Underworld Opera Company

In FY 2021 - 2022 we started to recover from the pandemic. In efforts to keep our audience, performers, and staff safe by restructuring our model, we started doing outdoor festivals. Underworld Opera presents 'Live and Outside' performances, which were a massive success. Five shows over two weekends, one in November 2021, and one in March 2022, we saw 7500 attendees! People were tired of staying home in our community, but were also still wanting to stay safe, providing entertainment outside was the best alternative. We were able to return to our regular smash hit events, Tourettes Without Regrets, which changed it's name in the pandemic, due to being ableist, would now be known as the Ruckous and Rumpous Revival, and Hoodslam, the accidental wresting phenomenon, were both able to perform for the first time since March 2020. Audiences lined up as far as the eye could see, our employees finally had work again, and performers got to be onstage again, as performances were deemed nonesential activity in California, where the lockdown lasted longer than anywhere else in the country. In March we added a music festival to the weekend. A Bay Area Thrash festival featuring Bay Area legends Exodus who were joined by members of Metallica, Death Angel and more. In both November 2021 and in March 2022, total estimated attendees is 7500.