With the concert industry in a holding pattern, First Avenue has turned to Congress for help
(WorldNews Music)

COVID-19 landed with a thud in March and First Avenue took the blow like everyone else. “Our last show was on the 12th, our last day in the office was the 13th and by the 16th we had moved every show in March,” said marketing director Ashley Ryan. But the legendary downtown Minneapolis nightclub – which owns and runs the Depot Tavern and Fine Line Music Cafe in Minneapolis and the Turf Club and Fitzgerald Theater in St. Paul and co-runs St. Paul’s Palace Theatre – didn’t waste any time in looking for a fix. First Avenue president Dayna Frank joined other independent clubs across the country to form the National Independent Venue...