Austin Live Music Fund
Encourages, promotes, improves, and showcases Austin’s diverse music industry through supporting a wide array of activities marketed to potential and visiting tourists and conventions delegates, including live and online events open to the public; studio, video and merchandise production; promotional tours outside of Austin; broadcasting; and marketing and promotional campaigns.
Austin Live Music Fund Application Window: October 21 – December 11, 2025
2025 Application Cycle
The 2025 Austin Live Music Fund application will be open from October 21st, 2025 through December 11th, 2025. Please note that while applications are due by December 11, the eligibility form is due seven days prior. Failure to submit the eligibility form by December 4, 2025, will keep you from being able to access the full application.
Please see the AACME Austin Live Music Fund Website for the most up-to-date information about this program and its application review process.
If you are a 2024 Live Music Fund Event Program awardee, visit Grant Administration Updates for information about grant agreements, payments, and reporting requirements.
Eligibility Forms due in
For Submittable assistance:
- Reach out to Create Austin’s application assistance team at applicationhelp@thelongcenter.org or call 512-457-5161.
- View our Submittable Applicant and Technical Assistance Guide
For assistance with grant guidelines, eligibility, and application requirements:
- Register to attend one of the AACME Funding Programs Workshops
- Attend AACME Funding Programs’ Virtual Open Office Hours
- Email applicationhelp@thelongcenter.org. Our application assistance team will redirect your question to the right AACME staff member.
Resources for
Austin Live Music Fund Applicants
Events for AACME Funding Applicants
Asistencia en español disponible en todos los eventos
In-Person AACME Funding Programs Workshop
Saturday, November 15 • 12:00 – 2:00 P.M.
Asian American Resource Center 8401 Cameron Road Austin, TX 78754
Virtual AACME Funding Programs Workshop
Monday, November 17 • 11:00 A.M. -12:30 P.M.
In-Person AACME Funding Programs Workshop
Tuesday, November 18 • 5:00 – 7:00 P.M
Ruiz Branch, Austin Public Library 1600 Grove Boulevard Austin, TX 78741 • presented in Spanish
In-Person AACME Funding Programs Workshop
Thursday, November 20 • 5:00 – 7:00 P.M.
Carver Branch, Austin Public Library 1161 Angelina Street Austin, TX 78702 • with ASL interpretation
Virtual Open Office Hours
Tuesday, December 2 • 10:00 A.M. – Noon • No appointment necessary
Virtual and In-Person All-Day Open Office Hours
Thursday, December 4 • 10:00 A.M. – 4:00 P.M.
5202 East Ben White Boulevard, Ste 400, Austin, TX 78741 • No appointment necessary
Virtual and In-Person All-Day Open Office Hours
Thursday, December 11 • 10:00 A.M. – 4:00 P.M.
5202 East Ben White Boulevard, Ste 400, Austin, TX 78741 • No appointment necessary
Virtual and In-Person All-Day Open Office Hours
Tuesday, December 9 • 10:00 A.M. – 4:00 P.M.
5202 East Ben White Boulevard, Ste 400, Austin, TX 78741 • No appointment necessary
By the Numbers
Austin Live Music Fund 2023 Applicants and Awardees
Established by the City of Austin, the Austin Live Music Fund provides an ongoing budget for funding programs for Austin’s music industry. See statistics and details from the Austin Arts, Culture, Music, and Entertainment Department for the 2023 Live Music Fund Event Program.
Learn More About the Other AACME Funding Programs That Create Austin Administers
Creative Space Assistance Program
Supports commercial creative spaces facing displacement or new leases at higher and unaffordable rates.
Elevate Grant
Offers funding for arts organizations, individual artists, and creative businesses that produce culturally vibrant and diverse art.
Heritage Preservation Grant
Serves to promote tourism through historic preservation projects and activities inclusive of all stories rooted in history and heritage.
Nexus Grant
Supports emerging cultural and creative individuals and organizations to produce public projects and activities for Austin’s diverse communities.
Thrive Grant
Offers focused investment to sustain and grow local arts nonprofit organizations deeply rooted in and reflective of Austin’s many cultures.
Creativity should be prioritized in our city – creating vibrant neighborhoods, social impact, sustainable economics, and job opportunities. By working together, we can enrich the lives of all who live in and visit our vibrant city.
Austin Live Music Fund Impact & Outcomes
Browse the calendar of local events funded by the 2023 City of Austin’s cultural funding grants, including the inaugural 2023 Live Music Fund Event Program.
Austin Live Music Fund
You should have received an award confirmation from the Long Center in August of this year. The Long Center has also been reaching out to awardees in the subsequent weeks to do several things:
- Verify payment details
- So we can get your money to the correct bank account
- Get a signed grant agreement
- This is a contract between the awardee and the Long Center.
- It is not a negotiable step in the program as it is a program requirement required by our contract with the City of Austin
- Ensure that you have the proper insurance coverage
- This is also a program requirement. Based on your answers to the Insurance Questionnaire, some insurance coverage may need to be secured prior to your event
- IF YOU HAVE NOT RECEIVED COMMUNICATION FROM THE LONG CENTER, CLICK HERE TO CONTACT THE COMMUNITY PROGRAMS DEPARTMENT.
According to the City of Austin’s Payment Schedule, your payment distribution is:
- Round 1 – 50% of your total award upon completion of all necessary paperwork
- Round 2 – 40% of your total award after submittal of your:
- Interim report
- Updated project budget
- Your updated project budget can be sent to the City of Austin by either logging into your Portal account to upload the document or e-mail it directly to Erica Shamaly at Erica.Shamaly@austintexas.gov or to Kim McCarson at Kimberly.McCarson@austintexas.gov
- Once this documentation is reviewed by Music and Entertainment Division Staff, the Long Center is sent confirmation to process your Round 2 payment.
- Round 3 – 10% of your total award after submittal of your:
- Final report
- Updated project budget
- Marketing Plan
- Once this documentation is reviewed by Music and Entertainment Division Staff, the Long Center is sent confirmation to process your Round 3 payment.