L.E.A.D. DIY (Lighting and Epilepsy Awareness Development in DIY) is a nonprofit that aims to educate artists, venues, and live-music lovers about the effects of intense lighting on photosensitive audience members. L.E.A.D. provides free signage to people who work in music to hang at shows depending on the intensity of the lighting. Obviously the L.E.A.D. mission is very much in-line with the H/A mission to make live music more accessible, so be sure to check out their work!

Support Your Fellow Rockers is a resource for rockers, sourced by the scene. Essentially it has a bunch of helpful resources for bands and fans. Whether it be lists of photographers and designers, publications and podcasts, record labels, or vegan restaurants, Support Your Fellow Rockers has it all. We’re thankful to them for including Half Access in their list of resources.

Angry Grrrl Music of the Indie Rock Persuasion is a podcast hosted by Amanda Starling highlighting women, LGBTQI+, and minority movements in the punk rock & indie scenes. Our founder, Cassie Wilson, was featured on an episode of the podcast, and Amanda is really awesome about going above and beyond to help spread the word on social media about us as well as other things like new music and tours!

Gouge Away is a hardcore punk band from Florida who connected with us at the Portland date of their tour with La Dispute in May of 2019. Since then, the band has been working with their booking agent to make sure all of the venues that they play have submitted accessibility info on their spaces to the H/A database.

Aaron West and the Roaring Twenties is one of Dan Campbell’s bands (you may also know him from The Wonder Years). We first connected with Dan at the 2017 Alternative Press Music Awards where Dan was the ambassador for the first-ever Sub City grant which our founder, Cassie Wilson, received. For his spring 2019 tour, Dan gathered accessibility info on all of the venues on the tour for the H/A database.

Take Warning Presents is an independent promoter in Seattle, Bellingham, and Portland and sponsored Half Access at the end of 2018. We tabled a bunch of their shows, they helped spread the word about us, and they donated a portion of ticket sales to H/A during the sponsorship.

Hopeless Records is a record label featuring artists such as Sum 41, Taking Back Sunday, The Wonder Years, and more. Hopeless Records is home to Sub City, the charity component to the work that their team does. The Hopeless Records team chose our founder, Cassie Wilson, to be the recipient of their first-ever Sub City grant for $10,000 in 2017.

Friends of Noise is a nonprofit in Portland, OR dedicated to providing safer and productive spaces for all-ages concerts, focused arts education, and leadership opportunities for youth with a focus on providing marginalized youth and youth of color access to performative creative expression. Friends of Noise acted as a fiscal sponsor for us to be able to accept and use the Sub City grant until we became a 501(c)(3) nonprofit ourselves at the beginning of 2018.