“We definitely need to be setting up camp, especially in places like Brixton, but they’re owned generationally,” he says. “They’ll secretly own a strip [of venues] and then rent them out to others who compete with each other. That’s the property game man. Culturally it's worth it but commercially it’s a risk. You’re always going to be operating at a thin edge, especially times like now.”

“It’s a madness,” said Ida, 22. “It feels unnatural,” Ali, 20, chimed in, “like we’re in a dream.” Even the most hardened cynic would have struggled to throw off the hope and joy in the air. A nurse who’s worked throughout the pandemic and was there with her friends said it felt like there’s an end in sight. “It’s just fucking great,” she said, between glugs of Strongbow Dark Fruit, “I feel like the world is finally getting back to normal.” There was a mini chant of “fuck COVID” to close the night, which bloated into the swell of another old familiar: “One more tune! One more tune!”

“Bars and restaurants have been through enough this past year, but even still, they continue to be hampered by nonsensical pandemic regulations,” Yang told The Post.

“We need to stop getting in the way of policies that would help tens of thousands of hospitality workers and owners, and lift our entire economy in the process.”

DJ 88 keeps making moves. Expect a special edition of her Pop Up series at Ghostbar next month, but she’s already announced the evolution of these musical parties with the first Pop Up Live event at the House of Blues on July 29—a concert by fast-rising singer/rapper Anderson .Paak and his band the Free Nationals. Tickets are on sale now.

Entertainment venues, including family fun centers, arcades and bowling alleys in Bernalillo are allowed to offer indoor service 25% capacity.