An updated listing of resources available to musicians and music venues during the ongoing pandemic.
Arts for Illinois
https://artsforillinois.org/donate-and-apply
Folk Alliance
Providing information & resources – we’ll continue to host webinars and post information about emergency funding, health and safety, and general COVID-19 resources on our website at www.folk.org/covid19
Promoting online concerts – to support revenue-generation, we want to connect fans and donors with artists through online concerts and events. We invite all folk artists (or their agents, managers, and labels) to post upcoming events to our live stream concerts hub at www.folk.org/livestream
Blues Foundation
COVID-19 Blues Musician Emergency Relief Fund. To request funding please contact Elizabeth Montgomery Brown at elizabeth@blues.org
Chicago Artists
https://www.chicago.gov/city/en/depts/dca/supp_info/covid19_artist.html
https://www.chicago.gov/city/en/progs/grants.html
Keeping The Blues Alive / Fueling Musicians / Joe Bonamassa
https://keepingthebluesalive.org/
MusiCares
https://www.grammy.com/musicares
https://www.grammy.com/musicares/get-help/musicares-coronavirus-relief-fund
American Federation of Musicians
Billboard’s State-by-State Resource Guide
Lawyers for the Creative Arts
https://law-arts.org/coronavirus
Artist Grants
https://www.annuityfreedom.net/financial-literacy/artists/