New Coronavirus April 17 at 5:52 PM

Due to the spread of the new coronavirus, some live houses are closing down due to business difficulties. Under these circumstances, the circle of support is expanding, with the start of a new initiative to purchase drink tickets for shops that are closed.

Many of the live houses in various locations that have been asked to refrain from business or to request suspension of business as "closed, dense, close" "three dense" are many small and medium-sized privately run shops, and the live houses in Sapporo are full this month. Some stores are facing business crisis, such as deciding to close them.

Against this backdrop, a new project called "SAVE THE LIVE HOUSE" was launched on the 8th of this month to support stores by purchasing drink tickets for stores that were closed on the Internet in advance.

By selecting the store you want to support on the dedicated site and purchasing an electronic ticket of 600 yen per ticket, you can receive drinks at the store after resuming business. The amount of support, minus a 8% commission, is transferred to the store every week, and it has been more than one week since the start, and a total of more than 5 million yen has already been collected.

It means that the target stores were registered by the application from the store side, and now 90 stores nationwide including clubs and music bars are registered.

Mr. Shotake Oda, the project's founder representative, said, "I was able to stand up for a week or a month even if I couldn't have an event. I started it up. I want this effort to reach stores in trouble. "

Loss of live entertainment market to 175 billion yen

Since the government's request for self-restraint has started, performances have been postponed or canceled at live houses in various places since late February, and the impact is becoming more serious due to the spread of infection.

According to a survey by PIA Research Institute, the amount of losses received by live entertainment markets such as music concerts, plays, and musicals due to postponement or cancellation of performances was 175 billion yen as of the 23rd of last month. Going up

If self-restraint or leave requests continue until the end of next month, it is estimated that the amount will almost double to reach 330 billion yen, which is 37% of the annual market size.

PIA Research Institute points out that such industries are dominated by small businesses, including individuals, and there are many businesses that do not belong to industry groups, etc. .

Crowdfunding moves one after another

At live houses, which are in danger of surviving, there is a continuous movement to launch crowdfunding, which seeks funds on the Internet to continue business.

One of these, “papaBeat” in Hachioji, Tokyo, has been operating independently for 15 years. Mainly acoustic live concerts were performed, and a group of university students and artists aiming to be professionals were performing, but after the end of February when the infection spread, the live concerts were canceled one after another, and it is temporarily closed from this month. .

It is a policy that the canceled live performers will not be charged a cancellation fee, and although the income has now become zero, it means that the monthly rent and maintenance costs are more than 1.2 million yen. .

For this reason, when we called for crowdfunding to support the loss of 1.5 million yen by the end of early next month, which is currently closed, it means that more than the desired amount was received with the help of regular customers.

Mr. Masaki Takano, the owner, is grateful for the support, but he feels that if self-restraint will continue for a long period of time, management will not be able to stand still and the sense of crisis will increase.

Mr. Takano said, “Our work is the starting point for those who are currently playing in majors. I think if there is no such place, there will be no music culture. If it becomes negative, we will close the store immediately. It seems like I'll think about it, but for those who want me to continue, I want to continue to bite on the stone and continue. "