restrictions due to covid and code of conduct have reduced the footfall at several restaurants nightclubs party venues and and other events forcing them to think out of the box to keep the audience engaged while hosting gigs that stick to the safety protocolwe cancelled all our eventsseveral restaurants and event venues have cancelled their gigs for the time being nathan dcosta from hideaway tells us we usually host two music events a week we have decided to not host any events this month due to the covid situation to keep our staff and patrons safe similarly gaurav from barefoot tells us we would host jazz nights rock and roll gigs poetry circles and our monthly parra fest with art music performances and more all of which are cancelled until its safe for people to come in in february we are hoping to open with a smaller capacity in our outdoor spacekanishk lamba from moyo tells us we usually host six to eight gigs a month like workshops flea markets edm nights and indian classical concerts we had a them planned for this month which we have cancelled due to restrictions we have to work harder to sustain and are trying to improvise on how we can host events safely and make them engaging at the same timeonly small eventsparty hotspots that are usually frequented by tourists are seeing a lower footfall the 11pm curfew due to code of conduct is further reducing the chances of hosting gigs our footfall has dropped drastically as tourists have disappeared we arent hosting any major gigs or promoting our events says kenneth rebello from sinq soro and soho kartik dhingra from titlie says we had a lot of gigs planned for this month but we saw a huge drop in tourist footfall we will be be on track slowly by improvising on time and artistes due to time constraints event venues have also avoided signing up bigger artistes and focusing on smaller events only swapnil from guru bar tells us we would have events five times a week but now we only have gigs on saturday and sunday we do not sign up big artistes and only a few live music performances footfall has seen a 60 dropfocus on food based eventsmany restaurants that were known for their parties last month are now focusing on food and drink experiences instead rodney from raeeth tells us due to the restrictions and fewer visitors in goa we have started experimenting with events by organising flea markets and creating food and wine tasting packages just to make it more attractive for customers similarly pratyush neog manikial from jungle hostel we would host three events a week including live music events or jam sessions instead of live music we are focusing on food based events like bbqs dinner gettogethers and so on