Out of nowhere, CANVAS SOCIAL shut down. A basement with a lot of heart and the ability to put on some amazing live shows, overnight the venue had a piece of paper cellotaped to the door with the words ‘WE ARE CLOSED’. This wasn’t widely reported, I had only seen it sandwiched in between a quickly-written article, listing it as another ‘live venue, bar or club that had shut down during the week’. Etcetera. However, this is the reality of the overwhelmingly devastating crisis