They count in the Everything moves, by Helena Garcia Melero, that DJs will have the right to be considered "artists" and will therefore be able to enjoy some labor rights, which they didn't have before. Many of them earn little money, around 150 euros, for sets that are often as long as a marathon. There are those who think, of course, and this is what they said on the program, that the DJ is what "entertains the drunks." As everywhere there are media figures and there are workers, there is a tendency to think, as in the fable of the ant and the grasshopper, that what they sing afterwards will not make bread.

The disappearance of the Opium nightclub on Barcelona's seafront will not be as quick as announced this July, when the City Council presented an agreement sealed with the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC) to make it possible for the premises to be used to expand the facilities of the Mediterranean Centre for Marine and Environmental Research (CMIMA) in the city. Although the plan was to immediately hand over the provisional use of the space while the project and the tender for the works progressed, they will now not be able to start before September next year. The State government, which is the owner of these premises on the seafront, has extended Opium's lease for another year, as confirmed by the owners of the nightclub, who had already announced that they planned to challenge the agreement in court. They considered that the decision was "unilateral" and "purely ideological" to "punish" nightlife venues in the area. They now know the business will be allowed to continue at least for another year.

Nightclubs will be able to reopen in Catalonia from Friday 11 February and will do so with fewer restrictions than last autumn, the last time they were allowed to. The covid certificate will no longer be required to enter nightclubs venues – a requirement that also ceased to apply in bars, restaurants, gyms and care homes – and establishments will be allowed to fill up and reach 100% of capacity – previously there was a 70% cap – there will be no restrictions on opening times and dancing will be allowed without keeping safe distances. The only measure that will be maintained, which is regulated by a state decree, is the obligation to wear a mask inside, except when drinking.

New Year's Eve in Catalonia will again see closed nightclubs and a curfew imposed between 1 am and 6 am in the most populous towns and cities. The new wave of covid has brought on restrictions that will prevent nightclubs and bars from opening for the second consecutive year after the industry's appeal to Catalonia's High Court was unsuccessful. The appeal was dismissed, as judges put "the general interests of the population" during the avalanche of contagions caused by the Omicron variant omicron before damage to businesses, which claimed the Catalan Government does not have sufficient powers to establish some of the restrictions, such as the curfew.

A member of a Telegram group with more than 2,400 people, in which calls for street drinking parties have been made in recent weeks, sends the following message: "We make covid certificates with two vaccines. Write me for more information". Another user replies that it is easier to get vaccinated, but he questions if he knows what they put in the doses and assures him that they carry "a lot of s*it". In a conversation with another, he dares to say that vaccines are free because they kill. "Wash your eyes, my friend", he adds. The denialist discourse of the covid passport forger apparently doesn't quite capture the attention of the group's members, but if we send him a private message, he explains that he can make a certificate for 550 euros.

"We hadn't gone out a single Thursday since we started uni!" Judit, Laia, Tània and Yema are 19 years old, they are from Berga and they have been sharing a flat for two years. But it's the first time they've been able to go out partying in Barcelona because clubs have been closed for a year and half – they've only opened for a couple of few weeks in summer. That's why the girls didn't want to miss the reopening of nightlife: "We were really looking forward to it". The first night could be felt in some clubs in Barcelona, which filled up and saw large queues outside. Everybody had to show their ID and their covid pass to get in, which meant the queues were slow.

Catalonia High Court has authorised requiring a covid pass to access nightclubs, the last step needed before they can reopen tonight. The Catalan government authorised nightclubs to reopen their indoor spaces as long as clients show their covid pass before entering. The use of this document, however, required court backing as it affects fundamental rights. This morning, the Prosecutor's Office positioned itself in favour of the measure, which it considers "necessary, appropriate and proportionate". The High Court agreed.

Clubbing is back. With epidemiological data receding, the last sector to be given permission to reopen will be allowed to do so on October 8. This has been confirmed by sources of the Catalan Government to ACN, two weeks after nightclubs' outdoor areas were given permission to open until 3 am with no dancing. The measure comes after great pressure from the sector and images of large illegal outdoor parties over the past few weekends, in which thousands of people took part.

The Catalan Government has proposed reopening nightclubs withing days, with revellers having to present the covid pass to access premises. According to RAC1, the measure would come into force on October 8, but the Government claims "the date is not definite". According to government spokeswoman Patrícia Plaja, the administration is considering the reopening of clubs "in the upcoming weeks" with compulsory "use of the covid pass", a measure that will have to be endorsed by Catalonia's High Court. Last week the Generalitat announced a partial opening of nightlife: only in outdoor spaces until 3.00 am and without dancing. "Today we are closer than last week to the reopening," Plaja said, who on several occasions clarified that the specific date has not been decided "due to legal and health issues".

Bars and nightclubs will be open for Sant Joan. The Government and the sector have agreed on the reopening of nightlife fifteen months after its closure due to the pandemic. With the final touches yet to be agreed, activity is expected to resume from Monday 21 June. Clubs will be allowed to open until 3 am -and then they will have an extra half hour for clients to vacate the building- and bars will be allowed to extend their activity another half hour, until half past three in the morning.

Nightlife business association Fecasarm has proposed a pilot test with antigen test for the reopening of nightclubs, according to the programme Planta baixa on TV3. The purpose is to distribute 4,000 people in 10 nightclubs in Barcelona on Friday May 21. As in the concert of Love of Lesbian at the Palau Sant Jordi, the public will have to take an antigen test on the same day of the pilot test. Once in the club, which would open without time restrictions, everyone would wear a mask. In addition, the premises will have to ensure proper ventilation.