Building the Stage: What It Takes to Sustain Local Music & Art Spaces

Austin’s music venues are more than rooms with stages. They are cultural infrastructure, risk-takers, and community anchors.

This Prosper XO Town Hall centers a healthy, forward-thinking conversation about what it truly takes to sustain local music and art spaces in today’s economic climate.

 Capital Factory in Austin, TX · ACL Room, 16th floor

Featuring:

Maggie Lea & Tamara Hoover
Founders & Co-Owners, Cheer Up Charlies
Cultural Advocates & Community Leaders

Topics we’ll explore:

• The real economics of running independent venues
• The pressures facing local music & art spaces
• Community responsibility & shared sustainability
• What long-term cultural infrastructure could look like in Austin