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Article By: Gemma
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t’s a Saturday. Not just any Saturday. The first Saturday since lockdown began that live performances outside have become legal again, and Tired Bear Bookings wasted no time in organising Lincoln’s first live music event at one of Lincoln’s most long-standing independent pubs:
“Is everyone sure we’re allowed to do this?” THE JOLLY BREWER.
We’re in the spacious beer garden, it’s a warm July evening and the atmosphere is filled with equal amounts of excitement and apprehension. Groups sit at their tables a little rigidly, there’s a sense that we’re doing something wrong. It’s like drinking after prohibition. Is everyone s ure we’re allowed to do this? Like, we really want to, but what if we do it wrong? Are we allowed to sing? Dance? Or do we sit, nodding rigidly whilst trying not to have too much fun then head home at a sensible time? Punters grasp ice cold pints with relief, and begin to slacken their spines a little as the alcohol and good company begin to soothe the many months of solitude and anxiety that most have endured. Some have already visited pubs since they reopened, whilst for others the event was a perfect opportunity to see friends and talk to other pub-goers again.
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