From the Office of the Mayor of Houston: City Of Houston Establishes First Houston Music Advisory Board

There's lots of money in music - as you may know.

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September 14, 2022 -- Houston City Council approved an ordinance today to establish the City’s first Houston Music Advisory Board (HMAB). The ordinance is a significant step to help design strategy for municipal support of Houston musicians and its music industry. The HMAB will serve as a liaison between the music community and the City of Houston and help foster economic development of local musicians and the music industry.

The Mayor’s Office of Cultural Affairs recognized the need to establish an advisory board to impact and influence the City’s work. The ordinance will permanently establish the HMAB made up of nine (9) action-oriented members to continue this work.

Appointed by the Mayor and approved by City Council, the inaugural board represents the diversity, interests, and expertise of Houston’s music community.

“Houston has a long history of cultivating careers of homegrown talent who have succeeded on the global stage. When you think about Houston music history, you immediately think of some of the popular musical artists working today,” said Mayor Sylvester Turner. “But our city also helped bring top-notch musicians and institutions like Archie Bell & the Drells, Sugar Hill Studios, Peacock Records, ZZ Top, Kashmere Stage Band, Geto Boys, UGK, DJ Screw, Robert Earl Keene, and La Mafia, among others.”

While many Houston musicians are known worldwide, the local music scene is the foundation of the City’s musical roots.