Sacramento wants to be a city with music at its center, but how close is that vision to reality? Some local artists say it still has a way to go. “The diversity of this city is incredible,” Dinorah Klingler said. “There is music for everybody.”
Klingler says she hopes to see some changes. “I think we need more venues,” she said. “More events that take into account people like us, the little guys.” A new music census released Monday highlights what the city does well and what it needs to improve.
“Creatives are committed to staying and playing and we want more of that,” said Megan Van Voorhis, the cultural and creative economy manager with the City of Sacramento. “We don’t want them to have to go somewhere else to do it.”
One of the report’s biggest takeaways was the lack of venues and opportunities for those just starting out. “Most musicians are performing fewer than four times a month in Sacramento,” Mayor Darrell Steinberg said.
That there is a belief among those in the community that the city prioritizes out-of-area vendors, promoters and musicians at the expense of local artists.
