Associate Professor of Music Marketing, The University of Texas at San Antonio, TX, USA
Director of Research; Beacon Economics, UC Riverside School of Business, Los Angeles, CA USA
Executive Director, CKCU / Creative Director of TIMEKODE, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Associate Professor, School of Creative Industries, Ryerson University; Toronto, Canada
A Venue now may need different densities and configurations — and is not the only way to be creating and performing in a local community. Ahead of the pandemic, all sorts of pop-ups, outdoor events and festivals, and multi-purpose spaces were growing in many communities. In this session, we’ll explore the future of venues in a post-pandemic local world in terms of density, ownership, policy/permitting, and incentive structures. Real estate may never be the same — how will its challenges this past year shift our assumptions of what we expect in our creative cities and spaces?