Your support matters. MusicPortland is a grassroots trade organization and non-profit advocacy group whose mission is to unite, defend, and amplify the greater Portland independent music scene.
Add your voice to our chorus below!
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If you’re not ready to fully engage as a member in the movement but you want to stay in touch, sign up here to receive our newsletter. While it won’t provide the detail and full benefits that members receive, you’ll get to see what we’re up to and the amazing resources and opportunities we have to offer.
✓ Stay informed with our digest newsletter & industry updates
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For artists, employees of music businesses, and all individual supporters. Chip in to support our ongoing advocacy work, and get great member benefits to boot.
✓ Stay informed with our full member newsletter & industry updates
✓ Opportunities to weigh in on community-wide advocacy issues
✓ Credited on our Member Roster
✓ Access to special member events
✓ Digital badge to post online
✓ Membership swag!
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For businesses, contractors, and freelancers. Support our direct advocacy to make the Portland area a place where music businesses are supported and can thrive.
✓ Premium business listing in Industry Directory with video and photo gallery
✓ Stay informed with our full member newsletter & industry updates
✓ Digital Business Member badge
✓ "MusicPortland Business Member" window decal
✓ Business Spotlight promotions
✓ Industry Panel Discussions
✓ Private industry sector forums/discussion groups (2021)
✓ International Trade Mission events with markets interested in Portland music (Canada, Japan, Germany)
✓ Exhibit or present at Gear Fest and other public-facing events
✓ Post open positions on our industry Job Board
✓ Policy reform roundtables
MusicPortland is a grassroots trade organization and non-profit advocacy group whose mission is to unite, defend, and amplify the greater Portland independent music scene. By standing together as a music community, musicians, venues, manufacturers, producers, retailers, and fans can have a huge impact. Learn more about who we are.
We are more interconnected than we realize. That’s why MusicPortland stands for all of Portland’s independent music scene: Independent Together. When it comes to creating music-supportive city policy, increasing access and equity for BIPOC and marginalized music professionals, lobbying for affordable housing and rehearsal spaces for artists, or making it easier to start and sustain a music business in the Portland area, change is only possible when we stand together.
Since our launch in 2018, MusicPortland has been hard at work advocating for the Portland independent music scene and we are gaining steam. We have helped enact Musician Loading Zones at 16 local venues. We have connected people within the Portland music community through monthly networking meetups and PDX Gear Fest, the first ever expo of dozens of Portland's boutique music manufacturers. MusicPortland has created the City’s first-ever Music Policy Council at City Hall, giving the music community a voice in city policy, practices, and regulations to make Rose City more music supportive.
In response to 2020’s unprecedented shutdown of our industry, we lobbied Portland City Council to support independent music venues and secured $2.5 million, more than Nashville or Los Angeles. We have fought for individual music professionals to secure nearly $500,000 in unpaid unemployment benefits. Read more about our latest actions.
Are you passionate about the Portland music community and want to give back? Do you want to use your skills to help grow and strengthen the Portland music scene? As a volunteer, your work will help keep the Portland music scene thriving.
We hope you’ll join us for an upcoming event.
All our events are online for safety at the time being, and all members of Portland’s music community are welcome.
MusicPortland has partnered with Rational Unicorn Legal Services (RULS) to offer you our newest membership benefit: Legal Office Hours - A monthly forum for your music industry legal questions.
APRIL 22 TOPIC: Types of Music Industry Contracts
If you have any questions regarding music contracts, RULS is here to help!
