Tag Archives: Live Music Capital of the World

City offers $4.5M for musicians, venues in latest Live Music Fund

Local musicians and qualifying independent music venues will be able to apply for $4.5 million in grants available in the second cohort of the Live Music Fund. The program, which was approved by City Council in 2019 using Hotel Occupancy…

Music & Entertainment • By Chad Swiatecki • May 16, 2024

Music insiders see opportunity as Austinite takes over at Texas Music Office

The news that the next director of the Texas Music Office will be a longtime Austinite with decades of music industry experience is seen as a positive for advocates of the local music economy. Over the weekend, news broke that…

Music & Entertainment • By Chad Swiatecki • Apr 30, 2024

Music Commission approves revised ‘agent of change’ measures to calm noise disputes

The city appears ready to codify measures meant to prevent noise issues from creating friction with residential developments and live music venues, nearly a decade after the conflict first received heavy attention. At Monday’s meeting, the Music Commission approved requirements…

Music & Entertainment • By Chad Swiatecki • Apr 3, 2024

Incentive package for music venues, arts spaces headed for May public hearing

The city is working to make incentives for creative spaces available to individual sites and properties as well as larger cultural districts that have been proposed in city planning documents in recent years. Monday’s Arts Commission meeting included a presentation…

Planning • By Chad Swiatecki • Mar 22, 2024

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Music Commission's $3M budget request includes HAAM funds, marketing program

The Music Commission has asked the city for just over $3 million in the next budget to expand some existing programs and provide added economic and medical assistance for local musicians. At Monday’s meeting, the commission unanimously approved six requests…

Budget • By Chad Swiatecki • Mar 6, 2024

HAAM seeks $500K in next year’s city budget to fund local musicians’ insurance

Health Alliance for Austin Musicians is seeking ongoing support from the city and possibly Travis County to cover the costs of subsidized health insurance coverage for more than 2,000 local musicians annually. Tonight’s Music Commission meeting will feature a presentation…

Budget • By Chad Swiatecki • Mar 4, 2024

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Council votes to aid Blues on the Green, explore more event sponsorships

The city has stepped forward to revive the Blues on the Green concert series held annually in Zilker Park and will look at how to support or possibly co-sponsor other music festivals or cultural events throughout the city in the…

City Council • By Chad Swiatecki • Feb 20, 2024

Music Commission wants tight guidelines on venues receiving Live Music Fund awards

The Music Commission has formed a working group that could reshape how the city will award grants to live music venues as part of an expansion of the Live Music Fund. The group, which will likely include five commission members…

Music & Entertainment • By Chad Swiatecki • Feb 8, 2024

City could step in to aid, revive Blues on the Green summer concert series

The city could step in to provide financial assistance, fee waivers or other resources to the Blues on the Green summer concert series, which organizers announced last month was canceled for 2024 because of rising costs. On Friday, Council Member…

Music & Entertainment • By Chad Swiatecki • Feb 5, 2024

New cultural districts could thrive with EDD's planned framework

A pair of long-gestating city initiatives have entertainment and arts proponents eyeing the many new areas around the city that could become cultural districts in the next handful of years. Once enacted, the combination of economic incentives, infrastructure support and…

Planning • By Chad Swiatecki • Jan 23, 2024

Music Commission considers dedicated grant stream for live music venues

Music venues around the city could have a dedicated source of funding in next year’s Live Music Fund program, which was created to help inject city money into the local music economy. During discussion on expected changes to the program…

Music & Entertainment • By Chad Swiatecki • Dec 6, 2023

City taking criticisms, survey results to improve Live Music Fund process

The city is taking extensive feedback from a local musician advocacy group into consideration as it works to refine the Live Music Fund’s application process, which many hopeful recipients claimed was not aligned with the needs of working musicians. At…

Music & Entertainment • By Chad Swiatecki • Sep 25, 2023