The first major concert in Nevada County to allow significant in-person attendance, since the pandemic began over a year ago, has been announced by the Center for the Arts. Executive Director Amber Jo Manuel says Taj Mahal will be the first of a series of Saturday outdoor shows at the Fairgrounds, starting on June 12th and through July. And, if the county stays in the Red Tier, that means only 20-percent capacity for a venue that normally accomodates five-thousand spectators. Attendance will also be in socially-distanced pods that allow four people…

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The concert is also three days before the governor’s planned “full re-opening” of the economy on June 15th. But Manuel says she doesn’t expect that will allow traditional attendance for concerts and similar restrictions will still be in place…

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Manuel says if the county moves to a better tier and the concert has sold out they’ll sell more tickets. More Fairground shows are expected to be announced next week. The recently-rennovated Center has been featuring virtual performances and Manuel hopes the first indoor shows there can happen by the fall.