The city’s live music venues have been closed for some six months now, leaving the talent that would fill them without one stream of income. But, finally, live entertainment has found its way into SF’s reopening plan, per a new temporary permit program for outdoor performances called “JAM” — or “Just Add Music.”
But there’s a weird, incredibly odd catch to that welcomed good news: according to the JAM program, performers can’t be “singing, shouting, or playing wind or brass instruments” during those JAM-approved performances. Those activities — again, as noted by the City — increase the risk of aerosol transmission of COVID-19. It’s unclear, however, how those restrictions will be enforced.
Moreover, the JAM program specifically lists that performers and staff must use face coverings at all times and that each performer must fit in the designated performance area, all while keeping a distance of at least six feet from others — so the intended efficacy and merit of those…
