(Hypebot) — The nonprofit Stay Music Society has awarded $710,000 in much-needed Music Motion Grants to 24 small unbiased U.S. music venues.
Based by Pete Muller in 2020, the inspiration has supplied essential funding to 155 small efficiency venues totaling $3.7 million. Venues should have a capability of 300 or much less to be eligible for Stay Music Society grants.
At a time when a number of massive companies dominate reside music, unbiased venues are essential musical incubators for musicians and a vital a part of their communities’ cultural material.
However these venues typically function on razor-thin margins, so survival can take precedence over artistic programming.
Right now’s Music In Motion Grants will fund occasions that construct neighborhood, promote accessibility for marginalized teams, and create alternatives for native expertise and touring acts to construct new audiences. Every venue utilized with a selected program concept and a dedication to finishing their venture in the course of the grant interval, July 2024 by way of June 2025.
“I’ve been impressed by the scope and breadth of initiatives funded by the Music In Motion grant,” stated basis founder Pete Muller. “At Stay Music Society, we deal with empowering small efficiency venues to seek out artistic methods of participating with their communities and reaching new audiences. It’s heartwarming to see the power and pleasure we’ve helped spark!”
2024 Music Motion Grant Recipients
The 2024 Music In Motion recipients embody each non-profit and for-profit venues nationwide. Here’s a sampling of the 24 funded packages:
- The Spot on Kirk (Roanoke, Virginia), Satan’s Spine Tavern (Fischer, Texas), and La Peña Cultural Middle (Berkeley, CA) every have packages that may have fun Latinx and Hispanic heritage and tradition.
- The Acorn Middle for the Performing Arts (Three Oaks, Michigan) will launch the JazzReach Residency for Okay-8 college students, together with free clinics and all-ages concert events to increase music schooling in rural Michigan
- The Fogartyville Group Media and Arts Middle (Sarasota, Florida) will use their grant for his or her second annual Artistic Nexus collection of gatherings for BIPOC and LGBTQIA+ musicians to attach, collaborate, and obtain creative growth assist.
Full record of 2024 Grantees
- 118 North – Wayne, PA
- B Facet Lounge – Cleveland Heights, OH
- Blue Jay Listening Room – Jacksonville Seaside, FL
- Bossa Bistro – Washington, D.C.
- Chris’ Jazz Cafe – Philadelphia, PA
- Cole’s Bar – Chicago, IL
- Satan’s Spine Tavern – Fischer, TX
- Drkmttr Collective – Nashville, TN
- Fogartyville Group Media and Arts Middle – Sarasota, FL
- Grand Annex Music Corridor – San Pedro, CA
- Jilly’s Music Room – Akron, OH
- La Peña Cultural Middle – Berkeley, CA
- Maple Leaf Bar – New Orleans, LA
- MOTR Pub – Cincinnati, OH
- Nocturne Jazz & Supper Membership – Denver, CO
- One Longfellow Sq. – Portland, ME
- Insurgent Insurgent Studio & Lounge – Berea, KY
- Roots Music Venture – Boulder, CO
- The Acorn Middle for the Performing Arts – Three Oaks, MI
- The Jalopy Theatre – Brooklyn, NY
- The Misplaced Church – San Francisco, CA
- The Parlor Room – Northampton, MA
- The Royal Room – Seattle, WA
- The Spot on Kirk – Roanoke, VA
Bruce Houghton is the Founder and Editor of Hypebot, a Senior Advisor at Bandsintown, President of the Skyline Artists Company, and a Berklee Faculty Of Music professor.