Music Policy Forum brought its annual conference to Seattle in partnership with KEXP, King County, and Campfire Music Foundation, and we couldn't be more grateful with how it went. Thank you to everyone who joined us in exploring new ideas, building community, and advancing a more equitable and sustainable music ecosystem.
The Cascadia Music Summit brought together more than 80 artists, policymakers, and industry leaders in Boise to explore the future of music in the region and beyond. What began as an experiment in moving a national conversation west became a transformative gathering that connected local voices with national perspectives and showcased Boise’s growing role in the cultural landscape.
The 2022 Music Ecosystem Forum convened on November 18, 2022 at Georgetown University, bringing together a diverse group of artists, policymakers, academics, and industry leaders to reimagine the future of music as a resilient and equitable ecosystem . Anchored by artist keynote Santigold and policy keynote Dow Constantine, the forum framed critical conversations on the history and future of musical labor, the convergence of performance and policy, environmental sustainability in music operations, and bold sector-wide renewal under the theme “Don’t Rebuild. Reimagine.”
2020 was a year of resilience and reflection for the music community. As we head into the new year we invite you to join our community of musicians, public officials, activists, industry leaders, researchers and non-profit leaders in a hyper-pragmatic exploration of WHAT THE F... WE ARE DOING IN 2021.
Nineteen long months ago we launched the Reopen Every Venue Safely (REVS) initiative – an international cohort of pilot cities working in real time to prepare to reopen live music as quickly and safely as possible when the science allows. For better or for worse, music has reopened and it is time to sunset the cohort as MPF broadens our focus to the many issues related to building stronger, more resilient and more equitable music ecosystems. Of course we are not ignoring the ongoing complexities of reopening or the amazing network of collaborators that have come together through REVS – we are just moving to the next stage of work.
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