed and did not reopen. A few regular residency gigs were lost and did not return so there is a long way to go to get back to pre-pandemic levels.
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Not at all, it is not the same as it was before the pandemic. Many places ( at least here in Dallas) have closed, and those few places with Live Music, are not enough to cover the demand of bands looking for a gig.
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Yes, as far as I can tell it's getting better.  My friends in Los Angeles are posting photos of themselves doing shows and recording in studios (on facebook) and here on the East Coast, our tourist season is getting started and restaurants are advertising live music on weekends until Memorial Day, then 7 days a week for the summer season, through Labor Day.
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Gigs are back and many venues have changed their hours to play earlier than before. Not a problem for us!
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I believe that the level gigs offered now are not what it was prior to the pandemic. Currently there are more gigs offered than 2 years ago but not as much as 4 years ago. Most people are looking for live entertainment at a budget price because of the economy and people have not gone back to work on a regular basis and a lot of venues have closed the doors and are out of business since the pandemic. I think it may take another year or two before we get back to gigs where we were at prior to the pandemic.
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I always just think it’s up to the musician to create as many gigs as he can do. And the environment is not a big factor. I had the best month I’ve had in the past 2.5 years and the best April I’ve EVER had . So yes! But it’s marketing and creativity on my part not the economy or planetary conditions.
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1. The food and beverage industry will be too far behind to put out extra money on giggers for awhile. It’s too costly for the owners. 2. Also people have learned to find entertainment elsewhere like at home. 3. Tourist places may be more likely to hire. But hometown type work, it could go back to playing for food and drink.
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Hey, I'm in this little tourist town in NM so it's mostly country, but the shutdown was the best thing to happen to my career- the main band left the club I was working at so I started my own band and took all his dates lol- now I have two bands of my own playing this club, I'm doing the booking for this club AND I'm playing with the original guy who left the club LMAO- making crazy money- who would've thought??
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For the most part, gigs have returned. The clubs/bars etc. that had to go out of business are the markets that had been unable to return.
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During Covid a lot of people out of work started new bands and performing at low budgets making it harder for full time musicians to compete. Now that Covid is over club owners want to keep low budgets for all bands. I have a full time 6 piece band all guys preforming for a living against weekend warriors who just want to play and work cheap. I have a duo too that plays for the same money as some new cheap bands. It seems like a lot of musicians are NOT good business people and make it harder for full time people. If you play guitar and sing there are a lot of gigs. But other than national acts most bands are having a hard time.
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I do not know about other bands in other areas, but we have been playing out in the western Arizona area every weekend for quite a while now. If anything, gigs have increased for us over the pre-covid period…maybe we’re just getting more popular…
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Have gig levels returned to pre-covid levels?  Yes and no.  I see a lot of solo and duo acts performing, with or without assistance from tracks.  I see a lot of tribute bands performing, as it’s very trendy with the casinos and wineries. In the case of my cover band, no.  There isn’t the demand for our service that I was seeing in 2018.  It feels to me like the business climate is still in recovery mode.
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In Florida it sure seems like it is all back to normal – lots of bands in restaurants and bars.
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Venues don’t seem to think live music is important. Actually there were MORE outdoor gigs during Covid because they wanted a way to keep customers around.
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The Hollywood venues still had a large number of bands that I like play through these years.  So many bands that I listened to over the years put out new material last year that this summer could bring a lot of new local bands to play with local legends and off shore legends. The past few years of festival shows were the best ever. Some available to be seen on YouTube like Ozzfest, Knotfest, Milwaukee Metal Fest, Aftershock, Hellfest, Bloodstock, Hammerfest, Deathfest, Damnation Festival, Download Festival, brought legends together for the first time. It is possible that Hollywood venues will host some of these or all of these and more in the coming seasons.