Health Alliance for Austin Musicians (HAAM)

We are SO excited to enter this new era of Music Mondays on We Are Austin! It is a weekly series featuring Health Alliance for Austin Musicians – HAAM artists, powered by FVF Law. What a great way to rock into the week!

HAAM Day was absolutely unforgettable! Everything kicked off at the HAAM HQ at HEB on South Congress at 6 AM and then the music just never stopped. We can’t wait to celebrate the stories shared and the impact made.

IT’S HAAM MONTH! If you know FVF, you know we love HAAM. Seeing as the HAAM Day Music Festival is this month, it’s only fitting they are our September pup. Bluebell eagerly awaits your support! If we’re going to keep Austin, Austin, we MUST protect our musicians. The Health Alliance for Austin Musicians provides access to affordable healthcare for the artists who make Austin the Live Music Capital of the World.

We’ve included a giving component with our calendar this year! We matched up to $5000 in donations to the HAAM this year.

What an incredible night of music, dancing, laughter, and giving! Thank you so much to everyone who contributed last night to keeping music alive and well in Austin! The evening raised nearly $280,000, allowing HAAM to leverage those dollars into over $1.9 million in direct healthcare services for the more than 3,200 area musicians it serves annually. Can’t wait to beat that amount next year!

It was a really special Monday on We Are Austin! Carolyn Schwarz, founding Executive Director of HAAM, joined FVF’s Caitlyn Macaluso to talk all things Corporate Battle of the Bands (CBOB).

We are still reeling from the wonder that was HAAM Day this week. No matter which venue you may have been at, you heard story after story of how HAAM has helped change the lives of our Austin musicians. This work matters, and HAAM Day was the perfect reminder of why. Thank you so much to all those who volunteered or donated! You made a difference. We couldn’t be prouder to be HAAMbassadors!

We love being on We Are Austin to promote HAAM! We spent the morning with Trevor Scott, joined by Rikki Hardy from HAAM, and Noella Grey from Noella Grey and the Imaginary Band to talk all about what to look forward to this year! This annual fundraiser for HAAM is one of our favorite days of the year! With over 200+ performances all over Austin, there really is something for everyone.

What an incredible night of music and giving! The Health Alliance for Austin Musicians raised a record-breaking $275,000 at the 2024 Corporate Battle of the Bands. That translates to nearly $2 million in healthcare services. We couldn’t be a prouder HAAM partner, and we were honored to present the Appreciation Awards this year!

Over 250 talented local bands and musicians performed live all day across Central Texas to raise critical funds and awareness for HAAM’s life-saving programs and services! All the funds raised go directly toward providing life-saving care to thousands of Austin musicians.

We are honored to be a part of HAAM’s new permanent home. We are committed to accessibility, and the elevator is the perfect place to put our name in this amazing building. The wonderfully talented Hailey Gearo was commissioned to paint it, and it looks beautiful!

We love the Battle of the Bands! It was an honor to sponsor and present the Fan Favorite award. All of the bands were stellar as usual, but most importantly over $200,000 was raised to support HAAM!

HAAM has officially opened their brand-new headquarters! It was such a joy to celebrate together at the ribbon cutting. We loved hearing stories about the impact HAAM has already had in our community and can’t wait to see that impact grow even more with this amazing new space.

We love being Pearl Society members knowing that our membership provides HAAM with a stable funding source to maintain and expand the life-changing services and support they offer Austin musicians.

FVF turned 8 this year! For our 8th birthday, we expanded the guest list to invite family and friends of the firm and took the opportunity to raise some money to benefit HAAM while we celebrated!

One of the best days of the year! We couldn’t be happier that HAAM reached their goal of raising $850,000. They truly are keeping music in Austin alive and well!

We had the BEST time at Battle of the Bands. It was great to see so many of our music loving friends in person. HAAM surpassed their fundraising goal which was the cherry on top of an already spectacular evening!

We are absolutely honored to be a part of HAAM’s permanent home as earlier contributors to their capital campaign. We know this will help HAAM continue to do their vital work of keeping Austin musicians safe and well.

HAAM Day was still mostly virtual in 2021, but we were elated to enjoy some safe, small in-person performances from Ms. Mack & the Daddies, Miggie & Tje, and Derrick Davis. Aaron had a great time introducing these amazing performers and Team FVF was happy to hear some live music!

HAAM Day is one of our favorite days of the year! FVF Law is a very proud HAAM Day sponsor.

There were a lot of things we missed in 2020 and live music is definitely at the top of that list. But the absence of live shows made the work HAAM does all the time even more important. It may have looked a little different than past years, but the first virtual HAAM Day was a success. (Music cred: Superfonicos)

Ray Benson’s 2020 Birthday was one of our first in-person event COVID-19 casualties. But HAAM wasn’t going to let a little global pandemic get in the way of celebrating 50 years of Asleep at the Wheel! They moved the party online and we’re happy to say that it was just as fun and rewarding!

Tune in to smooth rockers Zack Morgan & Friends as they play at the ABGB. Showcase sponsored by Team FVF.

Listen to this snippet by ICING (Cake Cover Band) for some subtle jazz. Showcase sponsored by Team FVF.

For some funky tunes, listen to KP & The Boom Boom. Showcase sponsored by Team FVF.

Ready to dance? Listen to Tomar and the FC’s playing at the ABGB. Showcase sponsored by Team FVF.

FVF employees were given the day off to volunteer at HAAM events throughout the community. The whole team came together in the evening at the FVF sponsored showcase at ABGBs featuring Tomar & the FCs, KP and the Boom Boom, ICING, and Zack Morgan and Friends. Director of Marketing, Caitlyn Macaluso, served on the HAAM Day 2019 planning committee.

This unique event gives Austin professionals the opportunity to live and perform like a rock star for a good cause. Competing bands are made of talented employees from Austin based businesses who perform for a panel of celebrity and music industry judges to decide who rocks the hardest. FVF proudly sponsored the t-shirts for this event that raised. $156,000 was raised for HAAM at the 2019 event.

FVF started our relationship with HAAM with HAAM DAY 2018. FVF employees were given the day off to volunteer at HAAM events throughout the community. The whole team came together in the evening at the FVF sponsored showcase at ABGBs featuring Superfonicos, Saul Paul, and Shy Beast. (music cred: Superfonicos)

FVF Founder Aaron Von Flatern has been a member of HAAM’s Pearl Society since 2018. The Pearl Society’s mission is to bring awareness to the need for Austin musicians to have access to affordable healthcare services and how HAAM makes that possible.