AUSTIN (CelebrityAccess) — Live Music Society, a non-profit that supports small venues and listening rooms across the U.S., announced that it is now accepting applications for its 2024 Toolbox Grant program.
Live Music Society’s Toolbox grant of up to $10,000 dollars are intended to assist small venue owners with funding projects that are designed to enhance venues for staff, owners, musicians and fans. Grants can be used for a range of potential projects, from improving safety and comfort, increasing efficiency with technology, hiring consultants to address challenges such as a acoustics, ticketing, branding, and fundraising, to staff development.
Since launching the grant program in the shadow of the coronavirus pandemic in 2020, the Live Music Society has distributed $3.7 million in funding to small venues across the U.S.
2024 will be the the third round of Toolbox grants, following two rounds in 2023, which granted $300k to 43 small music venues.
“With the Live Music Society Toolbox grant, we were able to reinvigorate and increase the visibility of the Grand Annex Music Hall, just in time for our 15th Anniversary. We now have a contemporary new logo and a dynamic new neon-style sign above the stage. The new sign is a dream come true. Now, every photo taken of our stage and posted on social media carries our brand, inviting new audiences to the Grand Annex and into our community,” stated Grand Annex Music Hall’s Taran Schindler.
“At xBk we strive to be a welcoming and accommodating space for all. We have many performers at xBk that have mobility issues and our ability to install a truly ADA-compliant stage will be a game changer for those performers and help us continue on our mission to be supportive and inclusive to all within our community,” added xBk’s Tobi Parks.
For more information or to submit a grant application – check here: Toolbox grant applications.
