It looks like Unplugged at the Grove may be saved from the Zombie Noise Ordinance by Mike Martinez's boomstick an emergency amendment. The plan is that the amendment will keep the Zombie Noise Ordinance at bay until Shady Grove can get their Outdoor Music Permit renewed and get rezoned as a cocktail lounge. more ›

The noise ordinance that rose from the grave to kill live music at Freddie's has claimed another south Austin victim. Sahara Smith was opening for Jimmy LaFave last night at Shady Grove as part of KGSR's Unplugged at the Grove series, when police responding to a noise complaint showed up with a decibel meter to shut it down. The Unplugged at the Grove series had been running for sixteen years. more ›

howing support for the Live Music Task Force's recommendations to City Council tomorrow is one of the most important things you can do tomorrow at 2 pm. Prior to LMTF's presentation in chambers, the Save Austin Music folks are organizing a march to city hall, starting at Antone's at 1 pm. more ›

There will be a meeting of the Austin Live Music Task Force this Wednesday night at 7:30 pm at City Hall (301 West 2nd Street) to hear public comments on the task force's draft recommendations. Those recommendations include establishing a music department to help promote live music in Austin; reducing costs associated with operating live music venues; assisting with health care, housing, parking and business services for musicians; measuring and managing music sound control, sound attenuation and responses to noise complaints; allowing "Outdoor Live Music" as a permitted accessory use in certain commercial base zoning districts; creating additional entertainment districts throughout the city; and expanding the existing entertainment districts (Fifth, Sixth and Seventh Streets between Congress and I-35 and the area between Congress and Guadalupe and Cesar Chavez and Fifth) to cover most of downtown. more ›

Spurred in large part by Mayor Will Wynn's concern that Austin was losing too many music venues, the City created the Live Music Task Force last February. As the downtown area grows and develops, it is the charge of this task force to find a way to find a way to optimally integrate music into our city's future. more ›