Hope returned for struggling indie music venues and agents Monday wafter the SBA finally began taking applications for desperately needed Shuttered Venue Operating Grants (SVOG) after multiple false starts.
A little over two weeks ago, the SBA SVOG portal crashed on opening day before taking a single application.
Hypebot talked to several dozen venues and agents Monday afternoon who had completed the SVOG application process within 2 hours or less of the portal opening. While some found the questions unclear, few reported technical glitches.
