With venue operations at a standstill, The Hotel Cafe is asking visitors from around the world to help support its staff during the coronavirus pandemic.
In two short decades, The Hotel Cafe has become a globally-recognized venue responsible for helping dozens of chart-topping talent get their start. The 165-capacity space rose to popularity hosting acoustic-based performances from stars such as including John Mayer, Adele, Damien Rice, Anna Nalick, Sara Bareilles, Katy Perry, Ingrid Michaelson, and more. It’s the kind of place where dreams are made, and right now, it needs your help.
With COVID-19 forcing the closure of venues around the world, The Hotel Cafe is one of many rooms unable to operate. California is one of the states hit hardest by the coronavirus, and it is unclear when life will return to something that resembles normalcy. It will likely be even longer until live music returns, which leaves The Hotel Cafe facing fixed operating costs with little to no sources of income.
Recently, The Hotel Cafe launched a fundraising campaign to help its employees support their families during this unprecedented time. A message from the venue owners reads:
Being independently owned and operated and without corporate backing, we do not have the ability to continue paying our staff with no income coming in. This is where we turn to you, our beloved music loving community. For those of you who are still able to go to work or work from home, still able to make money, not worrying about rent, food and bills, we graciously ask for your donation to help ensure our amazing staff can weather this unprecedented storm.
Click this link to visit a $5 increment donation “ticket” page. 100% of the donations will be distributed to the venue employees as supplemental income to help get them through this difficult time. Contributors can purchases between one and ninety-nine tickets at a time, and they are welcome to make multiple purchases.
Venue owners add, “The music community will be hurting for a long time after this time away, so we can’t wait to come back stronger than ever, providing a home for musicians, and a community for all. Your help now will ensure that our irreplaceable staff is taken care of as best as we can.”
If you have money to spare, please consider donating to The Hotel Cafe or a venue in your area. Similar scenarios are happening across the country at businesses and venues of all sizes because of COVID-19. We cannot save everyone, but we have to fight with everything in us to save the ones we love.
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