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Health & Safety

As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to affect individuals, households, and organizations around the country and world, MDF will follow all CDC, state, and local health guidelines and recommendations about social gatherings. Please see below for more details on our COVID-19 precautions and policies.

COVID-19 Policy and Precautions for Guests

Entry Requirements and Requests:

  • To ensure the health and wellbeing of our guests, MDF asks that guests ensure they test negative for COVID-19 within 24 hours of the event.

  • We ask that all attendees are up-to-date on their vaccinations and boosters, and they take all appropriate precautions to stay COVID-free in the weeks and days leading up to the gala.

  • If you are feeling sick or test positive for COVID-19 within 24 hours of the event, or you've recently been exposed to COVID-19, please stay home and follow all other CDC guidelines regarding isolation and quarantine. Please contact MDF if there is any reason you will be unable to follow this policy or if you will not be able to attend due to a positive test.

Other Requests and Recommendations:

Health and Safety at Sony Hall

  • Sony Hall has installed a state-of-the-art UV Light air filtration and purification system which sterilizes the air on a regular basis.

  • Guests will be responsible for providing their own masks and tests, but MDF will do our best to supply extra masks, tests, and hand sanitizers on site.

Risks and Policy Changes

The health and safety of our guests is MDF's top priority. We intend to follow all CDC, state, and local health guidelines and recommendations about social gatherings and will take any necessary measures to keep our community safe. Guests are encouraged to participate only to the extent that they feel comfortable and will ultimately be responsible for any risk involved in traveling or attending the gala.

If there are changes to CDC, state, and local health guidelines in the coming weeks, we may also need to alter our COVID-19 policy accordingly. Guests will be reminded of our COVID-19 policies before the event and notified of any changes that occur between now and October 20th.