 Hugh Aaron reopened his music venue last June when the city of Cambridge relaxed its restrictions. Now, he says his numbers are practically back to normal. Because of the pandemic, many venues closed, so there's fewer venues, so there's fewer people competing for audience members. So even though the numbers probably are similar, I'd expect it to be higher if there was no worries about variants. For Des Barkley College of Music Professor, the pandemic greatly impacted the US music industry. People on the stage, it's back of house, front of house, the road crews, all of the people that really, really, really have no other income. But the musician kid demo says he has seen at least some improvement around the city of Cambridge after the reopening. If we can take it slowly and surely, I'm pretty confident that we'll have a good future in the near future. According to 2020 local government data, the city of Cambridge distributed more than $4 million to help small local businesses during the pandemic. Reporting for BOTV 10, I'm Isabella Hosh.