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With increased vaccine availability, large shows slated to return to Austin next month and a slew of touring concerts on the books for fall, there s a light at the end of the tunnel for music industry backline employees. But many of the people who run lights and sound and provide other unseen support work for the concerts we enjoy are still out of work.
The nonprofit group Musically Fed works to combat hunger through donations of unused backstage meals. They have pivoted during the pandemic to find ways to feed unemployed stage crews. The organization has teamed up the trade nonprofit, the Touring Professionals Alliance to create the Touring Professionals Alliance Kitchen.
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Back in the before times, Austin s powerhouse rock n soul duo, Black Pumas, sold out an unprecedented run of four shows at the Red River Cultural District venue, Stubb s BBQ.
When the pandemic shut the world down, the shows, originally scheduled for May 2020, were pushed back to September, before being rescheduled again for May of this year.
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