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TODAY: Dancing, standing-room concerts, karaoke now allowed in Quebec

by Lorraine Carpenter

Montreal nightlife is back!

UPDATE: Major relaxations of public health measures are coming into effect as of today, Nov. 15., as announced by Quebec Health Minister Christian Dubé in a press conference on Nov. 2. Notably for the nightlife industry, dancing, karaoke and standing-room concerts will be allowed in Quebec bars, nightclubs, restaurants and casinos.

Of course the mask mandate and vaccine passports are still required to access these venues, but there will no longer be any capacity limits or distancing requirements, with one exception: For karaoke, the singer must be two metres removed from the audience, or be behind a barrier of some sort.

TODAY: Dancing, standing-room concerts, karaoke now allowed in Quebec

A massive protest to Open Dance Floors was held on Parc Avenue on Oct. 23.

This move by public health, and other relaxations of safety measures announced in the first week of November, follows a decline in the severity of the COVID-19 pandemic in the province at the time, though the daily COVID-19 case count has increased over the past week.

For more on the lifting of restrictions in Quebec on Nov. 15, please click here.

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by Lorraine Carpenter

Editor in chief
Lorraine Carpenter was born in Montreal and studied communications and journalism at Concordia. She co-founded Cult MTL in 2012 following 12 years at the now-defunct Montreal alt weekly the Mirror, where she worked in editorial as copy editor and music editor. She’s dedicated to supporting the cultural scene in Montreal.