Proposed rebate program aims to help small Texas music venues stick around Proposed rebate program aims to help small Texas music venues stick around The Texas music incubator rebate program would let venues and festivals apply for up to $100,000 in tax rebates. Patrons arrive at the Kessler Theater in 2013. A newly proposed program would let music venues like it — with capacities less than 3,000 — apply for tax rebates.(Jeffrey McWhorter / Special Contributor) 11:05 AM on May 17, 2021 CDT The Texas Legislature is aiming to offer some help to the state’s smaller music venues and festivals with a new program to offset their costs, and in so doing, make paying gigs easier for local artists to find.