Austin live music venues receive $1.34M in emergency funding
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Austin live music venues receive $1.34M in emergency funding
The City of Austin is providing $1.34 million in emergency funding to local live music venues impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic.
AUSTIN, Texas - The City of Austin is providing $1.34 million in emergency funding to local live music venues impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. 67 local live music venues will receive relief grants from the city. Economic Development Department and Long Center staff worked through the holidays to get these funds to local live music venues, notes Veronica Briseño, Austin s Chief Economic Recovery Officer. We are proud that this support has benefited many cultural and economic icons in our community, and we are determined to build upon the initial grants by offering support through technical assistance and additional financial resources.
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.