UPDATE: Music Workers To Get Access to Assistance in the NY State Budget!

We WON!

Your hard work and efforts these past few months have come to fruition as Music Workers are being given access to funding at the State level. As highlighted by the recent NYTimes piece, Music Workers will be given access to a new $200M fund that is being created to help those who have faced losses from touring and other business expenses during COVID. The details of this new fund are still being worked out, but please fill out this form if you wish to be updated by MWA and we will provide all the guidance and information as we receive it. The questions on the form will be helpful for us to guide elected officials on who is going to be accessing the fund.

In the meantime, there are still funds available in an existing New York State Small Business Recovery Grant Program. We have commitments from elected officials to make this program easier to access for all Music Workers, but for some of you, there might be an opportunity to access these funds today. Please click on this link and consider applying for funds if you are an incorporated business or a 1040 Schedule-C tax filer. 

Contact MWA IMMEDIATELY at musicworkersalliance@gmail.com and let us know if you could access the funds or what (if any) obstacles you encountered. Your feedback is essential to our ongoing fight to make the politicians live up to their promises of accessible funding for indie musicians!

Music Workers Alliance is asking for a Pandemic Touring Fund. Learn more about it below.

Action ➡️ ✊🎵 send a letter to your NY State Representatives here: https://actionnetwork.org/letters/tell-your-state-reps-we-need-a-pandemic-touring-fund-now/. Then, follow up with a phone call to their office!

What are the politicians saying?

What are the musicians saying?

What are we asking for?

Read MWA member Marc Ribot’s op-ed in The Nation

Video from the Press Conference on 3/11/22

Read Gothamist article