In a parallel universe, the festival season is in full swing, and the flights to Majorca and Ibiza are full of people who are already at a low start to get into the clubs.
But most of those clubs are now closed.
But while the corona virus pandemic ruined most people's summer plans, one country saw an opportunity in all of this.
In the next few months, four music festivals are planned to be held in Malta.
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The performances of numerous British performers have been announced, among them Chase and Status, Aitch, AJ Tracey i Fatboy Slim, and users of social networks are constantly getting information about cheap flights.
Malta has 450.000 inhabitants and, according to data from Johns Hopkins University, 709 cases of infection with the corona virus have been registered so far, and nine people have died.
The country depends a lot on tourism, and many British people visit it every year. The island has recently been on the country's green list.
Special restrictions apply to some countries, and citizens of Serbia, for example, can enter without quarantine or a negative test only if they have spent the previous 14 days in one of the "corridor countries" with lists of the government of that country, it was stated on the website of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Serbia.
If they have not spent 14 days in one of the "corridor countries" entry requires a special permit from the health authorities of Malta before travel and there may be an obligation to quarantine.
Unsurprisingly, there are concerns about what might happen if a large mass of people come to the island.
Rhythm + Waves, Escape 2 the Island, BPM Festival i My House are advertised on the Internet.
Festival Back to the Futurewas canceled due to poor ticket sales.
British disc jockeys Friction i Eats Everything they told BBC Radio XNUMX's Newsbeat that they agreed to perform because they had been assured that everything was safe.
The company that organizes the festivals said that the people of Malta are looking forward to hosting the Britons.
"Tourism plays a very important role in our economy," says Niki Spiteri, who runs the company 365 Entertainment.
"Hotels, restaurants, taxi drivers and clubs look forward to these festivals - they can save their season."
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His company has been organizing festivals in Malta for more than 20 years, among them are Annie Mac's Lost and Found Festival i Creamfields Malta.
Niki says she is working with Blad on a range of safety measures - such as temperature checks on arrival, sanitary stations and maintaining a distance of two meters between visitors at all times.
"The Uno [one of the festival's venues] has a capacity of 8.000 visitors, but next to it we will have a field that can hold up to 20.000 with rest and food areas - so a space that can normally hold 28.000 is now reserved for 9.000. "
He says there will be five or six stages to ensure there is enough space for everyone.
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But 22-year-old Stef, who lives on the island, is not entirely convinced.
"I know how paranoid I was in quarantine and staying at home for about two and a half months and I don't want that to happen again, especially because of the heat," she says.
Stef thinks she would feel a lot safer if people were tested at the airport and then isolated until the test results came in - but she understands why they want to come.
"Our economy depends on tourism, so the return of tourists would bring a lot of benefits to Malta, so I fully understand why the airport has reopened for people coming from high-risk countries."
"I hope this isn't another version of the Fire Festival"
And for every doubter, there's someone willing to buy a ticket and see what happens.
Like Barnaby from Bristol.
The 21-year-old bought tickets for Boomtown i Eldorado this summer, and now he's going to Malta for a festival Rhythm and Waves.
"I saw a couple of disc jockeys' posts on Instagram about that festival, I spoke to another one and we decided to take a chance and go - in the hope that this wouldn't be another version of the Fire Festival," he tells Newsbeat.
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He's referring to events at the festival in 2017, when tickets cost up to £75.000 with the promise of a glamorous party on a deserted island in the Bahamas.
Instead, people ended up on mattresses on rain-soaked floors, a piece of meat and cheese on bread and luggage dumped in an unlit parking lot.
"The Malta artist announcement is too good to be true - probably one of the best I've seen, and having saved a lot of money this year, I'm hoping it pays off," says Barnaby.
He's not worried about catching the virus abroad and says he's "more excited than nervous" to see what the festival looks like.
"I sympathize with young people who like this kind of music"
One of the participants of the festival in Malta is a DJ Friction.
He says he had to think carefully about agreeing to perform.
"When something like this happens, you have to trust the festival organizers.
"You also have to be careful and responsible, especially when you work in an industry that gathers thousands of people in one place."
He says he's lucky to work with a team that "doesn't put their wallets first," but instead will only book him events that are safe.
And a DJ Eats Everything will perform at the festival Rhythm + Waves.
"The uncertainty of when the festivals will start is an absolute nightmare for everyone - I really feel for all the young fans of this music," he tells Newsbeat.
"The decision to perform in Malta was not difficult, because the people I know who do these festivals are top professionals."
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