Midtown Radio is one of 20 arts organizations to receive a grant from the Waterloo Region Community Foundation.
Funds received from The Motz Family Endowment will be used to support Midtown Radio’s live-on-location broadcasting events. Throughout the summer of 2022, Midtown Radio live broadcast music from TWB, Jane Bond, and the Uptown Square. They have also been live broadcasting On the Scene from venues throughout KW and live recording podcasts from The Apollo. With funds the Waterloo Region Community Foundation and The Motz Family Endowment, Midtown Radio will expand live broadcasting in 2023.
Other organizations that received arts funding include:
- ActOUT! Kitchener Waterloo Children’s Drama Workshop
- AONation (Indigenous-led paint nights)
- Arts4all Unlimited
- Bonn Park Podcast
- CAFKA
- Community Music School of Waterloo Region
- Grand Philharmonic Choir
- Green Light Arts
- Inter Arts Matrix
- K-W Musical Productions
- Kitchener-Waterloo Chamber Orchestra
- Midtown Radio
- MT Space
- Muslim Social Services Waterloo Region (Family Art Express)
- NUMUS
- Pat the Dog Theatre Creation
- Pinch Cabaret
- Tara Arts Inc (IRL Festival)
- University of Waterloo (Longhouse Labs Project)
- Unwrap Theatre
More information about the KWCF awards can be found on their website.