Music and Entertainment Council

There is a bipartisan bill that overwhelmingly passed in both chambers of the Georgia legislature to create a Georgia Music office, awaiting Governor Kemp's signature. Please help support these efforts by taking the action steps below. Thank you!!!

✉ Send a message to Governor Kemp in support of HB14: [email protected]
🔗Sign the form letter: https://shorturl.at/LGMkl
📞Call the Governor’s office to support: 404-656-1776
🎥 Post a video and share on social media
🎼 Follow Georgia Music Partners or MEC for real time info

Some shows you attend.
Some shows stay with you.

“We Are the Drum and the Scribe” is now on view at the Bo Bartlett Center — bringing nationally recognized artists from the Black Art in America collection right here to Columbus.

It’s layered.
It’s powerful.
It asks you to slow down.

Public reception: February 19 | 6–8 p.m.
Free admission.

We wrote about why this exhibition feels like more than a gallery stop. Read the article then go experience it in person.

Some things reveal themselves when you stand in the room.

Cover Image by Monica Jones Sculpture: Ochanya by Ejiroghene Adewale


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🎬 200+ leaders. Countless conversations. One defining question.

In early February,
brought together more than 200 senior professionals from music, entertainment, real estate, design, investment, and government for Sound Development Los Angeles.

Timed just after the GRAMMY Awards, SDLA focused on how cultural infrastructure can drive cities, unlock investment, and deliver long-term impact.

Across keynote conversations, candid panels, practical workshops, and curated site visits, SDLA moved from strategy to delivery. How to finance and operate venues. How to design districts with identity. How to engineer live experiences that resonate. How to build projects that create both cultural and commercial value.

The day included exclusive site tours at , at Mateo, , and a showcase at SoundLab.

SDLA closed with an evening reception at and selected behind-the-scenes tours of an upcoming live music venue, courtesy of .

Our Founder and Chief Music Officer was glad to be a delegate alongside world leaders who bring ambition, insight, and generosity to the room.

Sound Development was presented in collaboration with and .imagines and supported by , The Recording Academy, , and .

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Happy New Year from the Music and Entertainment Council of Columbus!🎶✨

As the creative arts engine of our city, we’re proud of everything we accomplished last year—building opportunities, amplifying voices, and making real waves for creatives in Columbus and across the United States. 💫

Here’s to an even bigger year ahead, fueled by talent, collaboration, and the unstoppable creative spirit of our community. 🥂🎨

The Gospel Music industry and the world lost a Giant today, Richard Smallwood💔 Our condolences to your family, friends, loved ones, varied musicians, Ministers of Music and fans!

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We are saddened to announce the passing of world-renowned artist, songwriter, and musician, Richard Smallwood. The family asks that you respect our privacy during this difficult time, while helping to celebrate the legacy he leaves behind and the gifts he unselfishly shared with the world.

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as well as she was a key contributor to the success of the songwriting on Queen B's country album 🎸🎶 Columbus and the State of Georgia let’s Stand Up and Clap for such High Level Success! 🌟

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A bold pivot to country music led to the most successful concert tour in the genre’s history and helped Cowboy Carter lasso a 10-figure fortune—becoming just the fifth musician to do so.

Merry Christmas 🎄 This Christmas, we celebrate the power of music and the people who make it shine. Happy Holidays from the Music and Entertainment Council, Ma Fest, and the Georgia Broadcasting and Music Legend Awards.

Please help us congratulate our CEO, Ashley Woitena, on being named among Georgia Trend's Georgia 500 Most Influential Leaders of 2025! We are so PROUD of you, Ashley. Congratulations!!

Read the feature on Ashley here:
https://bit.ly/4rFJc2x

Rest in Love to Columbus, Georgia’s global influencer, Marquay Collins — widely known as “Marquay the GOAT.”

His sudden passing the day before Thanksgiving has deeply shaken our community, and reports indicate it may be connected to previous injuries from a car accident.

Our heartfelt prayers and support are with his family, friends, loved ones, and the countless fans he inspired around the world. 🌻❤️💔

Congratulations to Dee Armstrong - Being Inducted to the Georgia Association of Broadcasting Hall of Fame!

Columbus Georgia is lucky to have you as a legend in the field! 🎥

And she can sing 🎤, act and play the piano 🎹too!!!!

Ceremony will take place March 27, 2026 in Atlanta!

Get Here to for the Collard Green Cookoff !! 4-7pm Today 10/24

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