City of Austin to distribute COVID-19 relief to local music venues
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AUSTIN, Texas - Austin City Council has established a fund to help local live music venues financially until it is safe for them to reopen. The Austin Live Music Venue Preservation Fund will help music venues that are experiencing immediate risk of closure during the COVID-19 pandemic.
As part of a partnership with the City of Austin, the Long Center for the Performing Arts will provide application assistance, process applications, and administer funds.
Applications for local music venues open Friday, December 11. Live music venues strengthen our cultural and economic ecosystem and contribute to Austin s international appeal, notes Veronica Briseño, Austin s Chief Economic Recovery Officer. Our team worked with the Long Center to quickly open the application portal one week after council approved the guidelines. Our goal is to have the money flow to live music venues before the end of the month.