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Grants & Resources for Musicians Impacted by COVID-19

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://musiccovidrelief.com/

https://www.grammy.com/grammys/news/resources-music-creators-professionals-affected-covid-19-south-region

https://www.grammy.com/musicares/get-help/musicares-coronavirus-relief-fund

American Federation of Musicians

https://www.afm.org/covid-19/

Billboard’s State-by-State Resource Guide

https://www.billboard.com/articles/business/9337908/coronavirus-resource-guide-music-professionals-help

Lawyers for the Creative Arts

https://law-arts.org/coronavirus

Artist Grants

https://www.annuityfreedom.net/financial-literacy/artists/


For Venue Owners:

Chicago Independent Venue League

https://www.civlchicago.com/


National Independent Venue Association

https://www.nivassoc.org/


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