Tag Archives: Music and Entertainment Division
City releases road map for 'agent of change,' sound compatibility issues
The city’s Economic Development and Development Services departments will spend much of the next 12 months implementing a variety of measures to reduce noise complaints and other issues that arise between residents and nearby entertainment businesses. On Wednesday, EDD released…
Music & Entertainment • By Chad Swiatecki • Jun 6, 2019
Reporter's Notebook: Gooooooooooooals
Different goals… Politics, as they say, is (are?) a full-contact sport. Unlike men’s soccer, which mostly has a bunch of grown men flopping around like children at the slightest breeze (women’s soccer, we’ll note, is far less lame). Nonetheless, Austin…
Reporters' Notebook • By Austin Monitor • Jun 25, 2018
City tour support, tipping program previewed in summit for Austin musicians
The city’s music office is moving ahead with plans that could provide up to $5,000 in assistance for touring bands, as well as installing credit card kiosks in a handful of city music venues so fans can more easily tip…
Music & Entertainment • By Chad Swiatecki • Jun 19, 2018
Live music proponents revive 'agent of change,' with eye toward fall
After it lay dormant since July, city leaders and music industry professionals are restarting the process that – it is hoped – will protect live music venues and nearby residential buildings from clashing over noise and general quality-of-life issues. Known…
Music & Entertainment • By Chad Swiatecki • Jan 31, 2018
Unclear regulations and development top music venue concerns
Thursday’s summit with music venue owners and operators saw a bit of political scheduling serendipity. Among the many issues discussed by them and other music community stakeholders was the fact that that afternoon City Council was set to consider a…
Music & Entertainment • By Chad Swiatecki • Dec 18, 2017
Music Commission seeks city properties list, but who's got it?
Austin’s Music Commission is making another push to have the city’s Office of Real Estate Services compile a list of city-owned properties that are currently unused and could be made available for creative groups and music venues that get priced…
City Hall • By Chad Swiatecki • Nov 8, 2017
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Reporter's Notebook: More like Fist City
And the most music-friendly city in Texas is?… Not Austin. At least not according to the Texas Music Office and its new Music Friendly Communities program, which last week recognized Fort Worth as its first member. The program is part of…
Reporters' Notebook • By Austin Monitor • Oct 2, 2017
'Agent of change' remains static for now
With a brand-new manager of Austin’s Music and Entertainment Division, there’s not expected to be any upcoming action on the so-called “agent of change” policy that dominated the bandwidth of that office for the first six months of 2017. That’s…
Music & Entertainment • By Chad Swiatecki • Jul 19, 2017
City reveals new music division manager
The city has selected the new head of the Music and Entertainment Division, roughly three months after the position opened following a cloud of controversy. The announcement that Erica Shamaly, a longtime Austinite with close to two decades in local…
City Hall • By Chad Swiatecki • Jul 11, 2017
Hotels to join music venues, residents in revamping 'agent of change' proposal
Representatives from Austin’s music venues, neighborhood groups and hotel industry are expected to begin meeting next week to rework the city’s long-gestating “agent of change” policy intended to reduce friction between those three interest groups. That charge was the result…
Music & Entertainment • By Chad Swiatecki • Jun 9, 2017
Allegations fly in music division ethics case
Wednesday’s ethics hearing for a former city employee charged with improperly obtaining city funds featured a series of allegations and testimony against the recently departed head of the city’s Music and Entertainment Division. The 11-member Ethics Review Commission was reduced…
City Hall • By Chad Swiatecki • May 12, 2017
Music venues may face new rules as city adjusts 'agent of change' proposal
Austin officials have made significant changes to a pair of proposed policies affecting the city’s live music economy, and will spend much of May presenting them to local boards and community groups ahead of an expected early June vote by City…
