Thank you for building
community through music.
Warm wishes for a happy holiday!
We’re thrilled to announce the Top 25 finalists in the running to win $25K matching grants to present the 2018 Levitt AMP Music Series! Thanks to more than 30,000 votes this year, these 25 towns and cities are one step closer to bringing free, live music to their communities next summer and fall. Scroll down to view each finalist and learn how they hope to revitalize an underused public space through free Levitt AMP concerts:
2018 LEVITT AMP FINALISTS
(listed in alphabetical order)
Bay St. Louis, Mississippi
Alice Moseley Pavilion
Berea, Kentucky
Berea Arts Council
Carson City, Nevada
Brewery Arts Center
Chattanooga, Tennessee
Jazzanooga
Denison, Texas
Denison Main Street
Elko, Nevada
Elko County Art Club
Escondido, California
California Center for the Arts Escondido Foundation
Galva, Illinois
Galva Arts Council
Hattiesburg, Mississippi
University of Southern Mississippi
Jacksonville, Illinois
Jacksonville Main Street
Middlesboro, Kentucky
Discover Downtown Middlesboro
Nashua, New Hampshire
Great American Downtown
Ocala, Florida
Marion Cultural Alliance
Prior Lake, Minnesota
Viva Musica
Santa Fe, New Mexico
AMP Concerts
Sheboygan, Wisconsin
Kohler Arts Center of JMKAC
St. Johnsbury, Vermont
Catamount Arts
Stevens Point, Wisconsin
Arts Alliance of Portage County
Trenton, New Jersey
Trenton Downtown Association
Tulsa, Oklahoma
Tulsa Roots Music
Utica, New York
Utica Monday Nite
Waterville, Maine
Waterville Opera House
Whitesburg, Kentucky
Cowan Community Center
Woonsocket, Rhode Island
NeighborWorks Blackstone River Valley
Following Levitt’s review period, the 2018 Levitt AMP winners will be announced on January 2, 2018. Mark your calendars and stay tuned!
Across the country, people are getting ready to pack their suitcases and hop on a plane, train or automobile to spend time with friends and family and enjoy a holiday meal with one another. Levitt Foundation Executive Director Sharon Yazowski has beat the Thanksgiving travel rush and is already on the road to Grand Rapids, Mich., where she’ll present takeaways from Levitt’s recently published white paper tomorrow at the 2017 ARNOVA conference—a convening of scholars, teachers, and practitioners from across the country who’re interested in research on nonprofit organizations, philanthropy and civil society. Continue reading
All through the summer and fall, Levitteers filled our live #musicmoves feed with photos and videos capturing the fun and excitement of free concerts all over the country! Whether you were showing off your dance moves, grooving along to the awesome musicians on stage, or simply kicking back with friends and family, it’s been a treat to see how live music invigorated your lives and your communities. Watch our highlights video above, and check out the #musicmoves contest winners who won iTunes gift cards this year below!
Thank you for making the Levitt AMP Music Series so memorable this year! We’re already looking forward to 2018 and seeing more of your #musicmoves.
Voting for the 2018 Levitt AMP [Your City] Grant Awards is now officially open! Each year, the Levitt Foundation awards $25K matching grants to up to 15 nonprofits serving small to mid-sized towns and cities across the country. Since all Levitt projects are community-driven, each year the Top 25 Levitt AMP finalists are chosen through online, public voting, open to all.
Vote for your favorite Levitt AMP proposals (up to 5 per person!) and you can help decide which towns and cities will be one step closer to receiving a Levitt AMP grant to present their own Levitt AMP Music Series. With 150 free concerts around the country (10 in each community), the series will inject new life into underused public spaces across America. Vote now! Voting ends November 20, 5PM PST. Spread the word!