A rally was held in Boston on Tuesday for the live event industry, which has been hard hit by the coronavirus pandemic. Event producers, caterers, musicians, technicians, engineers and others will gather at the state house to push for assistance to keep businesses and individuals afloat. Under Massachusetts' current guidelines, large venues won’t be able to reopen until Phase 4 when there is a vaccine or treatment for the virus.The Massachusetts Live Events Coalition is calling for the government to extend Pandemic Unemployment Assistance and Federal Pandemic Unemployment Compensation to help bail out live event workers. The group said they were one of the first industries to be shut down and likely one of the last to return. The live events industry provides jobs for approximately 12 million people who are now out of work, the group said.“We’re talking about everything from trade shows, conferences, meetings, festivals, fairs, live music, Broadway, theater,” said Eileen Valois, vice president of Sports and Fan Entertainment for PRG. Tim Briggs is the operations manager at the Canoe Club Ball Room in West Bridgewater.The wedding venue, which can host as many as 250 people, has been decimated by the virus. “We want to work, but if we’re not going to be allowed to work and if we’re forced to shut down then we do need some type of financial assistance from the government,” Briggs said. “I’m definitely nervous about theater work, absolutely. I don’t know, it’s just sort of used to being laid off between gigs, so I usually have a pretty good attitude about it but I’m definitely nervous,” scenic artist Pecan Johnson said.