A few venues are finally getting SBA SVOG grants but problems remain
A few independent music venues have finally begun receiving SBA SVOG grant approvals, but many other applicants continue to report significant problems. More than 5 months after the Shuttered Venue. Continue reading
5 months after $16B in SBA SV0G grants became law $0 has been distributed to indie venues
5 months ago in late December of 2020 former President Trump signed into law a bill that guaranteed $16 billion in grant relief to desperate independent music venues. As of. Continue reading
#SaveOurStages Delayed: SBA SVOG portal to re-open end of the week at earliest
The SBA admitted late Friday that it’s portal to administer $16.3 billion in Shuttered Venue Operating Grants (SVOG) to devastated independent music venues, promoters, and agents would not open until. Continue reading
Indie venues on the brink as SBA still not taking SVOG grant applications 7 days after failed launch
The SBA portal designed to administer $16.3 billion in Shuttered Venue Operating Grants (SVOG) to struggling independent music venues, promoters, and agents remained closed Wednesday morning, seven days after its. Continue reading
SBA announces it will open #SaveOurStages grant applications on April 8
For those venues on tenterhooks about the future of their survival in the wake of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, there will hopefully be some relief, as the Small Business Administration. Continue reading
How Biden’s American rescue plan helps #saveourstages
As we pass a year of COVID-induced closures and cancellations, venues and venue staff remain on edge about the future of live music. Here, we look at what the latest. Continue reading
Live Nation, AEG, RIAA, Others Launch #SaveLiveEventsNow
A new coalition of live event related companies, #SaveLiveEventsNow is lobbying for an expansion of government relief for more than 12 million US live event workers. SaveLiveEventsNow founding members include the International. Continue reading
