About the fund
Established in March 2021, the San Francisco Music and Entertainment Venue Recovery Fund (“Venue Fund”) provides financial support to San Francisco-based live music and entertainment venues in order to prevent their permanent closure due to the pressures of the COVID-19 pandemic. The fund is administered by the Office of Small Business.
The Office of Small Business has adopted Venue Fund Rules regarding the Venue Fund based on Administrative Code Section 10.100-308.
Grant information
This grant is closed.
In Round 1 (2021), we received 84 applications and 70 grants were awarded at $35,720 each. A second round of $6,776 grants were awarded to the first 70 venues, plus an additional four.
Grants were used to pay for rent, mortgage, payroll, unsecured property taxes, insurance, or utility costs.
Grantees:
Amados
American Conservatory Theatre
Arena SF*
August Hall
Aunt Charlies Lounge
Barbarossa Lounge
Beauty Bar
Beaux
Biscuits and Blues
Black Cat
Boom Boom Room
Bottom of the Hill
Boxcar Theatre
Cafe du Nord
Cat Club
Chapel SF, The
Cigar Bar and Restaurant
Club Deluxe
Club Malibu
DNA Lounge
El Rio
Endup, The
F8
Grand Nightclub
Gray Area Foundation For The Arts
Great American Music Hall
Great Northern, The
Halcyon
Harlot
Harris' Restaurant
Holy Cow
Hotel Utah Saloon
Hue
Independent, The
Irelands 32*
Jolene's
Knockout, The
Lab SF, The
Lone Star Saloon
Lookout
Lucky Horseshoe Bar
Luxx
Madrone Art Bar
Make Out Room
Marrakech Moroccan Restaurant
Midway, The
Milk Bar*
Mint, The
Monarch
Mr. Tipple's Recording Studio
Neck of the Woods
Oasis
Origin
Pachamama
Pandora Karaoke
Phonobar
PianoFight
Plough and Stars, The
Pop's Clubhouse
Public Works, The
Rickshaw Stop
Riptide, The
Roccapulco
Saloon, The
SF Eagle
SFJAZZ
Skylark
Space 550
Temple SF Nightclub
Ten 15 (AKA 1015 Folsom)
Thee Parkside
Tupelo*
Underground SF
Valencia Room, The
*Round 2 grantee only