A mural optimistically titled Everything s Gonna Be Alight (painted by Sloke One and Chris Rogers and designed by Noel Waggener) that was on the front of Antone s in April. (Photo by David Brendan Hall)
Since applications opened for the Live Music Venue Preservation Fund last Friday, operators of 79 different venues have filed for assistance that could total up to $160,000 for each business.
The effort, a component of the City of Austin’s SAVES resolution, includes two phases: $20,000 of “emergency funding” and additional “enhanced funding” of up to $140,000 that would be doled out in monthly installments to qualifying venues based on a variety of factors.