Hospitality businesses were hit hardest by the COVID-19 related shutdown last year with forced shut downs across the state.

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Events were one of the first things to go and organisers are still jumping through restriction related hoops to get them off the ground more a year later.

When the lockdown hit last year Daiquiri Isle immediately lost about 85 per cent of their business, owner Steve Cooley said. He said having events back was "everything to us."

"Just the last few weeks festivals are starting to come back so finally, hopefully, we will be able to get back on top of things and start paying a few bills," Mr Cooley said.

"We are really looking forward to the next festival season which starts in October - September/ October.

"If everybody does the right thing - social distances, masks and sanitisers - hopefully we will be back on track."

Mr Cooley said the business didn't just rely on events but the other sectors where they made money were also badly affected by the shutdown.

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"All our businesses revolved around all the ones that shut down - like school canteens, hotels, restaurants, festivals, everything got shut down," he said.

Tamar Valley Woodfire Catering was in a similar position to Daiquiri Isle when the lockdown struck last year. Worker Nathan Barnett said during the lockdown he was working a lot less hours than normal.

"Hospitality took quite a slamming to be honest. But what can you do about it it is just the way it is," he said.

"[Events being back] gets a bit of revenue flowing back in and gets people that need the work more hours and that is the main thing. I'm just happy to be back at work."

Father daughter duo Joseph and Ellen Yared of Lebanese Gourmet and Grill were also happy to be back at works and events.

The family business had been hit hard by the COVID-19 shutdown but now with events returning they were out and about again.

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Mr Yared said the lockdown had affected the family businesses quite badly.

He said with the return of events they are able to run a small operation again.

"It is great because we had to stop for, a period of time, a long time due to COVID-19. We are happy to back. There were many people who were asking about us," Mr Yared said.

"It affected us very badly because we had to shut down for four or five months. We lost a lot of big events due to COVID-19 - we are operating on a small scale now."

Ellen just hoped everyone enjoyed they day at staple Launceston event.

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"[I'm] pretty excited and its Launceston Cup so you know," Ellen said.

"It is much better than staying home all day. It is fun to make some money."