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The Levitt Foundation Salutes the Legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
“I am convinced that men hate each other because they fear each other. They fear each other because they don’t know each other. They don’t know each other because they don’t communicate with each other. And they don’t communicate with each other because they are separated from each other.” – Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.,…
Levitt AMP Community Spotlight: Waco, Texas
For decades, Austin has been virtually synonymous with central Texas’ cutting-edge music and arts scene. Yet there are plenty of other central Texas communities that are making their own powerful contributions to the region’s artistic heritage, and Waco is particularly ready for its close-up. Starting in late spring, the Levitt AMP Waco Music Series will…
Best of 2022: A Playlist of Levitt Staff Favorites
Here’s a little secret about the staff of the Levitt Foundation: we tend to be music fans. Like, big music fans. That’s part of the reason why we spend all our time helping nonprofits in cities and towns across the country bring free, live music to their communities—and that’s just at our day jobs. If…
Levitt Looks Back on an Extraordinary 2022 Season
From Alaska to Florida to multiple places in between, free Levitt concerts brought joy, connection, and a shared sense of community to more than 750,000 people this past year. The Levitt Foundation was proud to support 25 nonprofits in towns and cities nationwide, which presented more than 500 free concerts across the Levitt network of…
Advancing Equity to Create Thriving Downtowns: Key Takeaways From Levitt Leaders at IDA Conference
Over the past 15+ years, the Levitt Foundation has partnered with communities of all sizes to help bring thousands of free concerts to towns and cities across the nation, harnessing the power of live music to reinvigorate public spaces and strengthen the social fabric of communities by bringing people together of all ages and backgrounds….
Levitt Artists Rack Up Nominations for the 2023 GRAMMY Awards
On Tuesday morning, the Recording Academy unveiled nominations for the 65th annual GRAMMY Awards. And as usual, artists who have performed on Levitt stages made a strong showing among the 91 categories, with a total of 28 artists spanning a wide range of music genres contending for statuettes on Music’s Biggest Night, a testament to…
Levitt AMP free concerts expanding to 33 small to mid-sized towns and cities in 2023
Can’t wait to get back onto a Levitt lawn? We can’t either…the countdown is on! Starting in 2023, you’ll have even more reasons to get up and let the music move you. The Levitt Foundation, a social impact funder supporting nonprofits nationwide at the intersection of music, public space, and community building, is thrilled to…