TICKETS.

Masterbeat is keeping a close watch on the recent uptick in Covid and Monkeypox infections and we are taking these upticks very seriously. 

Monkeypox, although rarely fatal, is painful and contagious. As a community we can protect ourselves and hopefully contribute to avoiding this becoming a long-term epidemic in our community.  To ensure the safety and health of all guests and members of the community, we recommend if you are ill, have been recently exposed or tested positive to Monkeypox or Covid, please stay home.

Masterbeat events are dance parties, not sex parties. Please be respectful of your fellow attendees’ boundaries around physical closeness and minimize skin-to-skin contact to lower the risk of transmission. Monkeypox virus is generally spread from close contact with an active lesion (typically a pustule), as well as through contact with respiratory secretions. Respiratory secretions are not typically aerosolized, so monkey pox does not spread in the same fashion as Covid. Therefore, social distancing is not necessary. Monkeypox transmission behavior includes oral, anal, and vaginal sex or touching the genitals or anus of a person with monkeypox; prolonged massage, and kissing; prolonged face-to-face contact; and touching any active lesion anywhere on the body. If you are ill or out of precaution decide not to attend but have purchased a ticket, you can easily gift or sell your ticket to a friend or other party.  

At this time, Masterbeat has joined with Circuit Mom / Market Days, Pines Party, Ticketmaster, Showclix, Winter Party and other prominent dance events and ticketing consortiums to agree to the standard policy that all ticket sales are final with no refunds, regardless of your comfort level with Monkeypox.  All current events on sale from Masterbeat were launched well after the news of Monkeypox, and you purchased a ticket with existing knowledge of the virus. Additionally, vaccines are becoming readily available to our community and provide a great defense against the virus in the rare case of direct exposure.  There is more than sufficient time before any of our events to obtain a vaccine to increase your comfort level with attending if you have already purchased a ticket.  Monkeypox is not easily transmissible if you are taking the proper cautions when in attendance and may be prevented by obtaining a vaccine prior to the event.

In the rare case you test positive for Monkeypox and are unable to gift or sell your ticket(s), you may request a refund.  Send your name, proof of positive test results by an authorized testing site, order number and email address used on the order to us at support@masterbeat.com.  A refund will be processed 10 days after receipt only with this information.

Symptoms of monkeypox can include fever, headache, muscle aches and backache, swollen lymph nodes, chills, exhaustion, and a rash that can look like pimples or blisters that appears on the face, inside the mouth, and on other parts of the body, like the hands, feet, chest, genitals, or anus. The rash goes through different stages before healing completely. The illness typically lasts 2-4 weeks. Sometimes people get a rash first followed by other symptoms. Others only experience a rash.

Masterbeat encourages everyone to follow the guidelines set forth by the and get vaccinated as soon as possible.

Monkeypox vaccines are becoming readily available to the LGBTQ community.  Not only do they provide immunization against the virus, they also provide some degree of immediate protection even after infection. We want all to have a safe and enjoyable weekend.For more information, please watch the short video Dr. Demetre Daskalakis made for the CDC on five things you need to know about Monkeypox.