Austin – Austin is home to many musicians and live music events throughout the year, but one annual festival will benefit the live musical scene … literally.
Every year, the health alliance of Austin, or Ham, Dai Ham-hosts the largest donation campaign for this year, and one of the largest music festivals that lasts one day in the world, according to Website.
Haam Day is a huge music festival in Austin that collects money to support the HAAM mission of linking music professionals in the Austin region to health care services at reasonable prices. There are more than 200 live offers in more than 100 places, all held in only one day. Paul Scott, CEO of Haam, said this is about five or six days of live music full of packed music in one.
An important day this year will be the twentieth anniversary of the festival, on September 23.
Scott said it is particularly important this year because more than 2,200 musicians face an increase of 76 % in insurance premiums. This is because of the general increases in health insurance premiums throughout the state and the country, in addition to a new tax bill, according to which tax improvements that made insurance premiums likely will not be renewed.
The Associated Press reported on Saturday that these tax credits are at risk of expiration, and that the members of the US Congress are inconsistent with what should be done about it. If the credits are over, millions of Americans may face large nails in the insurance premiums, as AP indicated.
For this reason, Haam works forward to replace the potential loss of that money. Scott said that non -profit organizations seek to raise more than $ 850,000 during an important day this year. Last year, Ham Dai raised $ 890,000, which is not profitable to take advantage of more than 6.2 million dollars in direct health care services for more than 3,200 musicians, according to what she said. Website.
“So, the money will go directly to support the access of our musicians to health care, which helps to pay the price of those installments that we talked about, as well as all other services that Haam provides,” said Scott. “People can go out and enjoy free music, but we also ask, help us collect donations, as you know, they donate us directly, or ask your friends to donate important, because we all love live music and … we know what our society means.”
Scott said that society was generous in support of a non -profit mission for 20 years, and the local musicians were generous to donate their time and work to withdraw an important day.
“It is an incredible and generous society. And one thing I must say is also that our musicians are incredibly generous, to donate their time on an important day, and they are just incredible people, and they really contribute to our culture here as a live music capital in the world, and important here to get their backs, and we will be there for them at all times,” Scout said.
More than 400 musicians are scheduled to offer Haam Day this year, in traditional music places, as well as grocery stores, restaurants, shops, surfaces, gardens and more.
Details can be found about this year’s festival on HaamIncluding a full evidence for the festival, a complete assortment, maps, care opportunities, and more.
Thunderhouse, the first comprehensive field guide dedicated to the current contemporary Austin music scene in conjunction with the twentieth anniversary of Haam. Half of the revenues of the book sales will benefit from Ham. that it Available for pre -order Now it is scheduled to hit the shelves of stores (in places like People People and Waterloo Records, among other things) later in this fall.