Monday Night Fever!
Revellers set to hit the dance f loor after four weeks of club closures
REVELLERS across Scotland are planning to hit dance floors tomorrow night as the easing of coronavirus restrictions means nightclubs can finally reopen.
Although Mondays are not generally viewed as party nights, clubbers will be out to celebrate the end of Covid curbs introduced to tackle the Omicron wave.
Late-night venues were ordered to close after Christmas, wrecking Hogmanay plans for many.
Despite agreeing to comply with social distancing and provide table service only with no dancing, the Scottish Government ordered nightclubs to close, sparking fury in the industry.
But from tomorrow, dancing is again allowed. Paul Banham, operations director of the Buff Club in Glasgow, said: ‘We can’t wait to welcome our customers. Monday will be a night to remember.
‘Hopefully this was the last closure because every time we have closed, it gives such uncertainty to us and all our staff. However, enough of the past. We’ll see everyone on the dance floor on Monday.’
Other popular nightclubs in Glasgow, the Garage and the Cathouse run by Donald MacLeod’s Hold Fast Entertainment, are delighted to let clubbers through their doors once again.
Brian Fulton, Hold Fast finance and operations director, said: ‘The level of government support was announced a couple of weeks after we closed, which we are grateful for, but we open tomorrow after four weeks of closure and are yet to receive any cash.
‘So ultimately it comes as a huge relief that we are able to open and allowed to make a living again.
‘We take a great deal of pride in the
‘We can’t wait – it will be a night to remember’
fact we protected our staff and saved over 130 jobs.’
Theatres will also be able to reopen. While there was no enforced closure for theatres, one-metre social distancing presented financial difficulties if venues chose to remain open and were only able to seat audiences with reduced numbers.
Theatregoers in Stirling are planning to celebrate Burns Night on Tuesday.
The curtain will lift at the city’s Macrobert Art Centre for The Ghosting of Rabbie Burns, a comedy featuring Burns songs and poems.
Artistic director Julie Ellen said: ‘Scotland’s Bard would have no doubt written a ditty in celebration. He loved a good night out.’
Fiona Gibson, of Capital Theatres, said: ‘We’re delighted theatres can reopen at full capacity from tomorrow.’ Meanwhile, Celtic Connections music festival opened last week with performances online.
However, from tomorrow live shows in front of in-person audiences will return to a host of festival venues across Glasgow.