Save Our Stages Passes With Stimulus Package: Where That $15B Is Going, What It Means for Live Music

When a group of young independent promoters came together in April and announced their plans to lobby Congress for federal funding to save live music venues from permanent closure due to the pandemic, many in the music industry applauded the effort but doubted it could actually happen.
Afterall, the ragtag group of seven men and women that formed the National Independent Venue Association’s founding board and staff — President Dayna Frank with First Avenue; executive director Rev. Mo