National Independent Venue Association (NIVA). The National Independent Venue Association (NIVA) and its associated foundation, started at the outset of the pandemic to support and advocate for aid for independent venues, is searching for its next executive director. NIVA and its fundraising branch, the National Independent Venue Foundation (NIVF),…

Insert Foot is Safe In Sound. Original image: Participants take part in a COVID-19 transmission risk assessment study on Aug. 22, 2020 in Leipzig, Germany. Photo by Sean Gallup/Getty Images. The National Independent Venue Association (NIVA) and Event Safety Alliance (ESA), in partnership with three other groups with long names…

The UC Theatre photographed on Sept. 27, 2020. Onome Uyovbievbo/STAFF. The National Independent Venue Association has reorganized, with a separate nonprofit National Independent Venue Foundation (NIVF), whose mission will be to partner and fundraise through individual, corporate and foundation donations to expand upon NIVA’s mission to save music venues, as…

First Avenue in Minneapolis (photographed on May 19, 2020) will host Dizzy Fae as part of #SOSFEST this month. Photo: Todd Johnson. YouTube Music and the National Independent Venue Association (NIVA) today announced the Save Our Stages Festival (#SOSFEST), a virtual three-day music festival with new performances and other…

The Great American Music Hall in San Francisco. Courtesy. More than 800 concert venues nationwide, including 25 in the Bay Area, have joined forces under the umbrella of the National Independent Venue Association, and are lobbying Congress for financial assistance in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic. NIVA, based…