2024 Austin Live Music Fund: Higher Rewards, Higher Competition

Out of 1,000-plus applicants, 137 scene players win grants

"...The city of Austin has provided an update on the status of the..."

Aug. 28, 2024 Music Post by Carys Anderson

Applications Are Now Being Accepted for Austin Music Disaster Relief Grants

Find out more and apply by January 28

"...Help is on the way for the Austin music community in the form of a grant program...."

Jan. 18, 2022 Music Post by Robert Penson

Austin Film Society Announces 2018 Grant Winners

Recipients show strength and diversity of Texas filmmakers

"...to fostering diversity in the moviemaking community. Now the Austin Film Society is knocking some of those barriers down..."

Sept. 5, 2018 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Is Austin’s New Arts Umbrella Organization Just in Time or Too Little, Too Late?

After two decades of treating culture and creativity as an afterthought, the city of Austin finally has a real arts department

"...always been an oddity that there’s no unified arts department at Austin City Hall...."

April 25, 2025 Arts Feature by Richard Whittaker

Merck in Austin?

Pharma firm considers “Innovation” location, Austin city incentives

"...Friday afternoon, March 31, the city of Austin announced a proposal to provide economic incentives to New..."

April 3, 2017 News Post by Michael King

Faster Than Sound: The Austin Music Census Returns While the Live Music Fund Faces Delays

A spring music ecosystem news roundup with all those familiar players: the Austin Music Census, Live Music Fund, and HAAM

"...In 2015, the first Austin Music Census highlighted fault lines in the local music..."

May 27, 2022 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

A Story of Twin Sisters, Austin Real Estate, and Salad Dressing

SASS (Season All Stuff Sauce) forced to start over after their rent increased 350%

"...SASS (Season All Stuff Sauce) was born in Austin 31 years ago, the same year as Lauri's son..."

Sept. 6, 2019 Food Feature by Roxy Bonafont

Playback – Now Hiring: Austin Music Office

Austin’s top governmental job in music is up for grabs

"...The City's Economic Development Department (EDD) this week posted an online application..."

April 28, 2017 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Cities to Love: Austin Preservation Experts Weigh In

Austin experts throw in their two cents on which cities are the best at preserving cultural heritage

"...Jennifer Houlihan, Austin Music People: "For venue preservation and support, I like..."

July 24, 2015 News Feature

Austin Considers Film Incentives

Localized subsidies proposed to fight off in-state competition

"...Texas has economic incentives to encourage film, TV and video game projects..."

April 22, 2014 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Playback: Austin Music Census

The Austin Music Census hits the fan. As does Tyler, the Creator!

"...Grim assessments of the Austin music industry aren't hard to come by. Ask any..."

June 5, 2015 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

For the First Time Since 2015, a New Austin Music Census Is Now Open

Survey seeks measurable industry feedback to guide policy and support

"...The first-ever Austin Music Census, circa 2015, is still referenced to this..."

July 15, 2022 Music Post by Rachel Rascoe

Big Medium Closes, Leaving a Void in Austin’s Art Scene

Loss of nonprofit puts future of Austin Studio Tours in question

"...Austin's creative community has been dealt another devastating blow with..."

Feb. 25, 2025 Arts Post by Richard Whittaker

The City of Austin Is Still Tweaking the Live Music Fund

Music Commission plans 2025 grant program, meets new ACME director

"...The Austin Music Commission and Economic Development Department continue to tweak..."

March 28, 2025 Music Feature by Angelina Liu

City Manager Announces Slew of Key Department Head Changes

Some expected, some not so much

"...The slate of new leadership covers key city departments, including Austin Energy, Homeland Security and Emergency Management, Development..."

June 9, 2023 News Post by Lina Fisher

Austin at Large: HealthSouth – Headed South?

A seemingly straightforward P3 deal instead brings Council’s tensions to the fore

"...the beginning, there was Brackenridge Hospital, an actual city department like Austin Energy, that, after some urban renewal, landed..."

Aug. 5, 2022 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Faster Than Sound: City of Austin Delays Venue Funding – Again

Live music venues have asked for dedicated COVID-19 relief since March, but the city says applications won't open until next year.

"...of dollars remain designated, but the money to sustain Austin's live music venues never arrives. For venue owners and..."

Nov. 27, 2020 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Why Is Austin Such a Promised Land for Food Entrepreneurs?

The land of milk and honey and consumer packaged goods

"...It's not the picturesque Hill Country views, or Austinites' penchant for patio cocktails, or even the gushing venture..."

March 8, 2019 Food Feature by Jessi Devenyns

Playback: The Future of Austin Recording Studios

Studio owners look at different solutions to surviving in an increasingly expensive city

"...breakout LPs by Spoon and Trail of Dead. Yes, Austin, Mike McCarthy's moved his operation to Nashville...."

Aug. 5, 2016 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Council: Austin, Can You Spare $7 million?

CodeNEXT, budget, and the long shadow of the state

"...Item 43, sponsored by District 10 Council Member Alison..."

June 26, 2017 News Post by Michael King

The Check's In the Mail: Grant Awarded to Austin

Region gets gov't grant for housing and development

"...The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) announced yesterday that..."

Oct. 15, 2010 News Post by Eric Pickhartz

How Austin Is Tackling Homelessness on the Street and at City Hall

More shelters, more beds, and more fights about ordinances ahead

"...Page was at an appointment with a medic from Austin-Travis County Emergency Medical Services' Community Health team when the..."

Aug. 2, 2019 News Feature by Austin Sanders

The Off Beat: Inside 2024’s Austin Live Music Fund Applications, Opening May 21

Higher awards, now open to live music venues

"...Funded by the city’s hotel occupancy taxes, the Austin Live Music Fund officially launched last year after a..."

May 10, 2024 Column by Carys Anderson

Crosstalk: Lil Yachty to Make Austin City Limits Television Debut, and More Music News

Confusion over the Live Music Fund Event Program, and musical queerdo events

"...The Music Commission convened Monday night at Austin City Hall to discuss the 655 applications submitted to..."

June 9, 2023 Music Column by Kriss Conklin

In Live Music Preservation Fund’s First Week, 79 Austin Venues Applied for Relief

The slow road to dedicated venue funding now moving fast

"...The effort, a component of the City of Austin’s SAVES resolution, includes two phases: $20,000 of “emergency funding”..."

Dec. 18, 2020 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Faster Than Sound: Pure X Reconciles With Austin

Local rock group returns after six years, Gold Rush Vinyl checks in, and Threadgill’s closes permanently.

"...the previously local crew of Grace, Jesse Jenkins V, Austin Youngblood, and Matty Tommy Davidson scattered across the country...."

April 24, 2020 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Austin @ Large: Money and Power

Where Austin's city budget is concerned, the two really do go together

"...Which is too bad, even if we must respect Austin's apparent desire, expressed on so many fronts, to stay..."

Sept. 10, 2004 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Willie Returns to Austin City Limits

Modern Rocks Gallery gets grungy and more local culture news

"...are open until Oct. 22. Helmed by the city’s Economic Development Department, the program commissions local visual artists to..."

Sept. 27, 2024 Music Column by Carys Anderson

Council Recap: Austin Revs Up COVID-19 Relief Efforts

"All things on the table" to help Austinites weather crisis

"...of staffers, lawyers, lobbyists, advocates, and active citizens, the Austin City Council held its first-ever semi-virtual meeting, with the..."

March 27, 2020 News Post by Austin Sanders

Playback: Best Austin Music Controversies of 2017

The year in quarrel

"...balls. Thus we look back on the year in Austin music through the stories that caused shock, outrage, and..."

Dec. 22, 2017 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

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