Restaurant patio music considered a mass gathering

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Garver Patio at the Garver Feed Mill has canceled most of its remaining live music for the season and capped the rest at 25 people due to a notice from Public Health Madison and Dane County, according to a report from the Wisconsin State Journal.

As a restaurant, the company has an outdoor capacity to seat 150 in tables spaced six feet apart. However, live music played on the Garver Patio constitutes a concert and “mass gathering” that should be limited to 25, according to health officials. The restaurant feels it was operating within the regulations but has changed its plans for the rest of the fall season.

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