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Longtime Sixth Street venue the Parish is moving to the former site of North Door in a partnership between Heard Entertainment and Resound Presents.

Plans for Pride Month, Resound concert promotions, and IRL record store day

What Does “Build Back Better” Look Like for Live Music? Black musicians were already struggling for resources and recognition before the pandemic. Now, they’re organizing and championing lasting reform in the live music industry. During the pandemic, Austin's annual Blues on the Green, for the first time, allowed a Black musician—Jackie Venson—to curate a performance lineup. Ismael Quintanilla Black musicians were already struggling for resources and recognition before the pandemic. Now, they’re organizing and championing lasting reform in the live music industry. During the pan...

Back in early March 2020, which feels like 100 years ago, the thriving Austin music industry felt the rumblings of a catastrophic event: the cancellation of South by Southwest (SXSW). It would be the first time in the 34-year history of the annual conference—once solely dedicated to music and now expanded to education, film, and interactive—that venues across the city would go dark. Faced with the implications of creating a superspreader event, as hundreds of thousands of people from dozens of countries prepared to crowd together and sway and sweat as guitars rang out around them, the Cit...

KUTX in Austin shares stories of survival from the live music community.